Packing tips for athletes

I just finished up month long South European judo tour in hopes of capturing critical Olympic points for Rio 2016. On this trip I was fortunate enough to check off some major goals of mine such as training with the best in the world at an Olympic Training camp in Turkey and in Georgia as well. These are some of the best countries for judo. I also had the chance to represent Canada at two World cups in Romania and in Belarus. Besides the judo lessons I learned, I’ve also gained a bit of experience on traveling abroad for competitions...

Meet Hans van Essen from JudoInside.com

Judo will always have a special place in our hearts. Our two co-founders, Michael Shpigelman and David Ancor are accomplished judokas and the idea behind MAKEACHAMP actualled stemmed from their judo competitions. As such, excellent platforms such as JudoInside, are very important to us and judokas worldwide because they rally the community, and put in hundreds of hours to make sure all judokas have the latest competition information and media updates. What's more amazing is that JudoInside is (almost) single-handedly run by Hans van Essen. Who is Hans? How does he manage JudoInside? Read below to find out.   MAKEACHAMP:...

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...

Maximisez le potentiel de votre campagne de financement participatif

  Un seul mot peut faire une énorme différence pour le succès de votre campagne. Un mot souvent utilisé, et même parfois un réflexe, mais dans le contexte de financement participatif, ce mot est souvent oublié. Quel est ce mot magique? Merci! Votre objectif ne serait pas atteint sans le soutien des autres, il est donc important de leur donner la reconnaissance qu'ils méritent. C'est non seulement ce qu'il faut faire, mais remercier vos contributeurs correctement peut augmenter exponentiellement vos chances de succès!   Voyons comment vous pouvez transformer un message de remerciement en contributions.