A Kickstarter project aims to make engineering as addictive as Flappy Bird. By Fawn Qiu (Product Development, Sesame Street) If you’re a fan of mobile phone games, you might have heard of Flappy Bird, the immensely popular app that was pulled from the app...
Looking for a new gig in tech? Ellen Chisa has been there… and reports back. By Ellen Chisa (Product Manager, Kickstarter) Once upon a time, I decided I wanted to work at Kickstarter. That became a reality after six months and a lot of not so easy steps. I find...
In this two-part guest series, Ellen Chisa shares her experience at Microsoft and how its review system affected her psyche and productivity. By Ellen Chisa (Product Manager, Kickstarter) This first part gives an overview of Ellen’s time at Microsoft, providing...
Today’s Vancouver Founder Friday speaker on the surprise benefits of her company’s successful Kickstarter campaign. By Janice Cheam (Founder, President, & CEO, Energy Aware Technology) Imagine if one day the same washing machine you’ve always used...
One founder discusses the adjustments his startup made after learning that the audience for his product was mostly women. By Phil Weiner (Co-Founder, Earth Starter) I founded Earth Starter with the idea that I could get professionals, like myself, interested in the...