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Re:Aussie Tech Gold Rush by dmboyd on Thursday November 03, 2011 @12:20AM (#3190259)
Congrats to designcrowd on the funding, however it seems like a clone of 99designs. IMHO I'd think there's a market for a different take on crowd sourced design, especially seeing as though there's such a huge backlash from the anti-spec work front. Something like a sortfolio for general design work perhaps?
Re:Aussie Tech Gold Rush by teflonhook on Thursday November 03, 2011 @12:24AM (#3190272)
They actually started just before 99 I believe.
Re:Aussie Tech Gold Rush by teflonhook on Thursday November 03, 2011 @12:24AM (#3190273)
But of course, haven't had the same growth.
Re:Aussie Tech Gold Rush by ra on Thursday November 03, 2011 @01:08AM (#3190397)
... 99designs grew out of sitepoint; it was a huge springboard having designers and customers using the sitepoint forums as a marketplace.

99 designs done really well, but freelancer have also now started doing design competitions, and now these guys.

It's an emerging segment, good luck to them!

Re:Aussie Tech Gold Rush by brc on Thursday November 03, 2011 @02:29AM (#3190579)
Ironically, 99designs is an Australian company.