How do you grow your business online? An expert gives a few pointers

摘要

In 2008,1(Alec Lynch,CEO of DesignCrowd)founded and launched a website(DesignCrowd.com)with a laptop,$10,000 in savings and 3 credit cards.Today,DesignCrowd is a leading global design service for small businesses and is approaching $20 million in revenue per year with customers in more than 100 countries and over 500,000 designers from around the world.Recently,we launched a second website www.brandcrowd.com-an online design maker tool for small businesses and entrepreneurs-which is doubling in size each month.While we started our business in Sydney,we always wanted it to be global.Since we launched,we have received over $12 million venture capital funding to help us scale the business internationally and today 85 per cent of our revenues come from outside of Australia.