Pie in the Sky
This website owner is making authentic New York pizza available anywhere, anytime.
By Emily Weisburg •
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What: Authentic New York pizza shipped nationwide via UPS
Who: Ed Powers of IWantNYPizza.com
Where: Smithtown, New York
When: Started in 2005
Startup costs: $40,000
When some friends told native New Yorker Ed Powers that the first stop on their visit to New York City would be a pizzeria, his idea for IWantNYPizza.com was born. Powers, 46, knew he had many friends and family who had recently left New York and missed authentic New York-style pizza. Teaming up with his two brothers-in-law who run Italian restaurants, Powers developed a website where people could order fresh New York pizza--shipped on ice by UPS nationwide.
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