Why isn’t there a Netflix for News?

For most content — music, video, TV — there are subscription models that allow people to access a…

How to successfully launch a Minimum Viable Product

Strategies, metrics and lessons from CivikOwl’s…

You asked for journalist rankings Elon — OwlFactor delivers

Does contacting my representative work?

There has been a huge increase in civic engagement in the U.S. over the last few months…

OwlFactor is now The Factual. Also — how not to name your startup.

I’m delighted to announce that today we’re rebranding OwlFactor as The Factual.

When we founded OwlFactor we envisioned our technology as a utility that helps people evaluate the news and…

Lessons learned on the road to product-market-fit: the CivikOwl story

We’ve been working on CivikOwl for 15 months and may finally have that elusive product-market-fit. Getting here was painful as the many pivots tested the team’s confidence and mine. Many nights I’d ask myself…

Can you trust the news you are reading?

When I was a kid my parents subscribed to three newspapers. I never knew why they picked those three but each paper had different comic strips so I was happy. Years later my father explained that the newspapers provided different political views. Reading all…

What to do when you Give A Damn

Introducing CivikOwl — drive change on issues you care about

What’s it like to visit your elected official’s office? A photo tour

Ask anyone who has worked in government on what the best way is to engage with an elected official and the answer will likely be “meet in person.” Turns out human contact is even more valuable in this day and age…