Will Brian Wong be the villain of the movie "The Ad Network" - only time will tell. But his latest venture appears to be spot on. Targeting the most popular activity on mobile, Gaming with a reward-based ad model. I will admit that I am a recovered Gaming addict - And it would have been great to get a free bottle of Coke after knocking off an evil warlord or saving the princess.
This looks like a winner.
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Brian Wong, the 19-year-old wunderkind and University of B.C. grad who is already on his second company startup, has scored $4 million in financing to fuel a new ad model that gives mobile game players real rewards ranging from vitamin drinks to a $100 Sonytablet
Read more at www.vancouversun.comHis latest project has won the support of such corporate heavyweights as Sony, 1-800 Flowers, Dr Pepper and Sephora
. Last week, MC Hammer dropped in to see Wong and his team of seven employees at their new digs in San Francisco’s SoMa district. Monday saw Hammer tweeting out Kiip’s launch video to his two-million-plus Twitter
followers.
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