Over the years, I observed that many talented graphic designers, including those in my own family, had difficulty getting their designs to market. I thought it would be possible to hold open stationery design competitions where all designers could participate. — Mariam Naficy Copy Share Image
Minted.com is both a global design community and stationery retailer. Independent graphic designers from all over the world submit designs to our ongoing design competitions, and Minted's community votes to tell us what to sell. — Mariam Naficy Copy Share Image
At age 28, I had no retail experience, no consumer marketing experience and no real Internet experience. But I decided I wanted to work… — Mariam Naficy Copy Share Image
I founded Minted in 2007 with the desire to use 'crowd-sourcing' to bring designs from the best emerging and independent designers in the world… — Mariam Naficy Copy Share Image
Unlike Etsy, which is all handmade, we print and ship the products, not the designers. We relieve the designer from having to make and… — Mariam Naficy Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid of developing a contrarian viewpoint on what type of person is perfect for your company as CTO and how you're going… — Mariam Naficy Copy Share Image
The Minted mission is to be a community that supports designers from all over the world and provides them with an opportunity to be… — Mariam Naficy Copy Share Image
Over the years, I observed that many talented graphic designers, including those in my own family, had difficulty getting their designs to market. I… — Mariam Naficy Copy Share Image
All of the designs on Minted are crowd-sourced from a global community of independent designers. We hold monthly design and art challenges that anyone… — Mariam Naficy Copy Share Image
The name Minted speaks to the freshness of our design - the fact that we are receiving thousands of new designs each week and… — Mariam Naficy Copy Share Image
Minted.com is both a global design community and stationery retailer. Independent graphic designers from all over the world submit designs to our ongoing design… — Mariam Naficy Copy Share Image
Excellent content is available online to everyone. I like it because it's a flattening of the playing field. — Mariam Naficy Copy Share Image
