Dumbo is a neighborhood in Brooklyn – the word stands for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass. As written by DumboNYC.com, “In 1978, the naming of Dumbo was conceived by resident artists as a way to make the area sound silly and unattractive to people looking to buy real estate here.”
Dumbo use to be most famous for producing cardboard boxes and Brillo soap pads but now the area is perhaps most famous for its innovation in digital media and technology.
Digital DUMBO was founded in January of 2009 to raise awareness and foster business for the local technology community. We do this through collaborative efforts with local organizations, companies and individuals to showcase local talent, educate the community, and facilitate idea exchange. The goal of our efforts is to drive future talent to the area, sustain business and solidify the community as a viable economic player in the New York Metro area.
Digital DUMBO is currently organized by Andrew Zarick & Kaitlin Villanova.
Who are some of the companies that have set up shop in DUMBO?
Agencies:
BigSpaceship (AMC, Miramax, Paramount Pictures, Coca-cola)
Brooklyn Digital Foundry (Gucci, HUGO Boss, Viraline, Steiner Studios, Guggenheim)
Carrot Creative (Disney, Ford, NFL, Crayola, The Onion)
Domani Studios (Sears, Gucci, NASCAR)
Freedom+Partners (Comedy Central, Volkswagon, Toyota, Adobe)
HUGE (JetBlue, IKEA, CNN, NutriSystem)
HUSH (Sony Ericsson, Cheerios, Hyundai)
Purple, Rock, Scissors (First National Bank, TruTV)
Space150 (Starz, Toro, Dairy Queen, Target, Best Buy)
Special Ops Media (Nokia, 1800 Tequila, Reyka Vodka)
The JAR Group (MTV, Unilever, Time Inc, TuneCore)
Web Services:
Drop.io: Drop.io is an easy to use, online collaboration and file sharing service that provides users with a simple, real time and private way to chat and share images, video, audio, documents and other digital content through unique, user-created and controlled sharing points called ‘drops.’
Etsy: Etsy enables people to make a living making things, and connects the makers with the buyers.
FanFeedr: FanFeedr are a real-time personalized sports feed.
Outside.in: Outside.in is the best place to discover news happening around you. We make it easy to find stories, events, and local discussions happening in your neighborhood, within your city, or even on your block. Thousands of sources—including local bloggers, newspapers, events databases, and even Twitter tweets—help you keep up with everything happening in your backyard.
MyBankTracker: MyBankTracker.com is a personal finance property designed to provide consumers with the needed to tools to make smarter banking decisions to earn a better return on their money.
Sawhorse Media: Sawhorse Media builds Twitter-centric web properties, tools and also hosts the Shorty Awards
TuneCore: TuneCore is a music delivery and distribution service that gets music you created (even cover versions) up for sale on iTunes, AmazonMP3, Rhapsody, Napster, etc., without asking for your rights or taking any money from the sale or use of your music.
The Universal Record Database: URDB believes every person on earth has potential to be the world’s best ’something’. URDB’s mission is to become the database where all such achievements will live.
Waterfront Media: Waterfront Media is the largest privately held online health company and operates The Everyday Health Network, which attracts over 25 million unique users per month across 24 sites.
