The guest speakers from this successful startup were part of a husband-husband team.
What is Nectar Ads / Hyperallergic?
100
The host of this company we visited had more facial hair than any other host we visited this semester
What is Kickstarter?
100
This person says "Don't Read the F-ing Slides"
Who is Jeff Jarvis?
100
This panelist announced that she accepted a cool new job yesterday afternoon?
Who is Brianne Garcia?
100
This startup host had the most impressive library of any we visited by consensus.
What is Kickstarter?
200
The demo night guest speaker from this startup said though we went to college together I looked like I could be his dad.
What is RebelMouse (David Spitz)?
200
This startup helps implement paywalls for content sites. Their office at first appeared to be an apartment.
What is Tinypass?
200
This person said "You should not be slave to the lean."
Who is Rafat Ali?
200
This panelist offered to introduce one of the morning presenters to people he knows at two companies related to her business?
Who is Glenn Nano (NYTimes)?
200
The friendly host at this publication gave out two publications, including one that was not the publication he worked for.
What is People (Steve Snyder)?
300
The guest speaker from this startup has worked with many of New York's biggest media brands to redesign their sites
What is Hard Candy Shell (Kevin Kearney)?
300
The super-talented host at this company visit had the most visible tattoo of our hosts this term.
What is The Guardian?
300
This guest speaker said "What makes us good journalists makes us terrible entrepreneurs. Journalism use doubt as a tool, entrepreneurship demands belief"
Who is Elizabeth Green of Chalkbeat?
300
This panelist asked a pointed question to one of the afternoon presenters about his "right to play" in a particular market?
Who is Saalim Chowdhury?
300
A successful Tow-Knight alum mentioned this impressive number as the amount of revenue his startup has brought in since January of 2013?
This guest speaker talked about the fact that it's not just technological and business factors, but also infrastructure issues that make it difficult for big news institutions to be innovative and to work well with small news startups.
Who is Chris Anderson?
400
It was Pi Day when we visited this startup, where we passed by a delicious-looking collection of pies before beginning our meeting.
What is Twitter
400
This person said that when talking about his startup he carefully avoids using the term "journalism" because it has cooties among investors.
Who is Rafat Ali?
400
This panelist did not ask a single question or make a single comment, though we appreciate her being a part of the event and hope she will return?
Who is Katja Bartholmess of Gimme Gorgeous?
400
This person somehow made a plausible case for a service for kids during the improv "BS" slide exercise when presented with a random assortment of slides she hadn't seen before.
Who is Sara Sugar?
500
The guest speaker from this cool French video storytelling startup was a surprise last-minute guest when he happened to be at the school for another meeting.
What is Racontr?
500
We were forbidden from taking pictures at this company visit, despite the presence of a former journalist as host
What is McKinsey
500
"Don't start a magazine, start a brand" said the guest speaker from this magazine.
What is Monocle? (Santiago Tarditi)
500
This presenter began with a joke about good news and bad news.
Who is Katarina?
500
The guest speaker from this publication talked about a key editorial standard being whether or not the publication founder would use one of the products/services featured in the publication.
What is Monocle? (Founder Tyler Brûlé... "Would Tyler eat there? Would Tyler wear that?" etc)