This animation studio has a secret, empowering mission
 

This animation studio has a secret, empowering mission
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Just after 31-year-old Jess Peterson launched animation and documentary studio Mighty Oak last spring, she and co-founder Emily Collins went to the hardware store to get re**vation supplies for their Brooklyn workspace.

When the two asked for help, a store employee asked, “Don’t you have a man to do this?”

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“Give me the hammer, please,” Peterson told him. “We’ll make it happen.”

Peterson was familiar with this reaction; it’s a common response to women in the startup field, she tells Mashable.

A bigger purpose

Mighty Oak is a film studio that makes ads and social media campaigns brighter with animation and live action video. But it wants to change the world as well. Read more...

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