DesignCrowd founder doesn’t do interviews (except for this one) – with Alec Lynch
A few months ago we had a sponsor named DesignCrowd that I talked about a couple of times in interviews. But in private, my team and I were saying, “Those guys are making bank.” But we couldn’t really figure out how big they were.
The more we looked into it, the more impressed we were by how big this little thing had gotten that today’s guest started in his mom’s house.
He doesn’t do any interviews. Which means we get to discover him here on Mixergy and that’s what we’re going to do. We’re going to hear the story of how this guy with an idea created a marketplace for design and we’ll find out just how big it is.
Alec Lynch is the founder of DesignCrowd, a marketplace that helps entrepreneurs and small businesses outsource graphic, logo and web design.
Alec Lynch is the founder of DesignCrowd, a marketplace that helps entrepreneurs and small businesses outsource graphic, logo and web design.
Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy.com, which basically means that every time I meet someone, especially if they’re in the tech space, I immediately say, “How much money are they making? How’s their business doing?” I’m kind of a scum bucket in that way.
So, a few months ago when we had a sponsor named DesignCrowd, I talked about them a couple of times in the interviews. But in private, my team and I were sitting and I said, “Those guys are making bank. They’re doing really well. That company is really big.” We were trying to figure out how big they were. We couldn’t really figure it out, but the more we looked into it, the more impressed we were by how big this little thing had gotten, this little thing meaning I think the guy started in his mom’s house or something.
Anyway, that’s what we were talking about. Then we said,...
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