Grzbowski: Unlimited design businesses require minimal upfront capital
Jonathan Grzbowski · Penji Hits $4m Revenue Helping 1000 Customers With Unlimited Design Work · Nov 4, 2020 · at 24:11
Jonathan Grzbowski, co-founder of Penji, describes the low barrier to entry in productized design services.
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“The thing is, this is a super easy to understand this is a super easy to set up type of market where it doesn't necessarily require a lot of straight up investment. You know, on your end, you can literally start a business like this with a website and a funnel in order to just drive to drive them through. So you could use it through Trello. You could do it through email if you really wanted to, you could do it through Slack. So the cost of starting this up isn't necessarily all that high.”
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