etsy - xoxo 2012 - portland
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Talk about Etsy at the XOXO conference in Portland in September 2012. The talk was live-blogged by Anil Dash (thanks, Anil): http://dashes.com/anil/2012/09/xoxo-chad-dickerson---etsy.htmlTRANSCRIPT
EtsyChad Dickerson
@chaddickerson
XOXO FestivalPortland, OR
September 16, 2012
Aside from the zip code of our office building [Brooklyn], Portland has been the bedrock of our customer base for years. Etsy practically invented bird-on-apparel technology, so this is our way of saying ‘thank you’ to a city that literally helped put us on the map by making feather hair-clips and steampunk goggles socially acceptable articles of clothing.
“Etsy Acquires Portland”April 1, 2012
Shop: sharpwriter
Shop:Bombastitch
Bombastitch
Shop:PhotoAmerica
Shop: ColetePaperie
Shop: Peace4Youhttp://etsy.me/NsXL4f
Shop: NewfangledDesignshttp://etsy.me/UbDO03
Shop: VintageLumber
Shop:LipsonRobotics
Shop:MoontreePress
Shop:3DCarving
Proprietary and Confidential
Larkin and Larkin
Thursday, April 5, 12
I love being being my own boss and being in control of my daily life. It is so liberating.
Nicole CareyShop: nicolecarey.etsy.comEtsy Blog, October 11, 2011
I sell to people all over the country and world and getting to meet new people is really the best part of it all. Making new relationships has been uplifting.Michael West Shop: WestVintageTradingCoEtsy Blog, November 8, 2011
handmade is an expression of one’s inner love of the world, its people, the very experience of being a part of this diverse and beautiful planet.Rodger Thomas Shop: BenClifDesignsEtsy Blog, May 30, 2012
BALTIMORE
AUSTIN
SINGAPORE
PORTLAND
THE SHARING ECONOMY: A QUIET REVOLUTION
This sharing economy is based on people coming together to create their own markets...[like]Etsy ... This new shared market economy is being driven by a quiet revolution... This movement is inadvertently creating a new economic engine that has the potential to reorganize our economy.
Occupy Big Business: The Sharing Economy’s Quiet RevolutionSara Horowitz in The Atlantic, December 6, 2011
We believe, more than ever, that Etsy can help fundamentally change the way the world works by making it possible for individuals to make and sell things to other people around the globe — a people-powered economy.
Funding Etsy’s FutureEtsy News BlogMay 9, 2012
Etsy is a beacon in the world for running businesses sustainably, responsibly, and profitably, with people at the center.
Funding Etsy’s FutureEtsy News BlogMay 9, 2012
800,000 active sellers
$525 million in community sales in 2011(already passed in 2012)
40+ million visitors per month
150 countries
With the rise of small businesses around the world we feel hope and see real opportunities: Opportunities for us to measure success in new ways… to build local, living economies, and most importantly, to help create a more permanent future.
Hello EtsySeptember 2011
gross national product … does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play, the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages. . . it measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.
Robert Kennedy, US Senator1968
We are a mindful, transparent, and humane business.We plan and build for the long term.We value craftsmanship in all we make.We believe fun should be part of everything we do.We keep it real, always.
Proprietary and Confidential
Photo credit: http://mashable.com/2010/10/13/etsy-office-pics/
B CORP DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE
We hold these truths to be self-evident: That we must be the change we seek in the world;That all business ought to be conducted as if people and place mattered;That, through their products, practices, and profits, businesses should aspire to do no harm and benefit all.
To do so, requires that we act with the understanding that we are each dependent upon another and thus responsible for each other and future generations.
Etsy is not a nameless, faceless Internet company. Etsy is a community of real people creating real economic value in the communities our senators represent. And we believe that platforms like Etsy are a model for a brighter economic future.Notes from Chad: Visit to the United States SenateEtsy News blogJuly 2012
Thank you
CREDITS AND NOTESTalk live-blogged by Anil Dash: http://dashes.com/anil/2012/09/xoxo-chad-dickerson---etsy.html
Etsy acquires city of Portland:http://www.etsy.com/blog/news/2012/etsy-acquires-city-of-portland/
First item sold on Etsy:https://www.etsy.com/transaction/43
Nicole Carey:http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2011/quit-your-day-job-nicole-carey/
Michael West:http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2011/quit-your-day-job-westvintagetradingco/
Rodger Thomas:http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2012/featured-seller-benclif-designs/
Baltimore team photo:http://www.flickr.com/photos/tigerlillyshop/2913738354/
Austin team photo:http://www.flickr.com/photos/polishedtwo/3354990999
Singapore team photo:http://www.flickr.com/photos/katrinaalana/5897051890/
PDX Etsy team photo provided via Twitter
Quiet Revolution story in the Atlantic:http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/12/occupy-big-business-the-sharing-economys-quiet-revolution/249582/
Funding Etsy's future:http://www.etsy.com/blog/news/2012/notes-from-chad-funding-etsys-future/
CREDITS AND NOTES (CONT.)Hello Etsy: http://helloetsy.com/about/11-summit/
Robert Kennedy speech:http://www.j"library.org/Research/Ready-Reference/RFK-Speeches/Remarks-of-Robert-F-Kennedy-at-the-University-of-Kansas-March-18-1968.aspx
Hacker School grants announcement:http://www.etsy.com/blog/news/2012/etsy-hacker-grants-supporting-women-in-technology/
Composting at Etsy (with video):http://www.etsy.com/blog/news/2012/office-ecology-composting-at-etsy/
Tweets:https://twitter.com/chaddickerson/status/225556494022737920 (Chad visiting Senate)https://twitter.com/WallarooPrints/status/225561174882791424 (Sandra responds to Senate tweet)
Senate photo:http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdmc/7597992508/
Notes from Chad: Visit to US Senate:http://www.etsy.com/blog/news/2012/notes-from-chad-visit-to-the-united-states-senate/
Tweet from Mayor Larry Morrissey:https://twitter.com/MayorMorrissey/status/241388490108047360
Kari McDonald tweet reply to Mayor Morrisey:https://twitter.com/ThePaperButton/status/243803702111117312