PXB & Pacific Cookie Company

     At Pixiboard, we have one goal: to make commerce between locals frictionless. In order to achieve this, we have opted to stick to three simple principles. Connect. Share. Magic. Through these principles, our philosophy, we aim to revolutionize how locals buy, sell, and ultimately transact between each other.
 
Recently, we had the opportunity to put our philosophy to the test. Friday, May 9th, we hosted our first promotional event at Pacific Cookie Company in Berkeley, CA. In doing so, we were able to Connect with residents and students, as well as local small businesses, in a bid to encourage sign-ups on our site.

We Shared, emulating what we hope locals around to do one day (through posting items, offering services, or promoting events) by giving away delicious melt-in-your-mouth chocolate chip cookies and cookie ice cream sandwiches. And what a Magical experience it was.

By the end of the day, Pacific Cookie Co. got some great promotion. Berkeley students got a break from the tolling demands of studying and an awesome cookie. We got to generate some much needed interest around Pixiboard (and a whole lot of sign-ups). Best of all, we all Connected. Shared. and made Magic.


You can Connect. Share. Magic. too at www.pixiboard.com.

Once upon a time in Pixiland

Once upon a time, Sean and I were casually walking through the campus of U.C. Berkeley and were shocked to find that students were still using crowded, jumbled bulletin boards as a means of disseminating information on campus. Fliers were haphazardly stapled to the boards everywhere and it was hard to figure out where to look to find the most relevant information. The system was generally just a mess, which seemed ridiculous to us given the widespread use of convenient technology available to students today.

We started having conversations with students and other members of the community to figure out why this transition from messy bulletin boards to an organized online community hasn't occurred already and found that the options available were lacking. Sites to support advertising of items for sale, available services, and events in the community either didn't have a sense of community, felt unsafe for users, or didn't have a great user experience.


And thus, the idea for Pixiboard was born. Sean and I were inspired to add the magic back into commerce between locals in a safe and functional online community.

It has now been a year since our walk on U.C. Berkeley's campus and our lives have been busy preparing to bring our idea to life.We mashed up classified ads and bulletin boards into an electronic format to create Pixiboard, an online and visual marketplace that brings local buyers and sellers together.

Come check us out at pixiboard.com.  Well its simply, Magic!