Bring "Private Joke" To Life!
A project in London, UK by Olive000days
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£4,586
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Last Updated: June 22 @ 18:12 -0400 GMT
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Latest News
Day 20/20 🥲 Brace Yourselves 
June 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Bonjour, In precisely 24 hours, Olea's first crowdfunding campaign closes. Coinciding with the startup's 2nd birthday, it's going to be a very special day. (London backers if you haven't received an invite to the closing party tomorrow, please ping... (Read More)
Day 19/20 🤞🏻
June 20th - via: kickstarter.com
大家 hello & bon soir, THANK YOU ♥️ We did it! Welcome back to the adventures of 🫒 trying to infuse foreign languages into the heart of human connection. New backers (Hannah, Haseeb, Dan, Liam, Suzanne, Lucy, Sophie, Patty, Millie &... (Read More)
Day 18/20 🧘🏻♀️
June 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Bonsoir all, Welcome to the roller coaster all new backers: Susan, Rebecca, Cormack, Eleanor & Lucy (who increased their pledges) ♥️ We have Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday left to go. Have you ever made something by mistake? You forgot to... (Read More)
Day 17/20 🎉
June 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Holy molyyyyy, We have reached 100 backers! Thank you to Chloe, Matt, Josh, Lisa, Simon, Pierre, Lorena and Sarah for their contributions today. We had a meet up in Edinburgh this evening which was awesome. New card prompt ideas include: [1] The walk... (Read More)
Day 16/20 🏴
June 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all, Newbies: welcome to the show. If you’ve been here since the early days, welcome back ❤️ This morning I kicked off a mini series of The Olea, our (usually weekly) newsletter on all things creative multilingualism. Short reflections.... (Read More)
Day 15/20 🥐🍟
June 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all, Who is in a bar / pub / restaurant right now? I want you to announce to the group that in Finnish, there is a single word for, “drinking at home, alone, in your underwear". Loosely translated and anglicized as "päntsdrunk", the word is... (Read More)
Day 14/20 🌏
June 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all, New backers: welcome. Welcome to the adventures of Olive trying to convince British people to learn (numerous) foreign languages. Morning: Emails. Chasing. Following leads. Ate lots of strawberries. Coffee. More emails. In the afternoon I... (Read More)
Day 13/20 👀
June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Bonsoir à tous, If you’re joining us here, welcome on board. If you’ve been here since day one and you’re still with me, bravo. The middle of this campaign has been grueling. This morning I went to a breakfast Q&A with Female Founders... (Read More)
Day 12/20 🪐
June 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi team, The universe is on Olea’s side. Starbucks have a coffee named after us (don’t have too many of those Oleatos in one day folks 😯) #PrivateJoke and today I was in the right place at the right time. AWESOME stuff that happened! 💥 My... (Read More)
Day 11/20 💪🏻
June 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Bonsoir à tous, We are through the storm. New backers, hello! Welcome to the rollercoaster 🎢 🚀 Today I returned to London and launched Olea in Dubai (virtually) before following a ton of leads and rejigging the plan for this week. Newsletter... (Read More)
Day 10/20 (PM) 💆🏻♀️
June 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Bon soir à tous, Cambridge flopped. I had every belief that we could blast through 100% over the weekend, but a mixture of stifling heat, a lack of response from all my leads here, and bad luck with unapproachable (hot & uncomfortable) people... (Read More)
Day 10/20 😳 (AM)
June 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all, I have good news and I have less good news. The good news is that thanks to the pure brain power found within Cambridge, you will now have 2 versions of Private Joke, which is awesome. This new version is more oral, and fast. 2 games... (Read More)
Day 9/20 🔥
June 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow, it’s HOT (for England). Lucky Private Joke is being made by a local British company in Cornwall with brilliant sustainability credentials, right? There’s a lot of stuff in the world to worry about, and it’s not small stuff. I think one of... (Read More)
Day 8/20 🤒
June 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Bonsoir mes ami.e.s, Olive here. Bullet points again as I am a little unwell. Too much sun. London. 07:30 alarm. Emails. Changed rucksacks over. Cambridge. 10:00 train. Got a free coffee as, “Blimey, you look tired Missus”. Banana. French... (Read More)
Day 7/20 💛
June 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi friends, 1/3 of the way there! We have 2 weeks to get 300 Private Joke games into homes across the world. 🌏 Today was the strongest day so far with a ton of new pledges, a morning talking to people at the British Library / Kings Cross, an... (Read More)
Day 6/20 🫠
June 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Bonjourrrrr, Today was an early start. Printed flyers. Sprayed flyers around London. Emails. Content. Coffee. Cried for an hour. Approached people in parks and libraries. (Hi all 👋) Had some really interesting conversations about languages... (Read More)
Day 5/20 🇬🇧
June 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello London! I’m pretty pooped so today’s update comes in bullet points. 05:15 alarm for a 07:15 Eurostar. Paris. London. Closing party venue update. Published newsletter. LinkedIn following leads. Chatted to 6 x pubs about quiz nights. Roped my... (Read More)
Day 4/20 ❤️🩹
June 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Bonjourrrrr! Tomorrow I hop on the Eurostar bright and early for London. Leaving Paris makes me sad, so I inevitably cried three times today. Once for Paris. Once while on the phone to my friend Jam Jam while I panicked about not reaching our... (Read More)
Day 3/20 🙏🏻
June 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! What a beautiful weekend it’s been 🌞 Today we had two backers - my auntie Jenny and lockdown bestie, Henry CEO! A big thank you to Kayla too, for commenting support! I spent much of the day packing and making content for when we hit the... (Read More)
Day 2/20 🥸
June 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hello bonjour! Today I spent time with entrepreneur friends talking about how to digitalise Private Joke, took funny videos forcing said friends to eat croissants stuffed with chips, and went to speak with some board game cafes in Paris about future... (Read More)
Day 1/20 🥹
June 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hullo! Today was the official launch day, and wowzers! So many people supported and we are nearly 1/3 of the way there (already!?!) Thank you to the moon and beyond for helping us bring Private Joke to life ❤️ Big big shout out to Olea Ambassador... (Read More)
Thank you early backers ❤️
June 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you for supporting this venture from its earliest days, it means the world to me! Together we’ve raised a healthy 14% BEFORE the launch tomorrow, which is great! If you can, please spread the word among your language-loving, card-game adoring... (Read More)
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