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Tapestry.net, social media for seniors, gets $400K and sets sights on U.S. market
As is becoming the norm on the Australian startup scene, the best, brightest and the most innovative quickly head to the world market that...
Tapestry (NSW) – 2013 Anthill SMART 100
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Social media site for old people? Tapestry launches with the goal, ‘No senior left...
Whoever would have thought of social media exclusively for seniors? Well, here it is from a Sydneysider, Andrew Dowling, whose worldview was transformed by a visit to China to study population demographics as part of his master’s degree.
Tapestry (SMART 100)
Co-founders Andrew Dowling and Jay Teborek met while studying in Beijing. There, in an engagement with advisors to the Chinese government on macroeconomic policy, they came face to face with what is the biggest demographic trend in human history, one that will transform industries, governments and societies over the coming decades: the ageing population.