During my studies, I met Karol, with whom I carried out various student projects. I was responsible for management and sales, and Karol was responsible for the visual part and marketing. In 2011, during the 3rd year of studies, we organized Juwenalia, a large student early carnival at the Warsaw University of Technology. This was a breakthrough moment in our professional careers.
We have successfully negotiated great rates with artists and increased the number of stages during the festival. We've run a viral marketing campaign in the Warsaw subway and on a trendy Polish meme platform. After the event, we got many job offers, and that's how KOFS was born – a digital agency whose name comes from my and Karol's initials.
For a year, under the banner of KOFS, we made graphic designs, websites, and social media campaigns for various Polish companies. After that time, however, we decided we wanted to go bigger but needed more software development force.
We contacted Paweł, whom we met during the organization of the Juwenalia above. At that time, he worked at IBM as a programmer, and he considered starting something of his own with his two buddies, Maciek and Michał.
It was 2013 when we joined forces. We set up a company, rented our first office, and started working together under the name of Order Group.
Interestingly, before we started OG, I never met Michał and Maciek in person; we only talked once over a video call. After ten years, we still work in this line-up, so I guess it was a good decision. :)
