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“Me-Commerce” and CustomMade Thriving in Boston

Posted by Pedro in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade, The Wide World of Custom Making on April 5, 2011

“Me-commerce,” companies using the Internet to help customers design what they buy, is thriving.  The Boston Herald recently featured three pioneers of “me-commerce” in an article on the “me-commerce” scene in Boston: CustomMade artisan Ted Acworth of Artaic and, naturally, Mike Salguero and Seth Rosen, co-founders of CustomMade.  Read all about it.

“Me-commerce” Thriving in Boston

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“Buy Local” Networking Event in PA Brings Local Businesses to Light

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, For Makers, The Wide World of Custom Making on March 3, 2011

A key benefit of custom shopping is the chance to pair up with a local maker and support a local business. This past Thursday, Superior Woodcraft, Inc. and the Doylestown Business and Community Alliance welcomed more than four-hundred local business representatives to Buy-Local Networking and Business Card Exchange – several PA state and local officials [...]

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Reconnecting the Maker and the Buyer – CustomMade’s Peter Turner at WoodExpo 2011 this Weekend!

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, For Makers, The Wide World of Custom Making on February 24, 2011

WoodExpo 2011, the 61st Annual New England Home Show sponsored by Tommy MacDonald, starts TODAY Thursday February 24th and runs through Sunday February 27th at Boston’s Seaport World Trade Center. Amongst a whopping lineup of speakers and furniture-making demo presenters is CustomMade’s  Peter S. Turner of  South Portland, Maine who shares the inside scoop on [...]

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Independent Designer’s Market (IDM Boston): Opening Weekend this Saturday Feb. 12th!

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, For Makers, The Wide World of Custom Making on February 11, 2011

Kimberly Benson of Independent Designer’s Market/ IDM tells us about how her organization seeks to carve out a space for Boston’s independent designers and artists in the community – starting this Saturday in Harvard Square!

Independent Designer’s Market/ IDM Boston is a new retail shopping experience where independent designers and artists come together to show [...]

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Boston Business Journal: CustomMade Measures 600% Revenue Growth

Posted by Pedro in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade on February 2, 2011

How disruptive is going custom? Read about CustomMade’s successes in 2010 and co-founder and CEO Mike Salguero’s plans for revenue growth and doubling the company headcount in 2011 in the Boston Business Journal article, “CustomMade Measures 600% Revenue Growth.“

CustomMade Measures 600% Revenue Growth

By Galen Moore, Mass High Tech

CustomMade Ventures Corp. is bursting [...]

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Young, Hip, and Workin’ Wood: Regeneration Exhibition Call for Entries

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, For Makers, The Wide World of Custom Making on January 17, 2011

The art and craft of woodworking is seasoned practice laden with time-honored traditions, but young woodworkers are a determined bunch, melding today’s resources, circumstances, and experiences with the expertise learned through traditional woodworking. To encourage and showcase the new generation of woodworkers, Fine Woodworking Magazine has teamed with the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship to host Regeneration: [...]

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BostInnovation on CustomMade’s Revenue Growth and Plans for the Future

Posted by Pedro in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on January 14, 2011

CustomMade is again in the news.  BostInnovation has published an article on CustomMade’s revenue growth and its continually evolving efforts to put consumers in touch with custom makers.  Mike Salguero, co-founder and CEO, and Matt Goldstein, Vice President of Corporate Development, discuss some of 2010’s developments, website enhancements, and their plans for 2011.

CustomMade Made $500k [...]

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CustomMade: One of “America’s Most Promising Startups” according to Bloomberg Businessweek

Posted by Pedro in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on January 11, 2011

Bloomberg Businessweek has featured CustomMade in “America’s Most Promising Startups,” an ongoing series that showcases new businesses “that embody the creativity and resilience common among today’s entrepreneurs.”  The CustomMade profile, “Matching Skilled Artisans with Discerning Shoppers,” will give you a sense of the company’s incredible growth and the plans co-founders Mike Salguero and Seth Rosen [...]

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FeaturedBiz Inteviews CustomMade CEO and Co-Founder Mike Salguero

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade on December 17, 2010

Check out the December 16, 2010, interview with CustomMade CEO and Co-Founder Mike Salguero in the U.S. companies section of FeaturedBiz.com.

Some of the topics covered are:

The acquisition of the CustomMade.com website and domain name

What buyers and artisans are saying about their CustomMade experience

What are some of the most popular custom made [...]

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Get the PERFECT holiday gift for your man: Jocelyn did!

Posted by CustomMade in CustomMade Connections, CustomMade Maker Sucess, For Customers, For Makers on December 16, 2010

She knew exactly what she wanted to get him for Christmas:

They were at a fair the other weekend, and they both spotted this extraordinary animal-shaped cutting board…it was one of those stop-you-in-your-tracks-and-make-you-look-twice things, definitely not your typical kitchenware. Jocelyn was instantly inspired, both by the cutting board and by her husband’s joyful reaction to [...]

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