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The 2012 Game Changers

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These young companies are changing the way New York does business
May 1, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

You may not know their names—yet—but these entrepreneurs are likely to spend a lot of time in the spotlight very soon. They are some of the most exciting innovators of the year and their products and services will likely have a big impact on New York business in the next 12 months and beyond.

 

NY Report’s Game Changers class of 2012 is made of true industry disruptors who are changing the way we use technology, think of higher education, consume information, find employees, buy art, and more. All of these young business owners have created rapidly scalable businesses and are passionately mission-driven.

 

 

Meet this year’s Game Changers:

 

Jonathan Hefter of Neverware

Jason Baptiste of Onswipe

Joseph Cohen of Lore

Catherine Levene and Christopher Vroom of Artspace

Payal Kadakia of Classtivity

Shafqat Islam of NewsCred

Joe Essenfeld of JIBE

Brad Hargreaves, Adam Pritzker, Matthew Brimer, and Jake Schwartz of General Assembly

Kane Sarhan and Shaila Ittycheria of E[nstitute]

 

Photographs by Jill Lotenberg

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Author Information:

Daria Meoli is the Executive Editor at The New York Enterprise Report. She can be reached at dmeoli@nyreport.com