September Community Updates: Product first!

Hey there! I’m Hannah, the MAKEACHAMP community manager, and I'm excited to tell you that we’ve been working hard this summer to come out with some hot new pages and features to make up for the lack of hot weather here in Montreal! Here’s what you can expect to see in our latest version:

What does it take to make a startup video? Find out with MAKEACHAMP

In October 2014, MAKEACHAMP decided to produce our official video. Now that it's on the home page and YouTube, we wanted to give the MAKEACHAMP community a little taste of what it was like behind the scenes. Take a look at the making of this video -- no holds barred. Yet another explainer video? A good video can get people excited about your product, even when they've been using your product for years! Not only that, but a video is a powerful tool to spread the word about your product on social networks. The vast majority of startups choose to have an explainer...

#RoadToRio : Champion Ana-Laura Portuondo Isasi

Ana-Laura Portuondo is an 18 year old athlete who has been practising judo for the past 10 years, and is a member of the Canadian National judo team. Her dream is simple : represent Québec and Canada at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.  Her biggest challenge is financing. Without external funding, she simply cannot go to any international competitions. Ana-Laura is one of the early users of MAKEACHAMP who has been successful at getting the community behind her.  Thanks to MAKEACHAMP, she is more determined than ever to make her dreams a reality, and to do so, she trains 10 times...

MAKEACHAMP lança serviço líder de crowdfunding no Brasil

Com campanhas de 94 esportes em 36 países e com mais de 1 milhão de dólares arrecadados para atletas em 2014, MAKEACHAMP lança oficialmente a sua plataforma de crowdfunding para altetas no Brasil.  Atletas brasileiros podem agora se registrar, divulgar seus próximos objetivos atléticos nas redes sociais e utilizar ferramentas como e-mail e outras oferecidas pelo MAKEACHAMP. Com o suporte da comunidade, eles podem financiar suas próximas competições nacionais ou internacionais. Esta revolucionária plataforma de levantamento de fundos vem transformando a forma como campeões e atletas estão competindo na América do Nortte e Europa e agora está disponível no maior...