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Threadless / skinnyCorp

Threadless is an online tshirt design competition and community run by its parent company, skinnyCorp. Users submit designs that get voted on by the community and the highest rated shirts each week are put up for sale on the site. Designers win money and prizes if their submission is selected.

Threadless is skinnyCorp’s most successful site but they also run a variety of other communities. They bill themselves as web developers who create interesting communities for others to enjoy.

Recently they have taken the tshirt sales to the real world with a new store on Broadway in Lakeview. The company says plans for other stores around the country are in the works.

People: Jake Nickell CEO (co-founder), Jeffrey Kalmikoff CCO, Harper Reed CTO, Jacob DeHart (co-founder)
Funding: Founders and reinvested profits
Status: Privately Held
Investors: Insight Venture Partners (very late-stage)
Websites: Threadless, ExtraTasty, YayHooray, NakedandAngry, I Park Like an Idiot, and skinnyCorp.com
PodCasts: http://skinnycorp.com/podcast/
Location: Chicago - Ravenswood