Founded December 1995
We started in a bedroom at 3440 Clara Drive in Mississauga. We were one of the first companies in Canada offering websites and digital marketing, the internet was still very new but catching on fast!
Our first client
Energy Lake Kung Fu was our first paying client in 1995, we got them so many new students they had to expand their school several times over. Their growth happened so fast it sparked a spin off called Beyond Kung Fu Studios which is still going strong today in Brampton Ontario Canada. The owner of Energy Lake passed away in 2013 and his original school was discontinued. We miss you so much, Mr. Costa!
Artificial Intelligence chat room 1996
We developed and operated one of the first AI (Artificial Intelligence) based chat rooms, users could dial into our BBS (using the Renegade platform) and talk via keyboard-text to our AI and it would respond with simple but smart conversation for hours. It was mostly our research project but it grew to hundreds of regular monthly users. This also got us invites to several technology conventions in Toronto.
First office 1997
We moved to 100 Westmore Drive in Etobicoke Ontario. This office space allowed us to have a lot of clients visit us daily without angering our neighbors lol.
Sweaty clients 1998
One of our clients, CompuWhiz grew from $0 to $3,500,000 annual revenue. The owner would visit our office covered in sweat from working too hard, his wife would beg us to convince him to take days off, which we were never able to successfully do. Today they are wealthy, retired and enjoying life travelling.
First massive client 1999
Some people from NCR walked through our door (they had an office across the parking lot) and just started asking us questions about computers. Look them up, if you've ever used an ATM machine anywhere in the world, it was most likely built by NCR.
First offer to sell the company 2000
We were offered $300,000 CAD to sell the company. The offer actually made us angry and happy at the same time.
Dot com crash 2001
We lost a lot of huge clients and partners in the dot com crash including Pets.com, Webvan and Scribble.
More American clients than Canadian in 2003
By 2003 we had more clients from the United States than from Canada, and instead of meeting people face to face, a lot more business was conducted via email and phone.
A client wants to pay us with this new thing called "Bitcoin" 2012
Yes, we accepted his offer, but wow it was frustrating to use BTC back then!
You sell what? 2014
Our great clients from all over the world sell everything you can imagine, from hot air balloon rides to luxury tree houses, every week we take on a new client who amazes us with their creativity.
Second offer to sell the company 2019
An American competitor offers to buy us for $6 Million USD. We declined, because first of all we're having too much fun helping our clients and we think we're worth a little bit more.
Lockdowns and pandemic disasters 2020
During the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021, we lost many great clients who simply had to shut down their locations (and eventually their entire business) :(
More offers come in 2022
Nathan Latka values us at around $8 Million USD and new purchase offers start coming in from the States.
Today
We are so grateful to work with amazing people and companies from all over the world. Thank you so much for trusting us with your digital marketing needs. We wish you a wonderful future!
