About Vice-Principal ResearchJoshua Balderson is a community-minded kind of guy. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I카지노 게임 컬렉션ve always been someone who likes to help out and get involved,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says. A former volunteer firefighter, around his hometown of Gananoque he can also be found helping out during the 1000 Islands Poker Run or serving as the score keeper at various junior league teams, wherever someone needs a hand.
Perhaps fittingly for a person trained in television and communications, he카지노 게임 컬렉션s also a big fan of social media. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I started college the first year Facebook began,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션Back then, My Space was the name of the game.카지노 게임 컬렉션 The do-it-yourself, far less overtly commercial nature of social media then was something he enjoyed. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I don카지노 게임 컬렉션t like where it is today,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션All the negative aspects, the targeted advertising. Nothing annoys me more than when I am watching something and obstructive advertising pops up.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Maybe, he thought, he could develop a video-sharing platform minus the bad parts.
That was in 2020. He began assembling a management team to help him create his platform, and, keeping in mind how he likes to help others, 카지노 게임 컬렉션We got together, and we decided that what we wanted to get into was assisting schools.카지노 게임 컬렉션 Their video platform would be a way for schools to connect with their alumni, to build engagement and to fund-raise. Reel Alumni would make sure there were no targeted advertisements or unwanted content. They카지노 게임 컬렉션d promise the schools that signed up a quarter of the amount they카지노 게임 컬렉션d take as a subscription fee from alumni and offer them half of the revenue from any expected advertising. (카지노 게임 컬렉션Video distribution is quite big online,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Balderson, 카지노 게임 컬렉션It took in $250 million last year on advertising.카지노 게임 컬렉션). Even if they captured only a small piece of that, it would be windfall for schools 카지노 게임 컬렉션 and for Reel Alumni, as they dubbed their company.
As Balderson himself admits, his idea faced one major obstacle: 카지노 게임 컬렉션I카지노 게임 컬렉션m not trained in business.카지노 게임 컬렉션 Appealing for help on a Kington business website, he connected with Amanda Gilbert, the Communications Coordinator at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Partnerships and Innovation (QPI). She in turn connected him with Rick Boswell, QPI카지노 게임 컬렉션s Assistant Director of Programs and Operations, 카지노 게임 컬렉션So I reached out to him. I had a business plan, a breakdown in a paper model of what the platform would look like, all my projections ready to go. When I showed them that, they said I was quite a bit further along than most people.카지노 게임 컬렉션 He was first accepted into the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Startup Runway program and then also into the Wings acceleration program, intended for startups in their pre-revenue stage.
Of Wings, he says, 카지노 게임 컬렉션It카지노 게임 컬렉션s definitely the most important thing I have done,카지노 게임 컬렉션 in terms of launching Reel Alumni.
카지노 게임 컬렉션I think the thing they taught me was how to spend my time,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I was spending a lot of time turning over rocks I didn카지노 게임 컬렉션t need to turn over.카지노 게임 컬렉션 카지노 게임 컬렉션When that happened, things just started to click, and I started to move.카지노 게임 컬렉션 Previously, he says, 카지노 게임 컬렉션I struggled to write a business plan. Now I could probably do one in an hour.카지노 게임 컬렉션 For the one-on-one sessions that are a feature of Wings, 카지노 게임 컬렉션I worked with Elza [Seregelyi, one of Wing카지노 게임 컬렉션s co-directors]. She has a lot of experience with charities and non-profits and the fact that I am really charity-driven helped us connect. I want to be the company that helps the most, but she was able to direct my approach away from giving the shirt off your back and living in your car to let카지노 게임 컬렉션s make this profitable.카지노 게임 컬렉션 That the program in these days of COVID-19 was delivered exclusively via Zoom didn카지노 게임 컬렉션t bother him. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I카지노 게임 컬렉션m a tech guy, so it was a perfect fit for me.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Since finishing Wings, Balderson has continued to work on advancing Reel Alumni. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I카지노 게임 컬렉션ve received interest from alumni, I have received interest from potential advertisers.카지노 게임 컬렉션 He카지노 게임 컬렉션s found that the universities hold their alumni 카지노 게임 컬렉션pretty close to their chest,카지노 게임 컬렉션 so he might aim more at community colleges. 카지노 게임 컬렉션They카지노 게임 컬렉션re a little less organized in the alumni area,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션If we can show revenue, I have an agreement with the Ontario Ministry of Education that they will walk me into the school boards with them. We카지노 게임 컬렉션d be feeding money into the secondary system.카지노 게임 컬렉션 He카지노 게임 컬렉션s aware his current idea might never come to fruition; however, thanks to Wings, he now sees himself as an entrepreneur 카지노 게임 컬렉션 indeed, while still in the program he created a couple of sideline businesses using what Wings had taught him. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I want to be a successful entrepreneur. I have a couple of other business ideas that I had since being in the program. I want to get a successful company with a charity at the end whether it be from Reel Alumni or an artificial intelligence wedding planner. I카지노 게임 컬렉션m not a guy who stands still,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says. Indeed, he is currently also busy producing a podcast and serving as brand manager for Puck Support, a group working on mental health issues in hockey.
카지노 게임 컬렉션I can카지노 게임 컬렉션t say enough about Wings,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I can카지노 게임 컬렉션t thank them enough for all they taught me. Anyone thinking about it, I would seriously suggest they apply and attempt it.카지노 게임 컬렉션
QPI offers the Startup Runway and Wings programs as part of the . Led by in Eastern Ontario and including Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s as a regional partner, the Scale-Up Platform Project is supported with funding from the .