Art.com’s A Rocky Road to Success

Joshua Chodniewicz, Art.com, Marketplace

He built Art.com through the early days of the internet, despite the dotcom bust, and through heavy competition….After all that work, the company sold to a much bigger company….And that’s when the lawsuit came.

You’ll hear how Joshua Chodniewicz built that business and how his latest business, Fundify, is changing startup investing by making it super-simple.

Joshua Chodniewicz

Art.com

Joshua Chodniewicz is the founder of Art.com, a pioneering online platform for art and wall décor. He is deeply passionate about entrepreneurship and enjoys discussing business strategies and ideas with his sons. Currently, Joshua is leading Fundify, focusing on democratizing startup investments.

Andrew Warner: Hey there Freedom Fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. Joining me is someone who built a company I’ve been a customer of, and I’ve been in big admiration of the company. I thought, what an easy idea and it’s a natural success.

Of course, it’s going to do well. As I dug into this interview, I realized, ooh, there’s a lot of up and downs in Well and this is painful. Um, the company I’m talking about is Art. com. I remember when I needed to get art on my wall because I always had a functional house and people said, Get some art on the wall.

I went to Art. com. I picked out whatever art I wanted and It clearly had come from a service that they were licensing before they printed it up, and framed it for me. I picked out my frame. I had my art. It was up on the wall. What a beautiful experience. It made a lot of sense....

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