CanvasPop Empowers Companies And Employees Through Personalized Art

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CanvasPop, one of North America’s leading digital art printing companies, launched its corporate art program expansion this month to help businesses strengthen office culture and empower staff. The company specializes in working with its customers to create personalized, quality artwork for the home and, now, the workplace at competitive prices.

“Companies that come to us really care about their employees and company culture,” says CanvasPop Cofounder & CEO Nazim Ahmed.

CanvasPop produces canvas prints, photo collages, magnets and custom photo pillows using customers’ downloaded images. For ready-to-hang canvas prints, CanvasPop uses Canon professional equipment to print a photo, then stretches it by hand onto museum quality canvas and laminates it by hand with a scratch-resistant UV coating. Each canvas print is designed to last over 100 years and CanvasPop backs its work with its ‘100% Love Guarantee’. Canvas print prices start at $30.

CanvasPop has offices in Las Vegas and Ottawa, Ontario. Its production facility is based in Las Vegas to accommodate quick turnarounds and fast shipping.

Founders Nazim Ahmed and Adrian Salamunovic are serial entrepreneurs. They cofounded WorkshopX, a startup studio focused on building web-based businesses. Its portfolio includes DNA11 – developing customized artwork of DNA, fingerprints or lips; Crated – an online selling & buying art platform; PopKey – a pioneering, animated GIF keyboard; and CanvasPop. Prior to founding CanvasPop in 2009, Ahmed earned his B.Sc. Honors in Molecular Genetics from Western University and Salamunovic studied at Algonquin College of Applied Arts & Technology. Both are avid business mentors to startups, including Silicon Valley’s Founder Institute and 500 Startups.

Check out the Forbes article for the full interview.