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Sydney's DesignCrowd Raises Another $3 Million From Starfish Ventures, Says Profits Are Within Sight
A startup founded in a Sydney garage has hit $6.3 million in funding to continue expanding internationally as it eyes the whopping $44 billion world of design dominated by creative agencies Read more
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Alec Lynch didn't have much cash when he launched freelance graphic design service website DesignCrowd in 2007. He bootstrapped his start-up by maxing out three credit cards to the tune of $30,000, but was starting to make sales and get some press, which proved to him that his business idea had legs. Read more
Freelance Marketplace DesignCrowd Raises $3M To Fuel Its International Growth
DesignCrowd, a crowdsourcing marketplace for freelance designers, has raised $3 million in new funding from investors led by Starfish Ventures. This brings the Sydney, Australia based company’s total raised to date to $6.3 million. DesignCrowd will use the proceeds to open a U.S. office and scale its international marketing. Read more
Startup CEO: Would You Max Out Three Credit Cards To Start A Business?
Would you max out three credit cards, spend your life savings, and take on loans from family and friends all for some cool website idea? In January 2008 Alec Lynch did just that and started a freelance marketplace in his garage called DesignCrowd. Read more
Crowdsourced design marketplace DesignCrowd doubles business in 2012, now has 108K designers onboard
DesignCrowd has doubled its business in the past year and now boasts 108,000 designers under its roof. Why is design crowd-sourcing so lucrative, even if not everyone gets to win the client’s prizes?
Crowdsourcing has its benefits, especially if the effort can be a collaborative one. With DesignCrowd, though, crowdsourcing becomes competitive, but the end result is that end-users usually find the best potential output from among very capable designers. We recently learned that DesignCrowd has so far attracted about 108,000 designers, and has doubled its business in the past year.
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Australian crowdsourcing startup DesignCrowd hits 100,000 designers; business doubles in size
Australian online graphic design marketplace,DesignCrowd, now has over 100,000 designers and the business has doubled in size in the last year. The startup revealed some interesting figures that show crowdsourcing continues to disrupt and is showing no signs of slowing down. Read more
12 Big brand celebrities that crowdsourced in 2012
Authored by Alec Lynch, DesignCrowd co-founder & CEO
When people think of crowdsourcing, they often think of it as a tool for entrepreneurs and small businesses – and they’re right. Small business users have powered explosive growth of crowdsourcing services in the last 5 years (from stock photography to logo design crowdsourcing). What many don’t realise is crowdsourcing is being used more and more by the world’s biggest brands, governments, politicians and celebrities.
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10 of the best Aussie Crowdsourcing Projects from 2012
Authored by Alec Lynch, DesignCrowd co-founder & CEO
In recent years, Australia has established itself as a global leader in crowdsourcing with the emergence of an Australian crowdsourcing hub (a collection of world-beating crowdsourcing platforms that launched Down Under).
In 2012, crowdsourcing in Australia and around the world continued to flourish with the 'stars' of Australian crowdsourcing (including a business I operate – DesignCrowd) growing rapidly.
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How DesignCrowd went international, doubled business in six months and hit $10 million in projects
In the last six months, they’ve seen a 120% increase in demand, with the key areas of growth being business card design (317%), t-shirt design (121%) and graphic design (116%). Read more