Mike Samson
is Co-Founder at crowdSPRING.
The Trep Life Series Releases Video Episode Featuring Mike Samson and Ross Kimbarovsky, Co-founders...
Mike Samson and Ross Kimbarovsky talk about why they love to promote entrepreneurship and the challenges they encountered as their business grew quickly. Today the Trep Life Original Video Series on Inc.com releases the sixth episode in its Season 1 featuring the co-founders of ... Read more »
How Can Google+ Help Your Business?
"Circles are invaluable," state Ross Kimbarovsky and Mike Samson, co-founders of crowdSPRING. "Think of circles as your customer groups. Most businesses will have a variety of different customer groups and sometimes you want to communicate separately with each group," they explain. With ... Read more »
Press Release crowdSPRING Wins 2012 American Technology Award
Mike Samson, crowdSPRING co-founder, was there in person to represent the team and accept the Terman award. "Delivering on innovation and quality is our highest priority and we thank our community of 117,000 designers and writers and 30,000 buyers worldwide for their continued loyalty ... Read more »
Press Release crowdSPRING's New Creative Browse Feature: Innovative Search for Creative Profession
Now, we've upped the ante," said crowdSPRING co-founder Ross Kimbarovsky and Mike Samson. "With the Creative Browse feature, buyers quickly connect with the creative that best suits their needs, making the process easier than ever before. And the creative gets to enter the process ... Read more »
Press Release Chicago Cubs' Pitcher Ryan Dempster and the Dempster Family Foundation Play Ball wit
"The importance of the campaign is heightened by the fact that 22q disorder is associated with approximately 180 different health and developmental issues," said crowdSPRING co-founders Ross Kimbarovsky and Mike Samson. "crowdSPRING is committed to raising 22q awareness, and by ... Read more »
Press Release crowdSPRING Announces Innovative White-Label Feature for Marketers to Showcase Creat
"This is the next step in ensuring crowdSPRING is useful to professionals in every role and at every point in the creative process," said Mike Samson, Kimbarovsky's partner and the other co-founder of crowdSPRING. Since its launch in 2008, crowdSPRING has overseen nearly 28,000 projects ... Read more »
How the crowd is making fashion design more efficient
“There, you design something nine months in advance and your production team supplies it six months in advance.” Mike Samson, co-founder of crowdSPRING, a marketplace for creative services such as Web and graphic design launched in 2008, says crowdsourced fashion sites have hit upon an ... Read more »
Crowdsourced Workforces Rising
... turn with crowdSPRING, self-described as “the world’s largest online marketplace for buyers and sellers of crowdsourced creative services.” Founded in 2008, the Chicago-based company is the collaborative effort of former trial attorney Ross Kimbarovsky and Emmy-winning producer Mike Samson... Read more »
Crowdsourced Workforces Rising
... turn with crowdSPRING, self-described as “the world’s largest online marketplace for buyers and sellers of crowdsourced creative services.” Founded in 2008, the Chicago-based company is the collaborative effort of former trial attorney Ross Kimbarovsky and Emmy-winning producer Mike Samson... Read more »
Chicago Cubs’ Pitcher Ryan Dempster and the Dempster Family Foundation Launches Bus Wrap Design Proj...
“The importance of the campaign is heightened by the fact that 22q disorder is associated with approximately 180 different health and developmental issues,” said crowdSPRING co-founders Ross Kimbarovsky and Mike Samson. “crowdSPRING is committed to raising 22q awareness, and by ... Read more »
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How to Learn from Your Competitors « First Friday Book Synopsis
Conducting analysis of your competitors is a must, say Ross Kimbarovsky and Mike Samson, co-founders of crowdSPRING, an online matchmaking service for designers and providers of other creative services. They recommend a three-step approach. Start by identifying the competitors you want ... Read more »
Press Release Entrepreneur-Focused Trep Life Original Series Launches Season One
" The most recent episode reveals the passion and drive that led entrepreneurs, Mike Samson and Ross Kimbarovsky, co-founders of crowdSPRING, to become the world's largest online marketplace for buyers and sellers of creative services. In just three short years, crowdSPRING has attracted ... Read more »
Trep Life Web Series Explores Local Entrepreneurs' Hustles
The newest episode features Mike Samson and Ross Kimbarovsky of crowdSPRING, and it touches on what the show's creators consider the "three key aspects of any trep: The Grind, The Hustle, and The Payoff. " Previous episodes include interviews with folks from Redbox, GrubHub, Howard ... Read more »
crowdSPRING Hires Two Brazilian Software Engineers
“Marques and Galvez’s background in information systems, open source software, script writing and peer-to-peer networks make them perfect for the job,” said Ross Kimbarovsky and Mike Samson, co-founders of crowdSPRING. “These two new hires underscore crowdSPRING’s continued success ... Read more »
UNFPA Kenya New Logo for United Nations Population Fund ...
"With nearly 100,000 creative designers in more than 200 countries, we can't wait to tap the power of our global community on this truly global project," said Ross Kimbarovsky and Mike Samson, co-founders of crowdSPRING. "We've been fortunate to work with brands from Amazon to United ... Read more »
crowdSPRING on NPR: The Crowdsourcing Dilemma
crowdSPRING on NPR: The Crowdsourcing Dilemma Ross | July 13th, 2010 A few days ago, crowdSPRING co-founder Mike Samson sat down with Bob Garfield, host of NPR’s On the Media show (and columnist for Advertising Age), to talk about crowdSPRING, our community, and our marketplace – for ... Read more »
Is Spec Work Evil?
On a typical day, I’m setting/discussing strategy with my business partner (and co-founder), Mike Samson, working with our dev team, discussing new features and ideas with the team, focusing on web analytics and site optimization testing, keeping our production site running smoothly... Read more »
crowdSPRING Helps You Find Creative Talent [The Startup Review]
CEO’s 100 word description: Ross Kimbarovsky, co-executor and co-founder with Mike Samson of crowdSPRING asks, “What could be more natural than a trial attorney and an entertainment industry veteran starting an Internet business in Chicago?” Many things. But Ross and co-founder Mike ... Read more »
crowdSPRING Enters Crowded Field Of Crowdsourcing with $5,000 ...
“What we believe is that there is a huge pool of talent out there that is untapped and cannot compete effectively in a traditional model,” says co-founder Mike Samson. To choose the crowdSPRING logo, for instance, Samson and his co-founder Ross Kimbarovsky created a contest. After ... Read more »
