Bidblox July2024 Newletter

Welcome to Bidblox!

We’ve been hustling, learning, and now we’re super excited to bring you our very first monthly newsletter!

Here's a sneak peek at some cool stuff we’re working on!

  • We're now part of the Venture Lab family!

  • Our landing page is live—check out the sneak preview below.

  • Our social media pages are buzzing and active.

  • Product development is in full swing, and we're prioritizing new features.

  • We've got some amazing mentors and supporters helping us navigate our journey (few names at end of the letter)

  • Our design partners are working with us weekly, giving feedback on our feature launches

What We're Building

  • Breaking down our solution into awesome modules

  • Showcasing product results to our design partners and collecting their insights

  • Our website, Bidblox, is officially live!

  • Crafting some killer wireframes (they're a work in progress)

  • Using a cool framework to prioritize our feature list

A sneak peek of our website

Who we are working with

  • We've teamed up with one of Toronto's largest real estate developers as our design partner, validating the problem we're tackling

  • We've sealed a partnership with a prominent Toronto college for an applied research project, a bold step as we tackle complex industry challenges

  • OCI has been incredibly supportive as we expand our journey

  • We're forging partnerships with Toronto's boards of trade and economic development regions to boost our brand.

  • We've got our CRM up and running on HubSpot to streamline our pipeline and manage prospects

  • We've brought on some fantastic interns to support us on our journey!

Our Social Presence

  • We're launching our newsletter this week!

  • All our social pages are up and running. Click to like and follow!

What’s Next

  • We're in constant conversation with more customers in the construction industry

  • We gather feedback on what we're building, make tweaks, and launch feature by feature

  • We keep on building, iterating, and releasing new updates

  • We're actively engaging in fundraising discussions

What we're seeking

  • Introductions to customers in AEC industry (in Canada & US)

  • Connections to angels and VCs to fuel our next big move

Special Thanks

Special thanks to our mentors and supporters in our start-up journey

For the bookworm in me, here are some quotes from my favorite reads!

“On the Mundanity of Excellence” from Grit (Angela Duckworth) The most dazzling human achievements are In fact the aggregate of countless individual elements, each of which is in a sense ordinary”
Reach me at [email protected] with your book recommendations :-)