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Back to The Scoutzie Story (feat. Kirill Zubovsky), with Kirill Zubovsky.

Who Is Kirill Zubovsky

Kirill Zubovsky is the founder of Smash Notes, but back in 2012 he had founded Scoutzie, a curated marketplace for designers , that he took through Y Combinator. Kirill enjoys the combination of development and design and self-learned those skills to start his first company. Currently Kirill is residing in Seattle and loving it.

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The Scoutzie Story (feat. Kirill Zubovsky) ·

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  1. How and When Was Scoutzie FoundedThe idea for Scoutzie was sparked by Kirill's desire to work from home and not partake in the typical 9 to 5 work life.
  2. How Did Kirill Zubovsky Get Designers Onto Scoutzie Before It Could Accept Work?Before Scoutzie had an upload button, Kirill Zubovsky emailed about 500 designers, said he was building a showcase for mobile design, and asked them to join.
  3. How Did Scoutzie Help to Kickstart the Funsize Design AgencyTeam Scoutzie met with Anthony Armendariz early on in their respective careers, and quickly became friends.
  4. What Was Kirill Zubovsky's Product Scoutzie for?Kirill Zubovsky tells the Hustle podcast that Scoutzie started as a prototype to help students find work they could do online, because he did not want a day…
  5. Can You Make Money With a Brand New CompanyIf the product is something people actually want, they would be willing to pay you for it, sight unseen.
  6. How Much Money Should You Raise for Your StartupRaise all the money you can get. You never know what happens tomorrow.
  7. What Juncture Did Scoutzie Reach That Proved to Be DifficultThe company reached a high volume of clients, but also was finding it difficult to continue raising money with investors.
  8. Why Did Scoutzie Replace a Working Consultancy?As the project volume began to pick up, the Scoutzie team felt it was not possible to scale the company to the level of expectations of their investors.
  9. When and How Should Startups Think About Automating Their ProcessesAutomating your work could be helpful if you do it right, and extremely distracting and time consuming if you do not.
  10. Why Do Design Marketplaces Turn Out Weak Work?Marketplace business model demands a cheap, repeatable process, where anyone in the marketplace is able to provide more or less equal value, and no supplier…
  11. What's It Like to Be Married to Your Co-founderBeing married to your co-founder could be pretty beneficial as no one else around you would support and encourage you as much as they will.

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