Archive for the ‘Start-up Culture’ Category
March 18th, 2010
by Tracy in K-2 Curriculum, Math fun, Start-up Culture
3rd grade math games sneak preview
It won’t be long now – DreamBox Learning K-2 Math will soon be K-3 Math. We’re bursting with excitement about our 3rd grade math games and couldn’t keep it hush-hush any longer.
Announcing the DreamBox Learning K-3 Math preview
So we created a K-3 Math parent preview, complete with sample lessons. Play the sample math lessons, read [...]
February 4th, 2010
by Tracy in Start-up Culture
Vote DreamBox Your Favorite IAA Finalist!
The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA), the state-wide technology association aimed to connect, lead, and inspire tech businesses in Washington, has included DreamBox Learning in its finalists for an Industry Achievement Award (IAA) as Breakthrough Start-up of the Year. Everyone here at DreamBox is excited and feels very honored.
December 28th, 2009
by Mickelle in K-3 Curriculum, Start-up Culture
Schools Are on Winter Break, but DreamBox is Not!
At DreamBox we’re capitalizing on school vacation! For two days, we invited DreamBoxers who live near our offices to sit side-by-side with our teachers and developers and be the first to try our newest lessons and games. This is the first major step in testing our new virtual manipulatives developed by DreamBox only for our [...]
July 24th, 2009
by Sue in Start-up Culture, Technology
Big News: Little Startup Covered in Big City Paper
It takes a special bunch of people and a very special product to get a tiny startup in the Wall Street Journal!
July 16th, 2009
by Mickelle in Online Learning, Start-up Culture
Schooled by 5-8 Year Olds: More Mouse Struggles!
When we were developing DreamBox Learning K-2 Math, just creating the Mouse Tutorials didn’t solve our mouse problems (See our blog Schooled by 5-8 year olds: Mouse Skills Needed).
April 29th, 2009
by Mickelle in Life at DreamBox Learning, Start-up Culture
DreamBox: My Purple Cow
Recently, I reread Seth Godin’s book Purple Cow. It’s about transforming your business by being remarkable.
April 27th, 2009
by Tracy in Life at DreamBox Learning, Start-up Culture
Last Chance: Vote for DreamBox as Seattle’s Best Startup
Voting for Seattle's Best Startup ends on April 28! That means you have only one day to cast your ballot for DreamBox Learning. Here are three reasons to vote for DreamBox.
April 8th, 2009
by Tracy in Life at DreamBox Learning, Start-up Culture
Here’s to 100 Blog Posts! Vote for DreamBox in the Seattle 2.0 Awards
We're proud to announce this is our 100th blog post. Let's hear it for us! DreamBox Learning started with ... dreams. We envisioned a world where every student enjoys an individually-tailored, world class learning experience.
February 23rd, 2009
by Sue in Math in Real Life, Start-up Culture
Math in Today’s Everyday Life
Every day now driving home and listening to the news, I try, like everyone else I imagine, to wrap my head around the kinds of numbers they’re throwing around. The scale of the numbers is incomprehensible. How meaningful is the difference between a billion and a trillion...
February 2nd, 2009
by Byron in Life at DreamBox Learning, Start-up Culture, Technology
Launch Lunch
There is nothing like the excitement of launching a new product after years of work. I enjoyed the privilege of joining the celebration lunch with the DreamBox team.
January 27th, 2009
by Neil in Life at DreamBox Learning, Start-up Culture
Here’s Why I Love Working at DreamBox Learning
I’ve been in the software biz for 22 years or so, not counting high school and university. (If you want to add that, call it 28 years!)
Of the companies I’ve worked for, this is the most balanced, professional, and most oriented towards shipping product.
I love the way we have combined software, creative, teaching, marketing, and [...]
January 27th, 2009
by Byron in Life at DreamBox Learning, Start-up Culture
A Blessing and a Curse
I love creating software.
A software product, unlike say, building a book case, is never completely done. As TV’s Detective Monk would say, that is “a blessing, and a curse.” A blessing, because you can fix the things that are not quite perfect. A curse, because you can fix the things that are not quite perfect.
December 24th, 2008
by Sue in Start-up Culture
Happy Holidays from all of us at DreamBox Learning
All of us at DreamBox Learning sincerely wish all of you a happy holiday season and the very best in the new year!
November 8th, 2008
by Lou in Life at DreamBox Learning, Start-up Culture
What’s in a Name?
One of our favorite things to do as we prepare to release a new beta is to invite parents and their child(ren) to come to our offices for early usability testing; mostly because it gives us a chance to observe and interact on many levels.
October 19th, 2008
by Lou in Life at DreamBox Learning, Start-up Culture
Working Toward Personal Obsolescence
Dear DreamBox Co-owners,
We stand ready to ship our 4th Beta in less than a year. An astonishing milestone, yet no heads swell among you. Instead, and with the same brute, elegant, and humble spirit that got you here, you turn your attention once again to shipping, learning, fixing, testing, planning, cutting, building, testing, and shipping anew.
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