Interview with Envato Founders Collis and Cyan
Aug 20th in News
by Collis
One of the best things about working here at Envato is that we have an awesome team of people building, managing, writing, reviewing and working on our sites. Yep, things have come a long way since the early days when there was just a few of us trying to do everything!
Recently our awesome Tuts+ interviewer Emil asked if I minded being video interviewed with some questions put forward by the Psdtuts+ readers. Since no-one really wants to see my enormous head on screen for too long a period of time, I asked my lovely wife and partner in crime Cyan if she'd be in on the interview and we thought we'd put up the video to help celebrate 3 years of Envato.
Hello! I'm a web and graphic designer who loves blogging, startups and everything about the web. You can find me on Twitter and I blog at The Netsetter
The Interview
So without further ado, if you've ever wondered about how Envato started or about who we are, I hope you enjoy this little interview of us!
Here's to Another 3 Years!
It's kinda hard to believe it's been three years already! I still think of us as a startup. I can't stress enough how thankful we are for all the readers, users, authors, buyers, and staff who have helped us these last three years. Something that's really come home to me since we started Envato is that you don't build great companies without lots and lots of great people. From all the positive comments we get, the good natured communities that have grown around our sites, the amazing files that get sold on our marketplaces and the kick-ass tutorials that people contribute to our blogs. I know I have a tendency of overusing the word awesome and I am guilty of typing far too many exclamation marks in my day, but hey what else can I say ... it's pretty awesome!!!
So enjoy the rest of our celebrations. I'll be back tomorrow with some announcements of upcoming Envato sites that we'll be releasing in the forthcoming weeks, so stay tuned!
Don't Forget ...
Meanwhiles there's lots happening during this birthday celebration, so don't forget to check out:
- $300 of Files for Just $20!
If you haven't already taken advantage of this amazing deal, head over and grab it while it lasts! You won't find better value anywhere! Get All The Details
- Tuts+ iMac Giveaways & Bonus Tutorials
The iMac giveaways are now well underway on Tuts+ and tomorrow there'll be a whole stack of free tutorials and source files in the Tuts+ Bundle.
- FreelanceSwitch Birthday Giveaways
There's Job Board subscriptions, Pixelmator, Billings, ForkLift, Freshbooks Shuttlebus subscriptions and copies of Rockstar Freelancer all up for grabs! Get all the details
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User Comments
( ADD YOURS )Jacques August 20th
Wow great idea for the video! It’s easy to lose that personal touch with written articles. You guys are very real people and very inspirational. Thanks for all the great work!
( )Jônatan Fróes August 20th
nice!
( )Pat Reilly August 20th
Thanks for showing us a real good insight to the company and how it all started. This is a very inspirational story and I have nothing but respect for you guys and your company.
Keep up the good work!!
( )Joaquin August 20th
Congratulations Envato!
Very Inspiring..
( )Me too I thought Cyan is a guy.
VoidMan September 10th
Great interview!
I would like to download it somehow (for my little video collection) but don’t know how.
Can someone help me with it?
Thanks!
( )ohmto September 22nd
really nice and cool interview..
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