Posts Tagged ‘creative business’

We have finally reached the 21st century, and have just 9 more posts before the big one…the day I turn 25. For those who have missed a few, I recommend brushing up on my creativity through the years.

In 1996, I started taking junior councilor classes at the local parks and recreations department. It was my first exposure to sharing my creativity, creating fun events and planning activities. By the year 2000, I had taken enough classes, and was old enough, to start working as an actual after school teacher with the local elementary school. I had worked the summer before in a “paint your own pottery” store, so this wasn’t my first job. But it was certainly the first job that meant something to me. It was also when I realized that while I didn’t want to be a teacher, I wanted to do something that helped people improve on something. Then, it was school work, sports and arts and crafts. Now it’s blog management and web design. Still need patience, just a different tool box.

At the same time I was teaching kids how to play games from my childhood, John Vechey, along with Brien Fiete and Jason Kapalka founded Popcap games (the company who created Bejeweled!). I am always amazed where companies start and why – for them? They simply wanted to create simple and fun games they could play online when bored. What they did was created a company which has won over 25 major awards and employs over 180 people! Pretty impressive solution to cure boredom…