Anxie-tees
After years of ignoring dealing with my anxiety and depression, it got so bad that I was forced to finally seek help or lose everything. Therapy and medication saved my life and, once feeling better, I realized that the reason I didn’t seek help was because of the negative stigmas associated with men talking about their feelings and society’s view of mental health in general.
NEV-R-BORED Games: We make fun ‘with’ you
NRB Games is a fully integrated developer of high-concept, easy-to-play, gameshow productions. This “side hustle” grew out of my “day job” skills of programming and coding plus my love of gaming, friendly competition and charity fundraising. The NRB goal is to create fellowship and leverage the camaraderie of group gaming as entertainment and a means to raise support and awareness for worthy causes. After years of hosting and producing ever-more elaborate gaming events frequently with a charity component, starting this silly company seemed logical. To date, NRB has raised awareness and thousands of dollars for organizations including Adaptive Design Association, Center for Black Equity, Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals, Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, Point Foundation and The Trevor Project among others.
Goodfit
We work with artists from around the world to create puzzles that advance culture, change, and friendship. Our limited-run puzzles are always socially relevant and unique – you won’t ever find this art anywhere else (except from the artist themselves!). This isn’t from your grandmother’s puzzle collection. Each artist is highlighted and interviewed so that people can connect to the art in new ways. And to put our money where our mouth is, we give 10% of each puzzle to a cause that the artist selects.
Little Pebbles
We’re a married couple who founded the store in 2016 (When I hit 2nd year at Huge as a product design lead) and my partner Dada has been in food & coffee industry for quite a while.
Before Huge, I’ve been in a startup where I was responsible for doing everything design related from UI/UX, research, marketing, industrial hardware as well as print design, and I always wanted to use the experience that I gained for our own business.
Sunny Bum
moved from Australia to Amsterdam 2 years ago, and quickly swapped my surfboard and towel for a bike and a rain jacket. Dutch starter kit complete, I started to ride everywhere, and soon noticed the torn, ripped, bruised, wet, plastic-wrapped, sad-looking bike saddles around the city. My producer mind started to ramble about bringing some comfort and warmth to the cold and sad seats of Amsterdam.
Grandma’s Basement Blocks
Grandma’s Basement Blocks provide a foundation of fun. An environmentally friendly, lightweight, knockdown-building-block set inspired by Sundays at Gram’s house “playing blocks” for ages 3 and up. A family-founded and family-run business based out of the heart of the Pennsylvania Wilds, being led by a father-son duo who have decades of experience in the toy business along with advertising and branding.
Old Dude Skate Crew
As a creative/artist I feel most alive when I’m lost somewhere between my right brain and a cup of coffee. Thats the space where I can be completely free. Drifting from one thought to the next. Not worried about anyones opinion or client feedback or budgetary constraints. I can just be me. Creative.
WindowSwap
A website created to fill that deep void in our wanderlust hearts by allowing us to look through someone else’s window, somewhere in the world, for a while.
Neighborhood
Last year, I created a startup in secret.
I thought there should an easier way for local businesses to create and run a commercial on YouTube.
Wash-a-Pig
Wash-a-Pig is a creative copywriting game. Combining the three types of cards in the deck yield surprising and usually ridiculous ad headline prompts. You might get “write a headline for deodorant using only words that end in -y” or “write a headline for a heavy duty truck speaking to adults still living with their parents”. With 144 cards in the game, there are a total of 5,184 possible combinations.
