Columbia Entrepreneurs:

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Columbia Entrepreneurs Who Are We?
We are Retail
Red Flower was inspired to create a kind of
beauty that is not easily bottled, one that
focuses both on the internal and the external.
Red flower launched nationally in 1999 at Barneys
New York with six flower candles and two organic
flower teas. The line has continued to evolve and
grow to over a hundred products, including
lotions, soaps and oils, each with the generosity
of scent, health and environmental consciousness,
performance and integrity which make red flower
so innovative. Yael Alkalay 97
redflower.com
HappyBaby addresses the need for nutritious and
convenient alternatives to highly processed baby
food. The company believes that baby's first
meals should taste and look deliciousand nourish
the baby's body. HappyBaby foods are fresh
frozen, vegetarian, organic foods with socially
conscious packaging. An organic cereal product
line is also offered with probiotics for immune
protection and DHA for brain and eye development.
Shazi Visram 04
happybabyfood.com
Peeled Snacks believes that food starts out
delicious and nutritious, and it doesn't need
some machine to improve it, or engineering to
perfect it. The product line offers large,
easy-to-eat pieces of fruit and nuts providing a
natural source of vitamins, minerals and fiber -
with NO added sugar or fat. The nuts are dry
roasted and lightly salted. And for chocolate
lovers, Peeled Snacks uses the finest rich dark
chocolate with 58 cacao in their Shock-olate
variety. Noha Waibsnaider 02
peeledsnacks.com
Blow Styling Salon is a new concept in beauty
services, a blow-dry bar, where customers can get
well-priced, blow outs and other beauty services
in a fun, hip atmosphere. The flagship salon is
located in the Meatpacking district and second
in mid town Manhattan. Blow also launched its own
line of hair care products specifically
formulated for blown dry hair. Julie Klingenberg
Flakstad 99
blowny.com
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Pockit Rockit is a book that makes discovering
music fun, fast and easy. Adapting the Zagat
guide book approach to restaurants if you like
x, try y, PockitRockit uses artists you already
do know to help turn you on to some of the most
intriguing and relevant artists you dont know
yet. Ari Abramowitz 00
pockitrockit.com
Casauri is an online provider of designer laptop
bags, laptop cases, sleeves, totes and ipod
cases in stylish colors for men and women. Emily
McHugh 99
casauri.com
Hill Country is Texas-style barbecue restaurant
featuring a majestic bi-level 11,000 square feet
space, with towering industrial-height ceilings,
two full bars and capacity for 300-plus seated
guests. Located in the Flatiron District area of
New York City, Hill Country brings the Hill
Country Barbecue Market experience to tourists
and locals alike. Marc Glosserman 06
hillcountryny.com
Verterra products are thoughtfully and
beautifully designed, adding a chic touch of
nature to your table. Not only are they the most
durable and versatile single-use product
available, as you can use them to bake in the
oven, store in the fridge, and reheat in the
microwave, but also all-natural. VerTerra is made
from fallen leaves, steam, heat and pressure.
Thats it no chemicals, no toxins, no worrying.
Michael Dwork 07
verterra.com
Solemates High Heeler attaches easily to most
stiletto and kitten heels. By increasing the
surface area on the base of the heel, it reduces
the pressure on this area and prevents the heel
from sinking into grass or falling into cracks!
Becca Brown07 and Monica Murphy 07
thesolemates.com
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We are Manufacturing
Environmentally Conscious Organization, Inc., is
a design, licensing, manufacturing, sub-contract
management and logistics firm dedicated to
improving outmoded, outdated and wasteful food
packaging. Jennifer Wright 09
ecoincorporated.com
We are Media
YourTango is a multimedia company focused on
intelligent talk on love and relationships for
women ages 25-45. Whether the topic is
relationships, fashion, careers, culture, stress,
travel, home, or money, Tango approaches it from
a unique point of view, offering a rich mix of
expert advice, in-depth reporting, dramatic
personal narrative, and entertaining opinion.
Andrea Miller 02
yourtango.com
RightsGenie allows media buyers from around the
world to search for all content types, including
films, television shows, sports programming,
recorded live events, original web content,
books, and video games. RightsGenie will then
track down the content owner and clear the right.
Licensing content just got a lot easier. Josh
Brody10
rightsgenie.com
We are Sports
Harlem Lanes is Upper Manhattan's most vibrant
entertainment destination and premier lounge.
Harlem Lanes is a duplex, 24 lane bowling and
entertainment complex featuring a modern café,
fully equipped sports bar and arcade, deluxe
lounge, and private party room. Located off of
Harlem's historic 125th Street, in the heart of
uptown's commercial district, Harlem Lanes is far
from the traditional bowling alley. Sharon
Joseph 02
harlemlanes.net
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We are Technology
Olapic Olapic collects all your wedding guests'
photos so you can organize, store, print, and
share them in any way you'd like. Pau Sabria 10,
Luis Sanz10, Jose De Cabo 10
olapic.com
Wikispaces is a website where groups of people
can easily build and edit web pages together. A
great community builder tool, Wikispaces is
popular with friends, families, students,
teachers, sports teams, community groups, book
clubs, fan clubs, party organizers and wedding
planners. Adam Frey 05
wikispaces.com
Payperks is an employee perks program that helps
company transition to paperless pay. Arlyn
Davich 09
payperk.com
Edit.com is the leading website maintenance
service to small businesses. Edit.com helps
small businesses use their websites more
effectively by recommending the most appropriate
and cost-effective options and offering free
quotes to get them set up and working perfectly.
Thousands of small businesses rely on Edit.com
everyday. Steve Grushcow 04
edit.com
RightPedal is an interactive video car blog,
featuring a tv-style show in which we test drive
exciting automobiles in an educational and
entertaining manner. Hootan Mahallati 07
rightpedal.com
We are Social Enterprise
Out2Play, Inc.  is a non-profit 501(c)(3)
organization dedicated to building and
refurbishing playgrounds throughout the New York
City public school system.  With more than half
of New York City elementary schools lacking
playground access, Out2Play is implementing a
large-scale, city-wide program to give New York
City school children this much needed resource.
Andrea Wenner 05
out2play.org
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Thorobird provides development, consulting, and
fund management solutions to nonprofit
organizations, private investors and hard-working
tenants. Uniquely positioned in the affordable
housing and distressed community real estate
development industries, Thorobird focuses on
communities in the New York metropolitan area
that have greater than 10 thousand people per
square mile and are in census tracts with poverty
rates of at least 20. Thomas Campbell 09
thorobird.com
Art for Refugees in Transition provides
curriculum and training programs to engage both
children and adults in refugee communities in
visual, performing and creative arts drawn from
their own cultures. These activities provide
local and international relief institutions with
tools to help refugee communities recover from
the trauma, terror and dislocation of war. Sara
Green 01
artforrefugees.org
We are International
Agora Partnerships is a community of development
and investment professionals, volunteer
consultants and entrepreneurs committed to
launching and growing successful,
socially-responsible businesses in emerging
markets. Agora leverages investment in areas
where inefficient capital markets and other
formidable barriers to entrepreneurship have
prevented talent from achieving its full
potential. The organization provides emerging
market entrepreneurs with the same arsenal of
tools available to their counterparts in wealthy
countries. Ben Powell 05
agorapartnerships.org
Teshkeel Media Group was founded to address the
lack of development of positive, high-quality
children's media in the Middle East region. Part
of the company's vision is to create a stable of
superheroes for all children based on Islamic
culture. Teshkeel's flagship superhero property,
The 99, debuted with a special issue in June
2006. Teshkeel also acquired exclusive licensing
rights to publish several of the world's most
popular comic book titles in Arabic including
Spider-Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, Superman, Batman
and the Archie group of characters. Naif
Al-Mutawa 03
the99.org
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We are Education
Tabula Digita is an educational gaming company
focused on delivering innovative and effective
educational games to students and institutions.
The games have all of the action adventure fun
associated with mainstream games while
simultaneously providing an efficient learning
environment to better prepare students for high
stakes exams. Tabula Digitas games can be used
as stand alone teaching programs or they can be
used to support and enhance conventional teaching
methods and materials. Ntiedo Etuk 02
tabuladigita.com
We are Transportation
Baboo is a Geneva-based, European regional
airline offering both passenger and cargo
services. It currently serves the following
destinations from Geneva Florence, Lugano,
Nice, Olbia, Prague, Valencia, and Venice. Julian
Cook 00
flybaboo.com
We are Healthcare and Fitness
FSA-Store is a website for Flexible Spending
Accounts(FSAs) that allows employees to spend
and manage their FSA funds efficiently and with
ease. Jeremy Miller10
fsastore.com
Physique 57, an internationally renowned fitness
company, is committed to sculpting bodies and
changing lives with challenging and invigorating
ballet barre-based workouts. Physique 57 is a
respected presence in the fitness industry with
five studio locations - three in Manhattan, one
in the Hamptons and one in Beverly Hills. The
success of the studios is complemented by high
fashion clothing boutiques, award-winning DVDs,
partnerships with luxurious resorts, and a widely
celebrated book, The Physique 57 Solution The
Groundbreaking 2-Week Plan for a Lean, Beautiful
Body. Jennifer Maanavi 00