Comments on: How 99designs Built A $5+ Million Marketplace In 16 Months. – With Matt Mickiewicz http://mixergy.com/how-99designs-built-a-5-million-business-in-16-months-with-matt-mickiewicz/ Entrepreneurs you respect teach how they did it. Mon, 21 May 2012 08:08:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Send favorite bootstrapper | jesus4us WordPress http://mixergy.com/how-99designs-built-a-5-million-business-in-16-months-with-matt-mickiewicz/comment-page-2/#comment-20787 Send favorite bootstrapper | jesus4us WordPress Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:57:46 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=2618#comment-20787 [...] Matt Mickiewicz of 99designs didn’t start with an idea and hope customers would like it. He found some designers on one of his forums were already creating and competing in their own design contests for fun. He created a new vBulletin forum for them and charged people $20 to post a project. Eventually, that forum became 99designs. By demanding that their business prove itself and earn money at every step, he created the closest thing to a risk-free bootstrap ever featured on Mixergy. [...] [...] Matt Mickiewicz of 99designs didn’t start with an idea and hope customers would like it. He found some designers on one of his forums were already creating and competing in their own design contests for fun. He created a new vBulletin forum for them and charged people $20 to post a project. Eventually, that forum became 99designs. By demanding that their business prove itself and earn money at every step, he created the closest thing to a risk-free bootstrap ever featured on Mixergy. [...]

]]> By: How to Get the Best Logo Design http://mixergy.com/how-99designs-built-a-5-million-business-in-16-months-with-matt-mickiewicz/comment-page-2/#comment-15160 How to Get the Best Logo Design Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:07:47 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=2618#comment-15160 [...] It was founded by a really cool guy named Matt Mickiewicz…who I met for the first time at a conference last year. Watch an interesting interview with him on my favorite show. [...] [...] It was founded by a really cool guy named Matt Mickiewicz…who I met for the first time at a conference last year. Watch an interesting interview with him on my favorite show. [...]

]]> By: Few questions - DesignersTalk http://mixergy.com/how-99designs-built-a-5-million-business-in-16-months-with-matt-mickiewicz/comment-page-2/#comment-12023 Few questions - DesignersTalk Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:10:44 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=2618#comment-12023 [...] watched this interview with 99designs cofounder a while ago banging on about how wicked the business model is How 99designs Built A $5+ Million Marketplace In 16 Months. – With Matt Mickiewicz [...] [...] watched this interview with 99designs cofounder a while ago banging on about how wicked the business model is How 99designs Built A $5+ Million Marketplace In 16 Months. – With Matt Mickiewicz [...]

]]> By: Andrew Warner http://mixergy.com/how-99designs-built-a-5-million-business-in-16-months-with-matt-mickiewicz/comment-page-2/#comment-12149 Andrew Warner Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:00:24 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=2618#comment-12149 You should see the appreciative email I got from the new designer who I<br>hired through 99designs.<br><br>I would keep working with him. You should see the appreciative email I got from the new designer who I
hired through 99designs.

I would keep working with him.

]]> By: Andrew Warner http://mixergy.com/how-99designs-built-a-5-million-business-in-16-months-with-matt-mickiewicz/comment-page-2/#comment-11972 Andrew Warner Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:00:24 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=2618#comment-11972 You should see the appreciative email I got from the new designer who I<br>hired through 99designs.<br><br>I would keep working with him. You should see the appreciative email I got from the new designer who I
hired through 99designs.

I would keep working with him.

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