If you are in the website development business, you’ve probably stumbled upon a site called TemplateMonster.com. Maybe the blue monster-head logo rings a bell? It might have crossed your mind that the site is pretty big, but just how big? Let’s find out! Here’s my interview with David Braun – the CEO – plus a lot of interesting facts from TemplateMonster’s journey so far.
Let’s start on a high note:
The TemplateMonster marketplace now features 46,000 design templates for the most popular platforms, including WordPress and WooCommerce, Joomla, Magento, Drupal, and PrestaShop. Since it was founded in 2002, it has served more than 5 million customers, with 100k people visiting the site each day.
The business is run by a 35 year old CEO – David Braun – who has built a team of 427 people, and through everybody’s combined efforts reached $15M in revenue.
But the journey didn’t start like your typical Silicon Valley startup. Far from it…
I wish I didn’t read that.
Nevertheless kudos to David. Been using TM at many occasions. Nice to know it was made by an Ukrainian
An inspiring read. Building a business “mulitple times” and still be one of top players in the industry is not something easy to pull.
Yes, you hit the sweet spot. Perseverance in an entrepreneur is a must have. Thanks for stopping by!
Hello Sabina,
Thanks for sharing such an inspiring story. It’s good to see how things have changed and there’s a lot to learn.
David,
Congratulations on building a successful business and becoming a pioneer in the templates industry. I could have never imagined the ups and downs that a huge business like TM would have had to go through.
Hey Puneet, thank you for reading! There’s so much we still couldn’t cover in this article. When I met David at WordCamp Kiev, after the article was already drafted, he let me in on how they’re fostering innovation inside the company. There’s a whole story (and system) behind it. Maybe next time 🙂
@sabinaionescu:disqus I am waiting for his Part 2 story.
Really inspirational personality he is 🙂