{"id":25854,"date":"2020-01-23T15:31:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T20:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev10.delvinia.com\/?page_id=1323"},"modified":"2021-04-07T12:23:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T16:23:33","slug":"delvinia-1998-2002","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/about\/history\/delvinia-1998-2002\/","title":{"rendered":"Delvinia 1998 – 2002"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Since 1998 Delvinia has focused on stimulating innovation through R&D and solving business problems using digital technologies.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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1998 - 2002<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSince its early days, the company – which rebranded as Delvinia in 1999 – has focused on stimulating innovation through R&D and solving business problems using the power and potential of interactive digital technologies. From the outset, Delvinia’s brand identity has been about creating insight-driven interactive solutions to help its clients make better, more strategic decisions. During those first few years, Delvinia landed some major clients and worked on some high profile projects for clients like CBC and RBC Royal Bank. The digital strategy and marketing side of the business grew quickly.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Adam, along with his initial three business partners – Sam Punnett, Bill Sweetman and Warren Coughlin – spends the month of July holding a series of strategy sessions at Bar Italia in Toronto resulting in a business strategy for a new digital firm grounded in industry research, digital strategy and interactive marketing, and approaching technology from a user’s perspective.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The foursome launches the MultiMediator Strategy Group (MMSG) on August 15, 1998.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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