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iBesties: Dolls for Future Tech and Business Leaders

Created by Gina Heitkamp

iBesties is a collection of dolls, books & online "edutainment" that promotes entrepreneurship and technology learning for young girls.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Middle School Moguls now on Nickelodeon!
over 6 years ago – Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 12:59:11 AM

Hi Everyone! :) 

It's been a couple of years since we've updated you and that's because we've had big things in the works! We're so excited to announce that we've been working with Nickelodeon on a Middle School Moguls mini-series. Yay! They just released the air dates and trailer, and we wanted to pass them along to you first. 

The show follows the same entrepreneurial and STEM themes as the books and dolls. You might notice the names have been changed (for copyright reasons) but the look and feels remains the same. 

The series will run every Sunday in September at 11:00am, with the premier on September 8th.

Thank you all so much for being part of our journey! Without your early support the company wouldn't be where it is today. Thank you for believing in us and the Middle School Moguls mission! We hope you enjoy the show...it's totally mogully.

Jenae & Gina 

The girls getting in gear for their first year at Mogul Academy

No more inventory- Thank you for such a great holiday season!!
about 9 years ago – Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 03:11:25 PM

Thank you all for this amazing holiday season!! We can not express enough how much every message and photo meant to us. It has truly been a dream come true to see this go from an idea, to a Kickstarter campaign, to being opened on Christmas morning (and Hanukkah :)) 

As of this morning our inventory is sold out. There are still some left in select Target stores: http://www.middleschoolmoguls.com/shop.html

Thank you again for sharing this journey with us. 

Cheers to happy, healthy 2017!! :)

Jenae and Gina

 

Last Day to get your Dolls by Christmas!
over 9 years ago – Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 09:45:28 PM

Hi Kickstarter Backers,

Happy Holidays! We hope everyone is well! Thank you again for making this an amazing year for us!

We wanted to let you know that tomorrow is the last day to order dolls for delivery by Christmas. We are also offering a buy on get one free deal - and you don't even need a coupon code! Just go to https://shop.middleschoolmoguls.com.

Buy One Get One Free!
Buy One Get One Free!

 

We also wanted to send over some links that we are proud of. Last night, KTLA in Los Angeles chose us as a favorite gift for the holidays:

Click here to see us on TV

And US News and World Report chose us as the Top 10 Girl Power Gifts for this Holiday Season:

http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/my-money/articles/2016-12-07/10-girl-power-gifts-to-consider-giving-this-holiday-season

We have more exciting news coming in the New Year, but we wanted to thank you again for your support, patience and love that you have given us. Because of you, we were able to inspire a lot of girls this year - in fact, over 10% of our products have gone to worthwhile charities.

Wishing you the best this holiday season,

Team iBesties (Middle School Moguls)

 

Checking in and $15 coupon code.
over 9 years ago – Fri, Nov 04, 2016 at 07:43:27 PM

Hi Everyone, 

We hope at this time everyone has received their dolls, books and shirts. Please message us if for ay reason you haven't. 

Thank you for all the great photos and comments on our social media!! We love seeing the kids (and adults!) enjoying the dolls. We appreciate every post and enjoy them so much!

We also want to give our Kickstarter backers a thank you for your patience (and because, honestly, we have the best backers we've ever seen on a project) so we're offering a $15 off coupon as a thank you for the 15 months you waited to receive your dolls. :) We figure this is a good time to give it with holiday shopping coming up. 

*Just add the code KICKSTARTER as the discount code during check out and it will take $15 off your order.* 

You can visit our store at https://shop.middleschoolmoguls.com

Thanks again for being awesome!

Jenae and Gina

The orders have shipped!! *And extras are included* :)
over 9 years ago – Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 09:04:32 PM

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