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Curious Office continues to grow

We’ve been hard at work on ImageKind but we should get the beta version launched on July1 or thereabouts. When we started Curious Office, we did so with the idea that small teams could do great things. In large part, that’s what we believe this Web 2.0 stuff is all about. So, we set out to prove it by developing something ourselves. And, I think that when we release the first version of ImageKind, people will appreciate the fact that it was done by two developers and one designer. I was the designer and I’m not actually a graphic designer by trade so I’m really looking forward to seeing what people think. We started with a basic idea and developed the core platform in about 5 months. There is more to ImageKind than a typical Web 2.0 start-up (in terms of lines of code) so I’m really pleased with the results. I do want to give credit to the other folks on our staff who perform operational and business support including Aleks, Stephan, Jessica and Khanh.

We’ve since put out an offer to a new full time designer who (is VERY talented) and will be starting the second week in July and I’m looking to add another developer partner to the team. We’ve got a new concept under development and we’re evaluating several partnerships with other entreprenuers for 2006. Curious Office is still very much an experiment but I’m pleased with the progress we’re making. I would like to expand the scope of our operations going forward but I want to keep the lab small. The business concept for the second project we want to hatch was conceived by me when I was stuck behind a city bus wrapped in advertising. I’ve mentioned the concept to few venture capital friends around town and was surprised by the investment interest. I’m not sure we’ll need outside capital but it really depends on the final evolution of the business plan.

I’ve got other great news to report very soon but the news isn’t public yet so I can’t fully disclose. I’m anxious to break the news to previous investors and friends.

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  1. Chad Edge on June 22nd, 2006

    All the luck in the world, Kelly.

    My partner Dan Ross just got back from Baltimore with great deals for us (also can’t go further). I’m looking so forward to the next few months - the rest of the year even (iPod giveaways again, new formats, new deals with publishers, etc.).

    I’ll keep my eyes open for announcements from CO.

    Chad

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