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Nov 03 '06 by Threadless

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Holy Crap, Big News!

Hey everyone, the Jakes here. We have some very exciting news that we want to share with you!

Thanks to you, Threadless has been growing like a mother fucker over the past 2 years and we've decided that in order to give everyone the best experience and product possible that we need a little help.

Over the years, we've done our best by doing what feels right. We've come to the point where we need help with some of the technical issues like shipping out orders faster and getting packages overseas cheaper and quicker. So now, what feels right, is getting some professional help.

We scoured the earth looking for someone who understood what Threadless is all about, someone that would really be able to help us make the site as amazing as possible. It took a while but we finally found a group that we think fits in perfectly with what Threadless is and understands the purpose of this project and community.

We're very happy and very proud to welcome Insight Venture Partners into the Threadless family, led by a great guy named Jeff and his buddy Kobi.

And, here's the official release:
Insight Backs skinnyCorp to Aide in Growth of Threadless.com, the Highly Trafficked Apparel Design Community

Booya!

shirtflirt on Nov 03 '06 at 10:19am

LANGUAGE!!!!

kaloyster on Nov 03 '06 at 10:20am

bOoyah

squintygirl on Nov 03 '06 at 10:21am

I never realized motherfuckers grew that fast. Now I know. I think we've all learned something today.

taz-pie on Nov 03 '06 at 10:21am

and here i thought you were announcing hoodies.

but er. yay! onward and upwards, dudes.

shirtflirt on Nov 03 '06 at 10:21am

congratulations

mezo on Nov 03 '06 at 10:21am

Whaddyaknow! Jeffrey Kalmikoff REALLY DID say it best!

lemonalle on Nov 03 '06 at 10:21am

ir0cko on Nov 03 '06 at 10:21am

woooooooo

jacob dehart on Nov 03 '06 at 10:22am

I'm very excited about this and you guys should be too! This means great things for everyone!

lunchboxbrain on Nov 03 '06 at 10:23am

Word up. Excelsior, gents!

Let us know when you decide to release an IPO. I'll buy some Threadless stock fo' sho'!

shirtflirt on Nov 03 '06 at 10:24am

i like great things.

spencekarl on Nov 03 '06 at 10:24am

i'm so impressed that you've been able to grow this large so far without any outside investment source...i look forward to your future growth.

travis76 on Nov 03 '06 at 10:27am

reprint royalties! here we come!
ha ha.
?

jwalsh on Nov 03 '06 at 10:30am

congrats guys!

spencekarl on Nov 03 '06 at 10:34am

jeff and kobi...

jacob dehart on Nov 03 '06 at 10:35am

Actually this is our Jeff

I wonder why Jeff and Kobi are posing like hard-asses. I'll ask them.

speedyjvw on Nov 03 '06 at 10:35am

woohoo

spencekarl on Nov 03 '06 at 10:36am

ah, wrong jeff...yeah kobi looks like a ba.

chelly on Nov 03 '06 at 10:37am

congrats!

tracerbullet on Nov 03 '06 at 10:41am

Whoever wrote that article needs a lesson or two in pronoun agreement.

"The contest winner gets their design manufactured..."

No, "The contest winner gets HIS OR HER design manufactured..."

"Their" is plural. Pshhhhhhhhh :-p

But congrats, Threadless! :-D

fran6 on Nov 03 '06 at 10:42am

"I'm very excited about this and you guys should be too! This means great things for everyone!"

What does it mean? Faster shipping? Best prices? Best support? New products?

pyr4lis on Nov 03 '06 at 10:43am

Huge Congratulations to you guys! Growing a small company as fast as you guys did is an amazing feat!

shirtflirt on Nov 03 '06 at 10:43am

easy there, editor.

how'd that interview go the other day?

tracerbullet on Nov 03 '06 at 10:43am

A free cookie with every order, like I've been suggesting for a long time?

Obergeist on Nov 03 '06 at 10:44am

That's pretty cool. The overseas quicker and cheaper really makes my nipples stand on end. Hopefully it'll also help with the problem I've gotten a couple of times where I order a shirt but due to discrepancy they didn't have anymore stock.

tracerbullet on Nov 03 '06 at 10:44am

Ugh, it didn't. He never called. Probably got stoned and forgot. I contacted his publicist and she said she'll see what happened and if she can reschedule. I doubt I'll hear back, though.

tomburns on Nov 03 '06 at 10:45am

RULES. awesome dudes!

speedyjvw on Nov 03 '06 at 10:46am

brian if i ever see one of your orders ill go find a cookie, throw it in a baggie and put it with your shirts

tracerbullet on Nov 03 '06 at 10:47am

haha awesome!

make it gluten free, though. i'm allergic.

catdogpigduck on Nov 03 '06 at 10:51am

So basically you guys got a phat load of investment capital now.

amy122166 on Nov 03 '06 at 10:52am

dear jakes...you have gotten too big for your britches, eh??

congratulations...threadless is a huge SUCCESS!!!!

i prefer girl scout cookies, but if joe would bake some from scratch...hell yah!

adam antium on Nov 03 '06 at 10:53am

woah!

travis76 on Nov 03 '06 at 10:53am

just don't let this bring stuff like threadless loves PEPSI or threadless loves beyonce, and we'll be good!

Laborpsus on Nov 03 '06 at 10:58am

I LOVE BEYONCE

taz-pie on Nov 03 '06 at 10:58am

threadless loves microsoft!
threadless loves macdonalds!
threadless loves starbucks!

catdogpigduck on Nov 03 '06 at 10:58am

or Threadless loves Catdogpigduck

woog on Nov 03 '06 at 11:01am

great to be part of the team...the Jake(s) have done an awesome job. congrats guys!

steven218 on Nov 03 '06 at 11:02am

does this mean big changes then?

new products? more shirts? men's push-up boxers?

bulletsalvador on Nov 03 '06 at 11:04am

yay cheaper shipping...

mcdonaldization here we come!!!!!

lol

=)

iPear on Nov 03 '06 at 11:05am

they look like the kind of people that don't wear teeshirts! :D

iPear on Nov 03 '06 at 11:06am

what I meant was, they look like they're too good for Tee shirts.

iPear on Nov 03 '06 at 11:06am

...I mean.

HAPPY PARTNERSHIP! :D

bulletsalvador on Nov 03 '06 at 11:06am

Can you please put extra stickers in my order

pretty, pretty, handsome please

juliagoolia on Nov 03 '06 at 11:07am

Change is hard.

But if you guys are excited about it, I trust that it's a good move. Congrats!

bulletsalvador on Nov 03 '06 at 11:10am

look at these studs

bulletsalvador on Nov 03 '06 at 11:10am

http://www.insightpartners-dev2.com/images/rotate/home_1.jpg

littlem on Nov 03 '06 at 11:13am

aw, that's fapulous!

yeah, that's right. i said fap.

littlem on Nov 03 '06 at 11:13am

well it IS, isn't it?

Jennifuhrer on Nov 03 '06 at 11:14am

are you sure it's not thisJeff?

littlem on Nov 03 '06 at 11:15am

but, travis, i like pepsi!

The3rdJake on Nov 03 '06 at 11:17am

Apparently I'm a BA, not the BA, but a BA.

Guys WE ARE SO PUMPED to be on board. You guys are the best! skinnyCorp rules!!!!

stubbythumbs on Nov 03 '06 at 11:17am

congratulations skinnycorp! GO TEAM VENTURE!

littlem on Nov 03 '06 at 11:17am

*hangs B.A.

label on Nov 03 '06 at 11:17am

Oh man... does this mean the prize package might rise again soooooon???

label on Nov 03 '06 at 11:18am

congrats btw

The3rdJake on Nov 03 '06 at 11:22am

Not too good for t-shirts! I think I bought 18 in the last sale ...sometimes I've got to dress all fancy-pants.

BTW - Jeff doesn't usually wear that leotard ;)

iPear on Nov 03 '06 at 11:24am

are you Sure? You look more like a "I wear wife beaters all the time to flex my muscles."

littlem on Nov 03 '06 at 11:35am

go to your room, iPear!

jublin on Nov 03 '06 at 11:37am

cheers everyone! drinks are on me!

and by drinks i mean glasses of water!

Stevethegreat on Nov 03 '06 at 11:40am

change sucks

don't ever do it again.

FireOfHeaven on Nov 03 '06 at 12:00pm

Maybe you guys can design a better site for them.

business is business...keep it rollin

Sailesh on Nov 03 '06 at 12:07pm

cheaper shipping overseas eh.

that'll do me just fine :D!

Sailesh on Nov 03 '06 at 12:08pm

ps. don't touch the look or the functionality of thie website.

it is PERFECTO!

Sailesh on Nov 03 '06 at 12:08pm

this*!!

**feels like a spammer-boi**

bulletsalvador on Nov 03 '06 at 12:10pm

i love to see them expand their buisness. all i hope is threadless stays grounded.

I picked up the latest Maxim issue with Sophia Bush, man shes hottttttt, and saw a threadless article.

expect profits to increase

good job threadlesss

=)

fc gravy on Nov 03 '06 at 12:11pm

holy crap, congrats! i'm looking forward to great things for me and the threadless massive.

kirstenlovesdinner on Nov 03 '06 at 12:29pm

yay! happy day!

CheesecakeBree on Nov 03 '06 at 12:31pm

What isn't growing, is dying.... so congrats on the growth and I hope everything goes well with the added help!

(matthijs) on Nov 03 '06 at 12:32pm

So will they be the STP police? Chasing the bad guys who are trying to fuck the system? Go get em boys! Happy hunting.

Jewstice on Nov 03 '06 at 12:32pm

Sounds like good news.

BoulosAntoun on Nov 03 '06 at 12:33pm

were they responsible for "Good Luck"?

just wondering

Rachel Raygun on Nov 03 '06 at 12:39pm

I have a question!

What does this mean? :) Are they handling your finances or something?

Jennifuhrer on Nov 03 '06 at 12:41pm

Are they like equal partners with the Jakes?

Jewstice on Nov 03 '06 at 12:42pm

I didn't read the blog, but I assume its good news.

maija on Nov 03 '06 at 12:58pm

Founded in 2001, skinnyCorp is a global leader in crowd sourcing for the apparel design vertical.

*snrrk!*

Someone needs to be taken out behind the barn for a beating with the Jargon Bat.

maija on Nov 03 '06 at 1:00pm

p.s. "aide" is a noun: person who helps, as in, an assistant; "aid" is the verb; "ade" is a beverage you make when life gives you lemons.

skyash1588 on Nov 03 '06 at 1:01pm

as long as i never see a threadless tee in a target store ill be happy.

rholliday on Nov 03 '06 at 1:11pm

To be have been a venture capital firm before '99, and to still be one after '99, they must be doing something right.

MadTheologian on Nov 03 '06 at 1:34pm

Welcome aboard, Insight! Join our Blogs and hang out with us! Listen to us and make sure they don't do Tar-zhey and Urban Ripoff-fitters.

Nodus on Nov 03 '06 at 1:35pm

So, what does this mean to us, the community?

nebagakid on Nov 03 '06 at 1:38pm

How does this fit into the No-Investors-for-SkinnyCorp thing?

EFDisaster on Nov 03 '06 at 1:43pm

good point rholliday. any VC that made the right choices through the early 2000s has to have some brains and some mystic snowglobe or something, as well

nothingless on Nov 03 '06 at 1:56pm

OMG if this means cheaper overseas shipping, I will be one happy bunny!!!!!!!

label on Nov 03 '06 at 4:37pm

ditto

Khol on Nov 03 '06 at 4:42pm

YAY! congrats!!
dont you love a good friday?

d3d on Nov 03 '06 at 4:43pm

i'm old and don't like change!
remember when threadless was small and clumsy and had that personal touch? those were the days.

Shebly on Nov 03 '06 at 4:43pm

:D

Congrats!!

UberRyan on Nov 03 '06 at 4:43pm

you said a swear!

Papaprime on Nov 03 '06 at 4:44pm

NO!

First threadless is being pimped on Goodmorning America, now this?!

Sellouts!

(anyone remember that blog, twas hilarious)

glad to see you growing. Our purchases were like us turning you on, and this business venture is like a viagra... gross.

jwalsh on Nov 03 '06 at 4:52pm

so when are stock options going to be offered? jk. but i would buy them :D

MadTheologian on Nov 03 '06 at 4:56pm

Count me in for the future IPO offering, too!

spires on Nov 03 '06 at 4:59pm

awesome! Congrats on the investment.

d3d on Nov 03 '06 at 5:02pm

yeah i'd buy shares.

Rock Deputy on Nov 03 '06 at 5:06pm

if you guys ever go public, shares should ONLY be awarded as part of contest winnings...

$1500 + $500 in merch + 50 shares in skinnyCorp

and maybe you could stuff a few into the odd shirt order, instead of stickers...

Rock Deputy on Nov 03 '06 at 5:07pm

although... you'd run the risk of giving controlling power over to Glennz.

RyanSargent on Nov 03 '06 at 5:24pm

maybe this will make hoodies come out.

deko on Nov 03 '06 at 6:11pm

So what does this mean.....venture capitol usually means shoving new ideas down our throats....for the sake of profits and overexposure...........congrats if this won't happen

Papaprime on Nov 03 '06 at 6:15pm

seeing as how stingy threadless is with their outlets, and the statement of finding someone who understands their business outlook. I think the most jarring suprises we'll have will be projects like Select... I don't see any bad coming from that.

FionaB on Nov 03 '06 at 6:29pm

"They are building a real business, with loyal users, who love their products."

:)

sukihighers on Nov 05 '06 at 2:47pm

Hoodies hoodies hoodies bring on the damn hoodies.

Skipper6745 on Nov 05 '06 at 2:51pm

But what does this all mean?

She Says So on Nov 05 '06 at 2:54pm

I dont geddit.

c_schrei on Nov 06 '06 at 12:41pm

no more bitching about orders coming late! yay!!!

Legoman on Nov 06 '06 at 12:52pm

WOO HOO!!

bnut23 on Nov 06 '06 at 9:21pm

I always thought the phrase was "growing like a weed". I'm going to start using that now.

"Little Johnny sure is growing like a motherfucker."

jalaffler on Nov 07 '06 at 12:48am

i love Insight Venture Partners.

Hmm...this will take some getting used to. It sounds kinda omnious. but hey, a friend of threadless is a friend of mine.

27 days later

helo on Dec 04 '06 at 9:47pm

Hopefully Insight Venture Partners has done their job
getting your business logistics' heinie into shape.

Did they do a good job ?

Are they still hanging around solving new problems ?

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