A Conversation with the Founders of Threadless
summary
Threadless runs an open call where designs are scored for seven days, the top pool yields nine new shirts per release, and creators keep copyright while granting print rights; community tools include a critique section, thousands of votes per design, active blogs, and planned Facebook Connect sharing. Current scale: 1 million users, 150–200 designs/day, 100,000 shirts/month, and compensation of roughly $2,000 cash + $500 gift certificate for each printed design.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Threadless founders intro
- 1:19What is Threadless
- 3:28Origins of Threadless
- 4:51Crowdsourcing done right
- 7:20Benefits for designers
- 9:30User content beyond shirts
- 11:17Minimal marketing at Threadless
- 13:05Brand identity through stories
- 14:09Evolving partnerships
- 16:35Handling user feedback
- 20:08Advice for companies
- 23:39Customers vs communities
- 24:43Future of creators
- 27:13Lessons from Threadless
- 29:20Overcoming business fear
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