May 14th, 2012 by corbett3000
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Vote for iStrategyLabs: Chase x LivingSocial Small Business Grant

Over the past 4 years, iStrategyLabs has grown from an idea in my apartment, to a 20 person creative agency that has worked to reshape DC and the world through innovative projects of all kinds.

In recent months, we’ve begun bootstrapping our product – Grandstand – and have rolled out a new service offering called Social Machines… all the while preparing for year 3 of DCWEEK (our 10,000+ person festival).

When we saw LivingSocial and Chase Bank’s “Mission: Small Business” grant program we took the rare step of applying for a grant of $250,000. We don’t typically go after these kinds of things, but we felt that at this time, with exciting projects and a growing festival, this cash would be great to put to work in order to further invest in the future of our business.

We’re going to need 250 votes to be considered for the grant. Please help us by taking 1.23 minutes to do the following:

  1. Visit https://www.missionsmallbusiness.com
  2. Click the “Login & Support” button in the bottom right. Accept Facebook login.
  3. Search for “iStrategyLabs” and then vote. iStrategyLabs is one word with no spaces :)

Thank you for your help!

 

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May 13th, 2012 by corbett3000
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[Infographic] Razorsight – $2 Trillion Reasons Why We Love Telecom

Our friends at Razorsight recently held an important conference and asked us to create and infographic that would tell the story of how big the Telecom industry actually is. Here is the result:





Posted in Content Creation
May 7th, 2012 by corbett3000
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Sweetlife Festival 2012 Recap

If you missed the Sweetlife Festival this year – well…I feel bad for you. Seriously. It was mind bogglingly amazing – and I’m not just saying that because we’re the marketing agency behind the festival and designed and developed the brand/website.

Have a look at this 50 second recap and associated pics and you’ll see why:

Amazing photos – completely stolen from Brightest Young Things Festival Report:

Photo Credits: Joy Asico

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Our good friends at BLUEBRAIN had these terrific masks on – curtesy of Kashuo Bennet:
And it’s always magic to see the brand you create come to life in 3 dimensions:
And the lovely website the design dev team toiled away on:
Posted in Brand Strategy, Digital Word of Mouth, Experiential Marketing
April 3rd, 2012 by Katie Lancos
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[Infographic] Mobile Data Growth and What it Means for You

iStrategyLabs produced and launched an infographic for Mobile Future highlighting the unprecedented growth in mobile data traffic and what it means for consumers.

Just five years ago, consumers turned to their phones for basic communications – placing calls, checking email and sending texts. Today, those phones have morphed into a range of mobile devices that place the power of information in the palms of our hands.

The infographic charts the exploding and varied ways mobile devices are now being used to connect:

  • 792 mobile apps are downloaded each second.
  • 29 million mobile users streamed music in 2011.
  • Video content accounts for 52% of all mobile data traffic.
  • Facebook hosts 1627 mobile status updates per second.
  • Twitter boasts 13 million mobile users.
  • Instagram reported a 1,900% increase in the number of photos posted in a single year

Full infographic below:

Posted in Content Creation, Innovation Design, Our Work
March 26th, 2012 by DJ Saul
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Changing How We Learn: 10 Disruptive Tools For Every Generation

As the web rapidly transforms the way we consume knowledge, here’s a quick look at innovative tools, programs, and startups that are rapidly changing how we learn.

Code The Next Facebook!

“Many public-school children seem to know only two dates — 1492 and 4th of July; and as a rule they don’t know what happened on either occasion”  — Mark Twain

Startup technologists are the new rockstars to be emulated, which means learning how to write code is finding its way into the changing educational ecosystem more and more.

The Academy of Software Engineering:  NYC’s newest move to become a stronghold of young technical talent is slated to deliver cutting edge curriculum for students focusing on software engineering, design, and technology.

Code Now: This program is quickly gaining traction as it aims to develop the next generation of disruptive technologists, focusing on foundational computer science skills for underrepresented high school students.

Codecademy:  Learn to write code online and at your own pace, through a series of interactive tutorials and lessons.

Hungry Academy:  In a recruiting masterstroke, Living Social will take you from “0” to “10101…” in a rigorous 5 month program, (upon signing a commitment to work for Living Social for a year that is).

Build A Company!

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education” — Mark Twain

Upon graduating high school, my parents presented me with an option:  either go to college, or use the money they had saved up to do something else (start a business, travel the world, learn to fly helicopters, etc).  I went to college*.  You don’t have to.

E[nstitute]:  This 2-year apprenticeship program is set out to provide a legitimate alternative for traditional higher education by turning startups and small businesses across New York City into classrooms.

Thiel Fellowship:  2-years + $100,000 + mentorship and connections with some of the heaviest hitters in silicon valley = a high probability of success.

EverFi: This startup focuses on delivering the critical life skill of financial literacy through a series of interactive courses and games… (and it’s 100% free for K-12 schools).

Become a Modern Day Know-It-All & Handy Man!

“It is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to teach others — and less trouble.“  — Mark Twain

Finally, the tools for servicing the largest market segment yet, the rest of us who want to stay sharp or learn something new, no matter what age.

Skillshare:  The ultimate peer-to-peer experiential learning platform.  Learn (and teach!) how to do everything from writing code to hanging a shelf properly in your house.

Udemy:  “The Academy of You”.  Quite simply, this platform allows you to take and build online courses on just about anything.

Khan Academy:  The groundbreaking platform for alternative online learning.  With a vast aray of bite sized YouTube videos, Khan boils down everything from art history to the Paulson Bailout.

Udacity:  After his CS221 class went viral, Google Fellow Sebastian Thrun of Stanford launched a platform that combines the direct instruction of Khan Academy with the interactivity of Codecademy.

MITx:  In the Fall of 2012 MIT will offer a variety of its courses for free online. Sound like MIT OpenCourseWare?  It’s not.  It features interactive instruction, online labs, and individualized assessment, giving anyone the ability to earn certificates from MITx.

*NOTE:  I had an awesome time in college.  

 

 

 

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