skinnyCorp, Inc.: Founded in 2001, skinnyCorp is a global leader in crowd sourcing for the apparel design vertical. Its flagship online community, Threadless.com, is a highly trafficked, online community which draws together apparel designers to compete for the production of their design, primarily focusing on t-shirt sales to date. T-Shirt designs are submitted by the community, voted on by the community, selected for buy-ability, printed and then sold. The contest winner gets their design manufactured and then the voting community and other site visitors are given the opportunity to purchase products. The community currently has 400,000 users, demonstrating explosive growth over the last 2 years with significant continued traction.
