Farms from North Carolina to California are lending out their cutest, most video-friendly animals to company meetings and virtual happy hours. 2 owners share how it's keeping business and spirits up during the pandemic.
A North Carolina horse farm called Peace N Peas Farm is letting people pay for their miniature donkey, Mambo, and other farm animals to tune into video calls. In less than a week, the miniature donkey Mambo has been booked for appearances on virtual happy hours, corporate meetings, and school classroom experiences. Peace N Peas Farm owner Francie Dunlap told Business Insider that the money made from virtual meetings with Mambo are helping offset her two daughter's lost income. Across the country, California-based Sweet Farm launched Goat-2-Meeting, in partnership with LogMeIn, the software development company that produced GoToMeeting, and has raised $250,000 since it launched. Click here for more BI Prime stories. Staff and students stuck at home during social distancing measures are all too familiar with the trend of Zoom-bombings . Most disturbances are unwelcome, but there's one meeting crasher who is being greeted with cheers and laughter. Mambo, an eight-year-old miniature donkey, is bringing much-needed humor to video hangouts for business, teaching sessions, or pure pleasure.
Farms from North Carolina to California are lending out their cutest, most video-friendly animals to company meetings and virtual happy hours. 2 owners share how it's keeping business and spirits up during the pandemic.
A North Carolina horse farm called Peace N Peas Farm is letting people pay for their miniature donkey, Mambo, and other farm animals to tune into video calls. In less than a week, the miniature donkey Mambo has been booked for appearances on virtual happy hours, corporate meetings, and school classroom experiences. Peace N Peas Farm owner Francie Dunlap told Business Insider that the money made from virtual meetings with Mambo are helping offset her two daughter's lost income. Across the country, California-based Sweet Farm launched Goat-2-Meeting, in partnership with LogMeIn, the software development company that produced GoToMeeting, and has raised $250,000 since it launched. Click here for more BI Prime stories. Staff and students stuck at home during social distancing measures are all too familiar with the trend of Zoom-bombings . Most disturbances are unwelcome, but there's one meeting crasher who is being greeted with cheers and laughter. Mambo, an eight-year-old miniature donkey, is bringing much-needed humor to video hangouts for business, teaching sessions, or pure pleasure.