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Elevator Pitch: ‘Burn Note’ Keeps Private Messages Private

Kevin Eck — Wed, 01 May 2013 09:26:44 +0000

Remember on “Mission Impossible” when messages would self destruct after an agent listened to them? In this episode of “Elevator Pitch,” Alan Meckler speaks with Jacob Robbins about his startup “Burn Note.”

“Burn Note” allows you to send a secure email and set a timer to destroy the message after it’s read…forever…without all the smoke and drama.

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New Show! Elevator Pitch Fast Forward: I-Ella

Kevin Eck — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:00:44 +0000

They came on the mediabistroTV series “Elevator Pitch” hoping someone would take a chance on their ideas. In our new show, “Elevator Pitch Fast Forward,” host Alan Meckler checks up on the new business owners to see how they’re doing.

In our first episode, we dropped in on I-Ella CEO and founder, Ella Gorgla to see where New York’s own fashion insider’s marketplace is today. Gorgla showed us how giving clients a red carpet experience put new life into her business. She also gave “Elevator Pitch” hopefuls some solid advice to make sure their startups never go out of style.

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Elevator Pitch: ‘Black Lapel’ Sells Men’s Custom Suits Online

Kevin Eck — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:20:03 +0000

In this episode of “Elevator Pitch,” host Alan Meckler talks with Warren Liao and Derek Tian, founders of New York startup “Black Lapel,” a website specializing in making custom luxury menswear at an affordable price. Find out if they make the cut.

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Elevator Pitch: Let ‘Go Try It On’ Be Your Virtual Stylist

Kevin Eck — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:22:32 +0000

In the latest episode of “Elevator Pitch,” host Alan Meckler talks with Marissa Evans founder and CEO of New York startup “Go Try It On.” It’s an iPhone app that acts like a virtual stylist. Users upload a photo of an outfit they plan on wearing and let their friends and the community respond.

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Elevator Pitch: TwoChop Makes a Game Out of Web Content

Kevin Eck — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:26:54 +0000

In this episode of Elevator Pitch, host Alan Meckler meets with TwoChop founder Mo Lam and AppAddictive CEO Mike Onghai about their New York based gamification venture, TwoChop. If you run a blog or other content oriented website containing text, music, or images, TwoChop will make a game from the content.

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Key to Launching a Startup? Don’t Let Success Go to Your Head

Mona Zhang — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:50:49 +0000

Manhattan native Alexa Hirschfeld has won numerous accolades: She’s one of Forbes’ “Women to Watch,” one of CNN’s most powerful women entrepreneurs and one of Fast Company’s “Most Influential Women in Tech.” The co-founder of Paperless Post, however, says the key to being successful is to not actually think you’re successful.

“I’ve never taken that stuff seriously,” Hirschfeld said of her many awards. “Often, those things don’t matter; what matters more is getting things done. Also, what scares me is that awards and positive write-ups seem like the kind of thing that make you think you’ve made it, which I would never think.”

Read more in Hey, How’d You Build Paperless Post Into a Powerhouse, Alexa Hirschfeld? [subscription required]

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Patch Launches A More Social, More Mobile Site

Mona Zhang — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:00:00 +0000

In recent months, there’s been much talk of the booming New York tech scene. The city has the fastest growing tech sector in the nation, helped along by Mayor Bloomberg’s pitch to entrepreneurs and his Made in NY Digital Map. In Q2 of 2012, Internet accounted for 82 percent of VC investment, and total VC funding continues to rise.

One of NYC’s tech properties, Patch, is unveiling a new site today. I got a preview of the new site at Patch’s Chelsea offices, which puts heavy emphasis on social and mobile. continued…

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Elevator Pitch: Wyst Sends a Message in a Bottle From Your iPhone

Andrew Gauthier — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:51:36 +0000

In the latest episode of mediabistroTV’s “Elevator Pitch,” host Alan Meckler meets with Yago Amerlinck Huerta, whose startup, Wyst, gives users the ability to send a digital message in a bottle from their iPhones.

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Elevator Pitch: Moonit App Finds Friends, Lovers Using Astrology

Andrew Gauthier — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:48:50 +0000

In the latest episode of mediabistroTV’s “Elevator Pitch,” host Alan Meckler chats with the co-founders of Moonit, a social discovery app that connects people using astrology.

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Elevator Pitch: Fondu Is Yelp Meets Twitter

Andrew Gauthier — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:33:26 +0000

In the latest episode of mediabistroTV’s “Elevator Pitch,” host Alan Meckler chats with Gauri Manglik, the co-founder and CEO of Fondu.

Fondu is an iPhone app that allows users to share bite-size restaurant reviews with their friends (sort of like Yelp meets Twitter).

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Watch a Test Drive of the ‘Netflix for Magazines’ App Next Issue

Andrew Gauthier — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:15:13 +0000

Next Issue, which has been described as “Netflix for magazines,” is a partnership between five major magazine publishers that aims to make reading magazines on your tablet easier by bundling together digital subscriptions for titles like Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and Sports Illustrated.

In the pilot episode of mediabistroTV’s “App Slap,” we take the Next Issue app for a test drive.

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Elevator Pitch: Storyville Wants to Do for Short Stories What iTunes Did for Music

Andrew Gauthier — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:36:20 +0000

In the latest episode of mediabistroTV’s “Elevator Pitch,” host Alan Meckler meets with Storyville co-founder Paul Vidich. Storyville is a mobile app for short stories that connects readers and authors. A former music executive, Vidich helped Steve Jobs bring music singles to iTunes. He hopes Storyville will do for the short story what iTunes did for the single.

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Elevator Pitch: Jux Is Blogging Without the Crap

Andrew Gauthier — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:15:02 +0000

In the latest episode of mediabistroTV’s “Elevator Pitch,” host Alan Meckler chats with Jux CEO Ted Metcalfe. Jux is a personal publishing platform that allows users to create immersive, full-screen collections of photos, videos, and words. The startup says it’s like blogging without all of the crap.

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Watch: Jonah Peretti Describes Launching The Huffington Post and BuzzFeed

Andrew Gauthier — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:22:58 +0000

In the final part of our three-part “Media Beat” interview with Jonah Peretti, the internet entrepreneur talks about launching The Huffington Post and BuzzFeed.

“I wasn’t sure if it would be a big success,” Peretti admits, remembering the days leading up to the launch of The Huffington Post. “A friend of mine asked me if he should invest, and I was like ‘I’m not sure’… I didn’t really want to risk my friend’s money.”

He also offers advice for those wanting to launch their own startup, explaining that entrepreneurs shouldn’t worry about what tech blogs are covering.

Part 1: BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti: ‘Our Reporters Are Doing the Kind of Work Reporters Love to Do’

Part 2: Jonah Peretti On What It Means To Go Viral

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Aereo: How the Streaming TV Service Works

Andrew Gauthier — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:54:18 +0000

Aereo recently debuted its streaming TV service in New York, with plans to roll it out to over 75 additional markets within a year.

As Aereo faces multiple copyright lawsuits from the broadcasting companies that own TV stations in New York, we took the service for a test drive to see what all the fuss is about (video above).

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