Matt Mickiewicz
Matt Mickiewicz (born June 27, 1983) is an internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of SitePoint. Mickiewicz also co-founded the web companies Flippa and 99designs. Born in Kraków, Poland, lived in Hameln -Germany and currently residing in Vancouver, Canada, Mickiewicz created his first website at the age of 14 called Webmaster-Resources.com, which later became SitePoint. At 16, Mickiewicz traveled to Melbourne with his mother and met his soon to be business partner and co-founder, Mark Harbottle. At 16, Mickiewicz found himself closing $10,000 advertising deals between classes at high school. Mickiewicz barely finished high school and did not attend college. In 2008, Mickiewicz spun off 99designs from SitePoint, which went on to raise $35 million in capital from Accel Ventures, Michael Dearing / Harrison Metal, Dave Goldberg (SurveyMonkey), Anthony Casalena, and Stewart Butterfield (Flickr). In June, 2009 Mickiewicz and Harbottle launched Flippa.com, the largest marketplace for buying and selling websites in the world. In the fall of 2012, Mickiewicz co-founded DeveloperAuction.com which raised $2.7 million was later renamed as Hired. Mickiewicz was named a 30 Under 30 Entrepreneur by Forbes and INC in 2011, a Smart Company 30 under 30 in 2012, and frequently speaks at conferences and seminars world-wide.