We seemed to have missed you with the last email. Here it is below! Read the story of how 2 guys that met though their kids have gone from a crazy idea to a successful company!
Hey there!
Scott again with
Riverwood Acoustics!
The Story on how Riverwood Acoustics all got started.
It all began back in summer of 2016. Ben and his family were over for one of my daughter''s birthday parties (Ben and I actually met though our kids, but that story is for another day). Ben and I were talking and he mentioned this idea of building speakers with wood from the river. Me being a woodworker and a lover of all things wood was immediately interested.
It would be another 6 months before the spark of idea would light the fire to motivate us to start this journey. Again with the two families together, Ben once again brought up the idea. We grabbed the closest paper available (construction paper of course, as the kids were coloring!) and started sketching ideas. That is the day Riverwood Acoustics was born!
All of 2017 was spent designing, testing, iterating and building prototypes. By the fall we had the design finalized. Thanks to Ben''s acoustics background the sound quality surpassed our expectations and we had nailed the retro/classic look we were aiming for.
By 2018 early we were ready to launch production but as we were bootstrapping this adventure funds were getting low. As luck would have it a local startup competition was being launched in our home town with a grand prize of $100,000. After being down selected from over 100 entries, Riverwood Acoustics and 10 other startups were put through a series mini competitions including; a Dragons Den style pitch to investors, business plan submittal and finally a boardroom presentation. When it was all said and done we finally had the funds we do desperately needed.
In late 2018 we setup our manufacturing facility in Renfrew, Ontario Canada and our pilot production run came off the line. We sold out in under a month and then were scrambling to get units back in stock. Days before Black Friday we again were back in stock and ready to sell! Once again we started selling immediately and as Christmas neared we were selling as fast as we could make!
This brings us to 2019! Manufacturing has caught up and we have lots of units in stock ready to ship!
If you would like to read more about our company, check out the blog section of our website here!
Till Next Time
-Scott
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