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LaunchSquad Boston Builds Bikes for Kids

Erica Orthmann — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:18:25 +0000

Let’s get real – many of us in the Boston office love bikes. All of us love kids. So when we heard that a local nonprofit, CYCLE Kids was having an event to build bikes for their spring session, we were SOLD! CYCLE Kids is a Cambridge, MA-based nonprofit that strives to eliminate the childhood [...]

LaunchSquad New York Does Social Media Week

Matt C. — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:34:02 +0000

Social Media Week hit Manhattan last week, and the LaunchSquad NY team was thrilled to attend many of the fun and educational events around the city. Since Social Media Week encourages connections and conversation around emerging trends in social and mobile media, we were more than excited to participate. Social Media Week’s global roster of [...]

LaunchSquad New York Spreads Holiday Cheer at NYC’s Hartley House

Matt C. — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:09:02 +0000

On Friday, LaunchSquad NY took the afternoon to volunteer at Manhattan’s Hartley House, a well-known community center in Hell’s Kitchen, established over a century ago to provide educational, creative, recreational, civic and social services to its neighbors regardless of their age, income, race, gender or sexual orientation. Our mission was to spread some holiday cheer [...]

QR Codes Making the Visceral World Link-able

Greer — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:56:19 +0000

You’ve probably seen a few QR codes by now – those small black and white scannable squares that have started popping up in movie advertisements and magazines. You may have even used your smartphone’s QR reader to scan a code and be directed to a mobile website, app or coupon that relates to that specific [...]

LaunchSquad’s 6th Annual Thanksgiving Pie Bake-off

Michele — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:10:37 +0000

Wednesday, November 19, 2010 It was earthquake weather in San Francisco—a little too warm, the air a tad bit too still, and then rain in the forecast for the weekend. You could cut the tension in the office with a stainless steel serving knife. In addition to the looming possibility of a squiggling Richter scale, [...]