When a little company called Pebble from Waterloo tried to get funding for their smartwatch, they were turned down by VC and angel investors and so instead took it to Kickstarter . $10 million later, the project is one of the most successful projects in Kickstarter’s history, and the company has sold over 250,000 watches to date.
So, Kickstarter is launching in Canada September 9th, but potential entrepreneurs can get the jump start on creating their kickstarter campaigns now. This gives entrepreneurs and startups a massive platform to acquire initial funds and build an active community of evangelists really quickly.
Since the weather has finally cleared up, I’ve had a lot of time to clear my head on the links. I’m by no means a great golfer, but it’s a fantastic place to clear your head. Or in my case, enrage yourself. Hey, it happens.
So, last week people seemed to be having fun with the hashtag #TOPolimovies and as the curtain call on the Rob Ford saga comes to a close, we must administer our Coup-de-grace to the “crackstarter saga”.
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I’m not going to lie to you, a lot of s#*t went down in Toronto last week. Thankfully, we at 88 Creative got a peek into the City of Toronto’s facebook account to get a recap of just what went down…
No, I’m not going to tell you what bands to listen to if you want to be (or be as cool as) a digital strategist. That’s not my job. You’re an adult (assuming) and you can make your own musical selections. CONTINUE READING
One of the hardest things for me while explaining to friends what the job of a Digital Strategist entails is actually quantifying the amount of thinking we do in a day.
I know that the latest instalment in the Marvel Avengers Universe releases this Friday, and as my coworkers can begrudgingly attest, I am a comic book nerd through and through. So naturally, you can probably deduce that I am beyond excited for Iron Man 3.
