Lukasz Gadowski (Spreadshirt): The Success of Spreadshirt and the Role of Communities
Lukasz Gadowski is CEO and founder of the t-shirt company SpreadShirt Inc., Germany.
He established
Spreadshirt in 2002 without any major capital and managed to let it grow by expanding
to Europe and the USA. At the
moment Spreadshirt.com is one of the leading providers of custom, online
apparel allowing individuals and companies to open an online shop, selling
t-shirts and other custom printed items without any upfront costs. Moreover,
Spreadshirt offers over 80 printable products for customization.
During the last years, as Spreadshirt is now one of the most successful internet companies, it has grown to a community of over 300,000 existing Spreadshirt shop partners who have created and sold over 500,000 custom products worldwide.
Awards:
2002: Futuresax
2004: Hewlett Packard Business Innovation Award
2005:
nominated for the category “Aufsteiger des Deutschen Gründerpreises” (German
internet prize)
2006: Futuresax
> Spreadshirt has recently made it into the Top 5 European Growth list "Europe's 500".