Philip Rooke

Phil joined Spreadshirt in 2009 as Head of Sales and Marketing, bringing with him a breadth of experience and success in fast-growing sectors. In 2011, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer, with a sole focus on bringing Spreadshirt from a start-up endeavour to a highly profitable enterprise. In 2019 In 2019, Spread Group hit global revenue of €131million, printed more than 6.4 million items and employed 900 people from 40 countries. 

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How to Make Money from a Creative Startup

The online world has often been difficult for inventive startups that want to make a living from their passion. You have an idea that you believe consumers want, but getting it to them is hard. Your strength is in the idea, but to get it out there you have to create a website, decide on ecommerce or charging capabilities, plan a marketing strategy, resolve accounting issues and even organise customer service. So before you even get started you are defeated by too many obstacles. However, for the creative person there are a great many platforms and technology solutions that will do all of this for you.