When I was a senior at UPenn some of my friends informed me that people do other things than consulting, i-banking, and graduate school after college. As a philosophy undergrad, I had resigned myself to the last of these, but the entrepreneurship thing sounded much more exciting; I have always been very competitive and–ah–persistent.
Movin' On Up
I am proud to announce that Carrot Creative will be making the much anticipated move to NYC in March 2008. After a long, arduous search, we have found our NYC home in Brooklyn, specifically the DUMBO area. Check out My Flicker for photos of this stellar space.
Carrot Closed for the Afternoon
Well, it appears that the local weathermen were wrong again. The New Haven area, currently the home of Carrot Creative’s main office, was not anticipating any snowfall as initial reports stated 0-3 inches of precipitation. However, mounds of white goodness are already piling up and we are expected to get 6-9 inches by late afternoon. Thus, we have closed the Carrot offices this afternoon and will be working from home. If you need to get ahold of us, you can… Continue Reading
Be Santa is a Holiday Hit
Be Santa is proving to be the shining star for the holiday season on Facebook. In just two weeks, Be Santa has enlisted active users all over the world, who have sent tens of thousands of virtual and real gifts for the holiday season. Be Santa is already being heralded as one of the hottest new applications, and certainly the best of holiday applications produced for Facebook. Check out these three blogs for all the blog buzz on Be… Continue Reading
HUE is Timeless
I am thrilled to announce to all of the Carrot Creative staff, friends and family that the Clique HUE HD was named to Time Magazine’s “Best Inventions of 2007”. HUE HD joins the ranks of technology juggernauts Sony, Yamaha and Blackberry in this year’s “Tech Buyer’s Guide” section of Time.
Dank Apps Gets Funding
We’ve been keeping silent about this for a couple of weeks now, but we are very excited to announce that Dank Apps Inc. has received a $250,000 investment from Bay Partners!
Mashable Meet Up
I would like to thank the folks at Mashable and our good friends at PMBuzz.com for hosting the first Mash Meet Up in NYC. The event was a great networking opportunity for all us Web 2.0 nerds, I mean professionals, and I would encourage anyone, be it a newcomer or season veteran in the Web 2.0 world, to attend a Mash Meet Up in the nearest coordinating city. The Mash Meet Up was the perfect cap to my week of… Continue Reading
The Conferences Call
The conference season picks up this week as we will be attending the AdTech Conference and Facebook Developers Garage in NYC. We hope to see all of you there during this beautiful first week in November.
Lotto Gets FaceReviewed
Check out our interview with Rodney Rumford of FaceReview fame. At this year’s Graphing Social Patterns, the buzz over the LOTTO application translated to many bloggings and media supporting our “rising star” of an application. And while we appreciate all the accolades, we are especially thankful and proud to be among the ranks of the most appealing applications detailed in FaceReview, receiving three and a half stars out of five.
