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1996

23 YEARS OLD

• Dave Manga founds Outset Media, originally for the sole purpose of publishing and distributing a Canadian Trivia game.

2002

NEAR BANKRUPCY

• Outset Media nearly closes after its main customer Stewart House Publishing goes bankrupt. With nearly 50% of its revenue in bad debt, Outset Media is bolstered by financing from the Royal Bank of Canada. • Outset Media launches the first of its awardwinning and extremely successful titles in the Professor Noggin’s card game series for kids.

1997 1999

100,000 SOLD

• After 16 months of development, including packaging components by hand, coming up with all the questions, and developing game play, All Canadian Trivia is published. • Dave stores the entire inventory in his garage. • Despite Trivial Pursuit launching a Canadian edition of their game in the same year, that original Canadian Trivia goes on to sell over 100,000 copies.

ACROSS CANADA

• A millennium edition of All Canadian Trivia is launched and Dave goes on a two month tour across Canada in his van promoting the game. Outset Media Corp. 106-4226 commerce circle victoria, bc v8z 6n6 phone 250.592.7374 toll free 1.877.592.7374 fax 250.592.7522

www.outsetmedia.com

2003

MOVING

• Outset Media moves into a (somewhat) fancy new office in Victoria as Dave’s garage is no longer big enough! • Outset Media appears on Profit Magazine’s “Top 100” list of the fastest growing companies in Canada, and would stay there for six consecutive years.

2012

MADE IN USA

• In an effort to do its part to create jobs in North America, Outset Media makes the decision to bring the bulk of its manufacturing back to North America. Over 75% of Outset Media’s games and over 95% of Cobble Hill puzzles are manufactured in Canada and the United States.

2010

JACK PINE PUZZLE CO.

• To meet the need of massmarket puzzles, Jack Pine Puzzle Company is established.

PUZZLE C O.

2004 2005

SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR • Outset Media is awarded Supplier of the Year by the Neighborhood Toy Stores of Canada. Outset Media would go on to win the title seven times in eleven years.

COBBLE HILL CREATED

• Cobble Hill Puzzle Company is founded Preschool with the goal of giving customers high quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 puzzles made in North Kids Games America. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Learning Games . . . . . . . . . 9 Family Games . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Strategy Games . . . . . . . . . 24 Brain Games . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Party Games . . . . . . . . . . . 36 IQ Busters . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Game Displays . . . . . . . . . 44