{"id":827,"date":"2016-01-11T20:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flytographer.com\/blog\/flytographer-year-in-review-2015\/"},"modified":"2016-01-11T20:15:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T20:15:00","slug":"flytographer-year-in-review-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyphotoprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/flytographer-year-in-review-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Flytographer Year in Review: 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Founder & CEO, Nicole Smith<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to believe a new year is upon us again. Looking back at 2015, I can\u2019t help but smile at all the exciting moments we had as a scrappy, young startup. Sometimes it feels like yesterday that I was in Paris with my best friend, on the trip where the idea for Flytographer<\/a> was conceived.<\/p>\n

So, what did we get up to in 2015? Well, here is a quick summary\u2026<\/p>\n

The year began with just me and one full time employee. In January, we closed our first round of seed investment,<\/strong> and started hiring more team members. We leased our first office space in February and slowly, over the course of the year, grew the team to seven full-time employees. We created company values<\/a>, re-launched our website, and started the tradition of \u201cProsecco Fridays\u201d to celebrate things big and small every week.<\/p>\n

\" Tedi, Danica and Hayden in our new office in downtown Victoria, BC.<\/p>\n

As we grew, we started to get some<\/strong> awesome press buzz<\/a>.<\/strong> It started with our New York Times feature<\/a> in March, and continued all year long. We screamed with delight when Conde Nast Traveler called us \u201cThe Future of Travel Photography\u201d, jumped when Forbes called us the \u201c#1 Gift for Travelers,\u201d and almost died when Martha Stewart Weddings said, \u201cForget your selfie stick and book Flytographer on your honeymoon.\u201d We are so grateful to have had coverage by top media such as Buzzfeed, Yahoo, TripAdvisor, The Guardian, PureWow, CBS, The National Post, and our first live TV appearance on Canada AM<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"<\/a> p.s. \u2013 Live TV is totally terrifying!<\/p>\n

In the spring, we hosted our first \u201cGlobal Flytographer Meetup\u201d in Paris<\/strong>. Photographers from around the globe flew in for three days of fun workshops and social activities. We did the \u201cBaguette to Bistro Tour\u201d with our partner Context Travel<\/a>, and held outdoor workshops on the grass at Luxembourg Gardens and under the Eiffel Tower. This was not your typical \u201csit in a windowless room all day\u201d type of conference, and it was awesome. We enjoyed a photo walk along the Seine, and, of course, drank a lot of wine while we all compared stories, learned from each other, made new friends, and felt inspired by the City of Light. We can\u2019t wait for our second meetup, which will be this spring in Barcelona! It truly is a special group, our global Flytographer family.<\/p>\n