Showing posts with label Extreme Group. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Extreme Group. Show all posts

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Extreme Group: The Early Days

Extreme Group is an agency who's been making waves on the east coast for years. Not too long ago they set up shop here in Toronto and have proved that they're not just a bunch of laid back east coasters.

Most recently they garnered attention for their work on Black Sunshine. In a video heavy site users go through the motions of buying coffee in a matter not unlike buying narcotics. Historically, they did one of my favorite anti-smoking campaign - which is made all the better if you’re a Fubar fan.

Agency founder Paul LeBlanc recently blogged about how Extreme Group came to be. It's a fantastic story that oddly enough doesn't include him working a day in any other agency.

It was January 3, 2007 that the crushing reality struck me while I sat in a sublet office space on Dufferin Street, surrounded by 14 empty desks and computers and silence... "what the fuck did I just do??" I didn't know a sole in Toronto, had no revenue, no clients, no staff or contacts. But here I sat at my desk looking out over the expansive, cold city with it staring right back at me challenging me to even try.
Click here for the full story.