Comments on: Again with the design contests http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/index.php/design-crowdsourcing-contest/ The Art & Business of Logo Design Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:38:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: logoziner http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/index.php/design-crowdsourcing-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-195294 logoziner Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:20:26 +0000 http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/?p=845#comment-195294 i like crowdSPRING! Very professional! i like crowdSPRING! Very professional!

]]> By: Is Spec Work Evil? - panel transcript http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/index.php/design-crowdsourcing-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-185780 Is Spec Work Evil? - panel transcript Mon, 25 May 2009 16:04:56 +0000 http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/?p=845#comment-185780 [...] basic premise of the panel was this - Mike Samson, one of the co-founders of Crowdspring (a design contest platform, based in Chicago, who recently caused a stir after being featured in a Forbes article that opined [...] [...] basic premise of the panel was this – Mike Samson, one of the co-founders of Crowdspring (a design contest platform, based in Chicago, who recently caused a stir after being featured in a Forbes article that opined [...]

]]> By: Design is a ’snooty’ business: Forbes http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/index.php/design-crowdsourcing-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-174990 Design is a ’snooty’ business: Forbes Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:29:13 +0000 http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/?p=845#comment-174990 [...] usually through blog comments and press releases by co-founder Ross Kimbarovsky - like to portray themselves as a [...] [...] usually through blog comments and press releases by co-founder Ross Kimbarovsky – like to portray themselves as a [...]

]]> By: cat http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/index.php/design-crowdsourcing-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-139816 cat Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:46:56 +0000 http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/?p=845#comment-139816 Of course crowdSPRING is not for everyone as not everyone can afford to work for free for long. Basic maths actually. Of course crowdSPRING is not for everyone as not everyone can afford to work for free for long. Basic maths actually.

]]> By: Ross Kimbarovsky http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/index.php/design-crowdsourcing-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-139579 Ross Kimbarovsky Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:45:01 +0000 http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/?p=845#comment-139579 You have written quite a bit about this topic, haven't you! The 37signals discussion speaks much better about our views than anything I could say in response to this post. But I thought I'd take a minute to point out that as a business that employs 8 full time people in Chicago (soon 9), we do deal with salaries, health benefits, hardware, software, and what have you. We've built a serious business (with customized legal agreements for clients and freelancers, IP policies, payment to freelancers anywhere in the world, required escrow in every project, non disclosures, privacy features, notifications and robust communications, project management, etc.). And while it's tempting to group us with others - our business is different in many significant ways from the companies you've written about (as we discuss in the 37signals post). The clients don't just think they are getting more - they are getting more. We've been fortunate that in addition to many SMBs that have posted nearly 1,000 projects in our four months of operation, major brands and agencies have also posted projects. A very significant percentage of them are repeat clients. I do understand that you and I disagree about our place in the world. We're OK with that. We didn't built crowdSPRING to displace existing professionals - and many from time to time work on crowdSPRING. We built crowdSPRING for the underdogs - and you are right - we are not apologetic about that or about our business. We welcome all but know that crowdSPRING is not for everyone. Best, Ross Kimbarovsky co-Founder <a href="http://www.crowdspring.com" rel="nofollow">Crowd Spring</a> You have written quite a bit about this topic, haven’t you! The 37signals discussion speaks much better about our views than anything I could say in response to this post. But I thought I’d take a minute to point out that as a business that employs 8 full time people in Chicago (soon 9), we do deal with salaries, health benefits, hardware, software, and what have you. We’ve built a serious business (with customized legal agreements for clients and freelancers, IP policies, payment to freelancers anywhere in the world, required escrow in every project, non disclosures, privacy features, notifications and robust communications, project management, etc.). And while it’s tempting to group us with others – our business is different in many significant ways from the companies you’ve written about (as we discuss in the 37signals post). The clients don’t just think they are getting more – they are getting more. We’ve been fortunate that in addition to many SMBs that have posted nearly 1,000 projects in our four months of operation, major brands and agencies have also posted projects. A very significant percentage of them are repeat clients.

I do understand that you and I disagree about our place in the world. We’re OK with that. We didn’t built crowdSPRING to displace existing professionals – and many from time to time work on crowdSPRING. We built crowdSPRING for the underdogs – and you are right – we are not apologetic about that or about our business. We welcome all but know that crowdSPRING is not for everyone.

Best,

Ross Kimbarovsky
co-Founder
Crowd Spring

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