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1.Michael Lazerow (www.lazerow.com)
Sure, he's not likely to surpass Stephen Colbert on this list, but Mike Lazerow is The Man. Entrepreneur, social butterfly, and family man - Laz is the coolest CEO on the planet. He's been the Man for a long time...starting and selling 3 other companies and exploding out of the social media gates with his latest venture: Buddy Media..Oh, he's also my boss, making him The Man in more ways than one.
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4.Stephen Colbert (www.colbertnation.com)
Mr. Colbert is more than just The Man...is there a category for SuperMan?
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5.Mark Davis (www.markpeterdavis.com)
Mark has quickly become an integral part of the New York tech scene, and he's not showing any signs of slowing down. He currently works as an Associate at the Venture Capital firm DFJ Gotham Ventures, investing in early-stage digital media, e-commerce, and additional IT-related firms. He also maintains an extremely informative and entertaining blog known as "Get Venture: Venture Made Transparent," which is an invaluable resource for entrepreneurs, investors, and basically anyone looking to become more acquainted with the startup and VC realm. I've personally witnessed changes in the ways students and faculty on Columbia's campus promote and pursue entrepreneurial endeavors as a result of Mark's commitment to changing the startup culture, from judging business demo events to providing students with unbelievable internship opportunities and career advice.
You can expect to see Mark on the Board of Directors of some truly innovative, high-profile tech companies in the near future, but his sharp intelligence, analytical instincts, and down-to-earth personality will be his defining factors in the years to come.
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Mike Seiman is the CEO & Co-Founder of online ad network, CPX Interactive. He is also a partner in independent film company, Chaos Squared, and an active philanthropist. Mike was recently named a finalist for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the New York Metro region.
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There is not enough estrogen on this list. Yuli Ziv, is a serial entrepreneur who does it all looking stylish. Her namesake blog is a compelling read, offering advice and lessons learned to both startups and the media community at large. Fashion 2.0, a monthly fashion & tech meetup is also organized by Yuli. The fire for providing the missing link between consumers and brands and keen sense of trend forecasting are what gives her companies, MyItThings.com and her newest venture, the Style Coalition, staying power.
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Best promoter of communications technology.
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Not just the The Man, but the perfect human as well.
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Will Margiloff and Bryan Wiener met over 15 years ago and have been longtime friends and business partners ever since. Together, they held senior roles at theglobe.com, a pioneer in social media, and at Net2Phone, one of the first VoIP providers. With over 25 years of digital experience between them, Will and Bryan have a knowledge of the digital landscape and the drive to deliver truly innovative solutions to the market that few can match.
Today, they are at the helm of Innovation Interactive, an independent digital marketing services company that brings together best of breed technology and world class digital marketing strategies. Innovation Interactive is comprised of three collaborative operating units - the award-winning digital agency, 360i; the leading search optimization and digital reporting provider, SearchIgnite; and Netmining, a platform for targeted online communication.
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Seth is the CEO of Conductor, an emerging leader in natural search solutions, helping organizations manage information for greater search engine visibility, developing industry leading SEO solutions, and providing thought leadership for the natural search industry.
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David is the Founder/CEO of Clickable, an online solution that makes search advertising Simple, Instant and Profitable. Clickable’s immediate activation and intuitive user experience make it easy for marketers to manage performance across all major ad networks, including Google, Yahoo and Microsoft.
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Geoff Ramsey, the CEO and co-founder of eMarketer, is the Internet's most exciting digital marketing visionary. He is frequently quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, CNN, BusinessWeek, and Advertising Age. Through the creation of eMarketer, Geoff Ramsey addressed a void in the market research industry. eMarketer aggregates data from hundreds of different sources and analyzes the compiled information into widely read reports, articles and newsletters. Its information helps business executives worldwide make smarter, faster decisions about online marketing, emerging technologies and e-business.
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22.Stephen Colbert (www.colbertnation.com)
The most intelligent and political human in history....ever!
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23.Mark Josephson (blog.outside.in)
Mark Josephson is CEO of Outside.in, the web's largest hyperlocal news platform. Outside.in powers hyperlocal for publishers of all sizes -- from small town bloggers to major media companies. The company is about to launch Outside.in for Publishes, the next version of its innovative platform that empowers publishers to quickly and easily create customized Neighborhood News Pages.
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24.Steven Berlin Johnson (www.stevenberlinjohnson.com)
Best-selling author Steven Berlin Johnson is co-founder of neighborhood news site outside.in (2006), and founder of webzine Feed (in 1995) and Webby-award winning news discussion site Plastic (in 2001). He recently spoke at the SXSW conference about the future of news.
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Allen Stern provides the absolute best startup and tech coverage for NYC. He seems to be at all of the events and gets lots of videos and from the feedback I have heard he actually cares about the startups in NYC.
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