Crowdspring (written "crowdSPRING", legally crowdSPRING, LLC) is an online marketplace for crowdsourced creative services.[2]
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Design |
| Founded | May 2007 |
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| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Custom Logo Design, Website Design, Illustration, Marketing Materials, Industrial Design, Copywriting |
Number of employees | 70[1] |
| Website | www.crowdspring.com |
Overview
editCrowdspring was co-founded in May 2007 by Ross Kimbarovsky and Michael Samson.[3] Crowdspring launched its online marketplace publicly in May 2008. Crowdspring is based in Chicago.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
More than 200,000 graphic designers and writers from 200 countries work on Crowdspring.[10]
Blog
editCrowdspring maintains a blog which was launched in mid-2008.[11]
Criticism
editWhen it launched publicly in mid-2008, the company and its business model received some criticism because Crowdspring's marketplace works on a speculative model and challenges traditional ways of buying and selling graphic design, industrial design, and copywriting services.[citation needed] This is the process of asking professionals to complete custom work for the chance of getting payment.[12] This means that most people involved in the process effectively work for free.[13] Crowdspring embraced and actively participates in the debate about its spec work business model.[14][15]
References
edit- ^ "Business Profile CrowdSpring, LLC". Better Business Bureau.
- ^ [1] Crowdspring homepage
- ^ Steiner, Christopher (2009). "The Creativity of Crowds". Forbes.
- ^ "Creative designs, ideas get chance to stand out at CrowdSpring". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ Company snapshot Businessweek
- ^ Crowdsourced Design: Is Crowdspring the next iStockPhoto?
- ^ review Information Week
- ^ Christopher Steiner The Creativity of Crowds February 16, 2009 Forbes
- ^ Rafe Needleman CrowdSpring leverages weasel economics June 12, 2008 CNet
- ^ LeFlore, Ann (2018-06-16). "Crowdspring Review – Legit or Scam". 9 to 5 Work Online. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ^ "Crowdspring Blog". Crowdspring.
- ^ "The NO!SPEC campaign vs. crowdSPRING". Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ Walker, Rob (May 31, 2011). "The Crowd Is Wise—but Can It Draw?". Slate.
- ^ [2] The NO!SPEC campaign vs. Crowdspring,
- ^ [3] Is Spec Work Evil? The Online Creative Community Speaks