Where do founders look to find designers or design agencies?

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Hey PH, I'm looking to expand outreach for my business We Are Heroes (weareheroes.digital), and wanted to get a better understanding of what the main places are that founders look to find designers or design agencies.

What websites?
What type of people in your network?
What social media platforms?
Anywhere else?

If anyone can help me on this it would be hugely appreciated! Thanks 😊

Hussain Effendi · Accepted Answer

I generally look on Behance and Ribble and also just like @jennifer00 I too get most of my work for design through word of mouth referrals.
Curious to know more about WeAreHeroes and if you could direct me to your design portfolio.
Cheers!

Manoj Ranaweera · Answer

Had a look at https://www.weareheroes.digital/. Awesome idea. Like the design of your website.

For us, we have free design volunteers at www.skilledup.life - as the operator of the service, we use our own volunteers.

So far, everything has been done by me. I'm no designer. But recently interviewed a freelance designer who wants to get additional experience. Hopefully she will join our team.

All the best with your service Chris.

Zoe Tan · Answer

Not a founder, but I've used 99Designs and Dribbble to look for designers to help our team with design assets. You can even find design agencies on those platforms as well

Ender · Answer

@zoe_tan I also use Dribbble! I’ve looked at Behance as well.

Chris Ashby · Answer

@jennifer00 Nice one, thanks for helping out!

Chris Ashby · Answer

@heffendi Absolutely, you can find out more about us here: https://www.weareheroes.digital/.

Jennifer · Answer

Hey Chris, 
Generally Linkedin, Upwork, and word of mouth from other founders, friends or web developers

Chris Ashby · Answer

@manojranaweera Thanks for the info, very useful and good to know

Jennifer · Answer

@chrisashby glad it could help! and really great website you have

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I think word of mouth is the best. After all, if you get a recommendation from a trusted solution, it certainly sounds better than looking for it yourself. So we found MedioOne, with whom many other partner companies worked and were satisfied

Amarnath Nagula · Answer

If I were in your shoes, I would do the following things.
1. Post a job on Twitter, Product Hunt, Indie hackers
2. Shortlist design influencers on Youtube and request them to post the job listings on their personal website
3. If VC funded, request them to post about the job on their website as well to get more visibility

Hussain Effendi · Answer

@chrisashby Awesome! Thanks :)

Daniel Leal · Answer

Dribble!

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Hi Chris, unfortunately I do not have experience with that but I have asked for help on Wizly which is a platform where you can ask high-profile professionals and experts all things related to Design Agencies. They can sure recommend!
These experts are paid (not by you, first question is free) and they get rated so it’s in their interest to give you very detailed and pinpointed answers. They answer you within 24h and basically for you for free (again, first question is free).  Hope this will help!

Where do founders look to find designers or design agencies?

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