Q4/2020 wrap-up: Living at the 'hinge of history' & tech

There are so many things going on today! We can actually say we are living at the 'hinge of history'. As 2020 comes to an end, we wanted to wrap up the fourth quarter in a story here.

It was a complicated year for everyone — a year about being agile, resilient, and empathetic. This last quarter was like a marathon for our team, and we are grateful and honored to have had such a positive end to 2020:

• 14 events we participated in as mentors, speakers, jury, or participants.
• 13 internal events to keep spirits high and the teams packed and glued together.
• 4 awards and shoutouts for Wolfpack Digital.

October caught us at SaaStock EMEA, and then we met an amazing community of startups and entrepreneurs in the medtech industry at Biomedica on the Move. Startups are part of our world, so we also spent time mentoring the teams at How to Web Startup Spotlight and at Innovation Labs.

Internally, our team celebrated International Coffee Day by going out together and drinking coffee during the standup meeting. ☕

Then people ran an auction to decide which team would organize which event within the company — yes, our events are so cool that the teams fight to organize them. ✨

By mid-October we needed another boost of energy, so we went for a karting session with the team. 🏎 It was a fun experience, and safe too, as we could keep our distance easily.

Then we started a Hacktoberfest with a few coworkers, threw a quiz night, picked the quinces from our office garden for a cooking-jam night, and ended the month with a scary Halloween Party! 🎃

November was intense! We continued the mentorship at How to Web Startup Spotlight and at Define School, moderated Women in Tech Cluj, and participated in Demo Day StepFWD and the King's Expert Series webinar on children and young people's mental health. A few wolves joined Zoohackathon and made the Top 10 with a solution to raise awareness of wildlife trafficking. We were also happy to sponsor LightsOnRomania, an amazing light-art festival in Cluj.

November's Accolades

• Wolfpack Digital was named a leader in the exclusive annual report "Top 50+ iPhone and iOS Mobile App Companies, Nov 2020."
• Ranked #3 in Top Businesses in Romania 2020 according to Lista Firme.

We kicked off December with Web Summit and Tech Innovation Singapore, where we loved the stages and speakers and met many inspirational tech entrepreneurs. We also sponsored a student NGO for their online European BEST Engineering Competition and joined the contest as jury.

The rest of the month was mostly dedicated to our team. We had a Xmas Bingo full of challenges (from recording carols to all sorts of funny things), and an Ugly Xmas Sweater Day 🎄👕 when all the standups ended with a sweater showcase.

🎅🧝🎄🎁 Then we sent our elves to every single wolf in the pack to offer early gifts and wish them well!

After everyone received their pack of goodies, we raised a toast (or two) at our Online Xmas Wine/Tea Party 🥂 — the legend says it started around 7 PM and ended at 3 AM, so people clearly enjoyed it even online!

We are thankful for having such an amazing team taking care of all the projects that entrepreneurs hand to us.

December Accolades

• Wolfpack Digital is in the global Top 1000 Service Providers for 2020 — and we actually made the Top 250 companies globally! This motivates us to keep raising the bar on service and code quality.
• MobileAppDaily named us Agency of the Week in December and gave us a shoutout to their audience.
• Georgina Lupu, CEO and founder of Wolfpack Digital, wrote the story of 2020 in Review: Resilience and Metamorphosis, reflecting on leading and being the safety net for almost 60 people during these times.

All in all, 2020 was a challenge and the last quarter was more of a marathon, but it all went great and we are grateful for everything. See you in 2021! And if you plan to create a top-notch mobile or web app, drop us a line and let's see how we can help.