You could say Amir Wald's wiki-styled project started all in the family. Both his father and brother were avid collectors of phone cards, which spurred the idea of Colnect, a site where collectors connect to trade and buy mass-produced collectibles. The innovative idea of
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of connecting a vast worldwide community still needed a marketing punch; puppets. Amir credits his winning the top prize in the 2009 Startup 2.0 competition to the video presentation he made, featuring puppets explaining the project. This cleverly kept intrigue up, and tougher questions at bay, during the jury's review, netting him the sought-after top prize. Distributed by Tubemogul.
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