Ep085 – Patrick Llewellyn (CEO – 99Designs) on planning and focus

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep085 – Patrick Llewellyn (CEO – 99Designs) on planning and focus May 1, 2018 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for Episode 85 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is Patrick Llewellyn, the CEO of 99Designs. Patrick initially spent a decade in boutique corporate advisory where he primarily worked with Australian technology and new media companies. He then joined 99Designs in 2009, around 18 months after the business had launched to setup their presence and office in the US. Fast forward 9 years and 99designs is the world’s largest online graphic design marketplace, connecting businesses looking for design work with more than 220,000 graphic designers from 192 countries around the world. Patrick has been the CEO of 99Designs for the last 7.5 years and alongside the growth of the business, he has overseen raising a $35M Series A round from Accel in 2011 before raising a further $10M in 2015. We covered a range of topics in this interview including: Understanding risk Their decision to shutting down, Swiftly, a popular spinoff brand created by 99Designs Aligning personal and team focus The importance of planning Developing an evolving culture through hiring WATCH ON YOUTUBE PLAYBOOK MEDIA – Growth through Data-Driven Storytelling THE E-COMMERCE PLAYBOOK ACCELEPRISE AUSTRALIA STARTUP PLAYBOOK HUSTLE APPLICATION  Show notes: – Mark Harbottle – Matt Mickiewicz – Leni Mayo – 99Designs – Sitepoint – Flippa – Learnable – Jason Aiken – TaskRabbit – Accel – Adrian Stone (podcast) – Duncan Anderson (podcast) – Patrick (LinkedIn) Feedback/ connect/ say hello:  [email protected] @playbookstartup (Twitter) @rohitbhargava7 (Twitter – Rohit) Rohit Bhargava (LinkedIn) Credits: Intro music credit to Bensound Other channels: Watch the video on Youtube here. Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Stitcher & Soundcloud http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/Ep085_-_Patrick_Llewellyn.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea::-moz-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea::-webkit-input-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea:-ms-input-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep085 – Patrick Llewellyn (CEO – 99Designs) on planning and focus appeared first on Startup Playbook.