Patrick Llewellyn, CEO
@99designs
CREATE & GROW
99designs - how did we get there?
Every 2 secs a design is uploaded
2,836 open design contests today
$115M+ designer earnings
350,000 happy customers
Our designers, a global creative workforce
A diverse crowd of 1,039,000 creative minds, that shares a love of design.
A broad design spectrum Logo & Identity
Web & App design
Business & Advertising
Clothing & Merchandise
Packaging & Label
Art & Illustration
Book & Magazine
Other
Our top selling categories for design contests
What you get created at 99designs
Discover great design: 99designs.com/discover
https://99designs.com/profiles/stacehill
115 colleagues on 5 continents manage 99designs
• 24/7 customer support • 4 offices • 1 gazillion video conferences ;)
How did we get there?
Design by Feeder, active since Jan 2009
It all started with some…
… friendly competition. Design by Anak_alam, active since Feb 2012
Initially, bootstrapped growth by word of mouth.
These 5 factors, gave us traction!
1. Built the community & engaged with
influencers early
2. Focused on the product
3. Built trust through customer support & 100% money back guarantee
4. Initial customers were tech savvy early adopters
5. Invested in PR & built profile
Moved HQ: Into the US and Silicon Valley
The US and CA markets alone offer access to 350M+ people ! Very open for innovation ! Online savvy ! Vibrant start-up scenes 2010
Raised $35M from Accel in 2011 To ramp marketing and go further international
Our learnings about Silicon Valley
and VC money
Design by AccorDesigns, active since Sept 2012
Going international with a MVP approach
Acquired 12designer, Berlin and LogoChef, Rio 99designs platform now offers 7 languages and supports 12 currencies.
2012
2013
Buy, Before Building
Design by AccorDesigns, active since Sept 2012
Use managers as mini startups – MVP is the key word here
Next step Asia: Launch Japan
Just raised series B from Recruit to step into Asia.
2015
Questions, comments?
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Design by Feeder, active since Jan 2009