headquarters chicago illinois usa area served worldwide key people ross kimbarovsky co founder ; mike samson co founder products custom logo design website design illustration marketing materials industrial design copywriting number of employees 14 website www.crowdspring.com crowdspring written crowdspring is an online marketplace for crowdsourced creative services . 1 entrepreneurs small businesses startups big brands and agencies who need a custom logo design website design other graphic design industrial design or copywriting post what they need when they need it and how much they ll pay . 2 once posted creatives from around the world over 100 000 from 200 countries submit actual work . buyers choose from among actual work currently an average of more than 110 entries per project not bids and proposals . 3 crowdspring was co founded in may 2007 by ross kimbarovsky and michael samson . crowdspring launched its online marketplace publicly in may 2008 . crowdspring is based in chicago . 4 5 6 7 8 9 more than 100 000 graphic designers and writers from 200 countries work on crowdspring . 10 unlike traditional marketplaces where buyers select from among bids and proposals crowdspring uses an innovative business model buyers select from among actual designs to the buyer s specification submitted by multiple designers . buyers average more than 110 designs per project . 11 crowdspring handles full project management file transfer payment legal contracts and communication public and private . designers can create profiles and create portfolios on the site . the crowdspring marketplace offers comprehensive feedback statistics ratings and community forums . crowdspring offers all buyers a money back guarantee 12 13 contents 1 blog 2 criticism 3 references 4 external links blog edit crowdspring maintains a blog which was launched in mid 2008 . 14 criticism edit when 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 . this is the process of asking professionals to complete custom work for the chance of getting payment . 15 crowdspring embraced and actively participates in the debate about its spec work business model . 16 17 references edit 1 crowdspring homepage http www.socialtechpop.com 2010 09 lightbank and prizes oh my 2 how crowdspring works creative designs ideas get chance to stand out at crowdspring 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 crowdspring homepage 3 crowdspring stat bar 4 how does crowdspring protect intellectual property 5 crowdspring by the numbers crowdspring blog . crowdspring . no spec campaign vs. crowdspring 6 the no spec campaign vs. crowdspring 7 is spec work evil the online creative community speaks external links edit crowdspring website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title crowdspring & oldid 743336431 categories design companies of the united statescompanies based in chicagointernet companies of the united statesprivately held companies based in illinoisgraphic design navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 04 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view