At the Star Wars Celebration 2015, a small start-up called Sphero got a big shout-out for their contributions towards creating BB-8, the newest droid to join the Star Wars universe. In an interview with Fortune, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, who took over for company founder George Lucas in 2012, mentioned that the technology that makes BB-8 tick was created by the Boulder, Colorado-based company.
Walt Disney CEO, Bob Iger, whose media empire bought Star Wars creator Lucasfilms for $4.05 billion USD in 2012, is credited with discovering the tech start-up. Sphero was selected to be one of ten companies to receive support from Disney's accelerator program. Disney uses this three-month-long program to select tech start-ups who want to “make an impact on the world of media and entertainment.” The chosen teams are given funds up to $120,000. Each start-up also gets paired up with a mentor from within Disney’s executive ranks and Sphero got none other than Bob Iger himself.
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Walt Disney CEO, Bob Iger, whose media empire bought Star Wars creator Lucasfilms for $4.05 billion USD in 2012, is credited with discovering the tech start-up. Sphero was selected to be one of ten companies to receive support from Disney's accelerator program. Disney uses this three-month-long program to select tech start-ups who want to “make an impact on the world of media and entertainment.” The chosen teams are given funds up to $120,000. Each start-up also gets paired up with a mentor from within Disney’s executive ranks and Sphero got none other than Bob Iger himself.
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