• CustomMade Blog
  • Explore the blog
    • Creation Stories
    • Maker Spotlight
    • Custom Inspiration
    • Concepts & Buyer Guides
    • Company News and Info
  • How it works
  • Start a project
  • rss

About CustomMade

CustomMade is an online matchmaker connecting Buyers who want one-of-a-kind Creations with professional and passionate Makers.

Spreading the Custom Word: CEO Mike Salguero is Blogging on AOL Websites

Posted by Pedro in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on September 27, 2011

CustomMade CEO and Co-founder Mike Salguero is now a regular blogger on prominent AOL websites such as The Huffington Post and Stylelist.  He’ll be writing about entrepreneurship, economic trends, consumers, and, no doubt, the custom revolution.  His first piece on Stylelist Home promotes the economic benefits of spending your dollars on local businesses, a subject [...]

Read more... Leave a comment
Tweet

9/22/11 Product Update – Job Board Enhancements

Posted by CustomMade in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on September 22, 2011

Hello to our Customers and Makers,

The Job Board has been live for almost five months and we have received a tremendous amount of feedback about it. Taking this into careful consideration, we have begun streamlining the entire process to make it easier to use for both Customers and Makers.

Communication Dashboard

Customers and Makers: [...]

Read more... Leave a comment
Tweet

CustomMade CEO Mike Salguero: a 2011 Boston Business Journal “Rising Star”

Posted by Pedro in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on August 31, 2011

Mass High Tech and the Boston Business Journal have announced their business leader award winners for 2011, and CustomMade is proud to find our CEO Mike Salguero named as one of the Boston Business Journal’s Rising Stars, 15 innovative leaders under the age of 30 in the Greater Boston economy.   The MHT All-Stars and BBJ [...]

Read more... Leave a comment
Tweet

The Best of Everything: CustomMade in Cigar Aficionado

Posted by Pedro in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on August 28, 2011

The “Made for You” section of Cigar Aficionado magazine showcases the best hand made and custom items from around the world, and CustomMade is proud to be featured in the upcoming October 2011 issue.

Take a sneak peek at the feature below.

Made For You

In a world of fast food and one-size-fits-all sensibilities, how [...]

Read more... Leave a comment
Tweet

Love To Know CustomMade? An Interview with CEO Mike Salguero

Posted by Pedro in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on August 8, 2011

If you’re the type of consumer who wants to learn everything about a product or service before you buy, the CustomMade approach is right up your alley.  When you commission a custom piece, be it furniture, jewelry, or cabinetry, you’ll be in a unique position: you’ll know and control every aspect of your project, from [...]

Read more... Leave a comment
Tweet

CustomMade CEO Mike Salguero live from AWFS on Woodcraft blog

Posted by CustomMade in Company News and Info, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade on August 1, 2011

If you didn’t get a chance to say hi to us at AWFS 2011 in Vegas, you can now on Woodworking Adventures presented by Woodcraft.

A big thanks  to Frank Byers for his awesome interview with CEO Mike Salguero explaining how and why to use CustomMade.com to market your custom woodworking projects:

“CustomMade.com is an [...]

Read more... Leave a comment
Tweet

Owl Stool Giveaway! Now through August 31, 2011

Posted by CustomMade in Company News and Info, Contests and Giveaways, For Customers, For Makers on July 27, 2011

We have a new Discussions area on CustomMade where customers can ask us, makers, and each other whatever they’d like about buying custom goods.

In order to kick off this new feature, we’re giving away a beautiful Owl Stool to one random person who comes to the Discussions area and leaves a comment or [...]

Read more... 2 Comments
Tweet

CustomMade’s first day at the AWFS Fair 2011

Posted by CustomMade in Company News and Info, The People Behind CustomMade on July 21, 2011

Phew, it is hot here in Vegas! A whopping 106 degrees Fahrenheit on our first day at the Las Vegas Convention Center, but there’s plenty of cool stuff to check out inside the exhibition hall already.

The Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers is the premier trade organization in the country for makers of anything [...]

Read more... Leave a comment
Tweet

AOL Small Business: Advice on “Raising Funds” from CustomMade CFO and Co-Founder Seth Rosen

Posted by Pedro in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on July 12, 2011

Looking for seed money for your start-up company?  CustomMade CFO and Co-Founder Seth Rosen knows something about that.  His advice on “Raising Funds” was the AOL Small Business July 11, 2011, “Tip of the Day.” Make sure you understand what angel investors are looking for.  Read all about it.

[...]

Read more... Leave a comment
Tweet

Mike Salguero on BostInnovation: CustomMade and the Custom E-Commerce Movement

Posted by Pedro in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on May 23, 2011

It’s only Monday, but it’s already been a great week for spreading the CustomMade word.  Hot on the heels of Sunday’s NorthJersey.com feature on CustomMade, CEO and co-founder Mike Salguero has written the first article in BostInnovation’s featured series for the week on the Boston area’s flourishing custom e-commerce industry.  Mike looks back at the [...]

Read more... 2 Comments
Tweet
123456789101112

About CustomMade

CustomMade is a marketplace for hiring makers to create exactly what you want.

Follow @custommade

Explore

Company News and Info Concepts & Buyer Guides Contests and Giveaways Custom Community Custom Creation Stories Custom Inspiration CustomMade Connections CustomMade Maker Sucess For Customers For Makers Founder's Blog Maker Spotlight Our Favorite Custom Finds The People Behind CustomMade The Pro Shop The Wide World of Custom Making

Archives

Comments

  • Frankie D. Hansen on CustomMade contributions to the George W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum
  • Frances C. Wolf on Custom, DIY & renting – the perfect balance for your perfect day
  • Caroline Bagby on The best guacamole ever (and other Cinco de Mayo goodness)

Tweets

custommade2
Follow @custommade
 
  • Explore the blog
  • How it works
  • Start a project

Copyright © 2013 CustomMade Ventures Corp. All rights reserved.