February 2012
17 posts
The Internets is claiming I had a tweet fight today. No, i just was my same transparent self. Keep holding us to high standards. We appreciate that.
Make Mistakes (please, you're designed to)
The twitterverse is all abuzz today about Fab’s “Make Mistakes” poster and tee shirt.
I wanted to take a minute to try to clear up a few things about this.
Make Mistakes is a very common phrase. It’s one of our favorites here at Fab. I’ve been saying it for years. It’s one of our company mantras. I actually got it from our CTO, Nishith, who has this on his...
Casacanda CEO Roman Kirch on the Berlin Startup... →
“Jason always says he runs Bradford’s company. Fab would not exist with just one...”
– Hypebeast Trade: Bradford Shane Shellhammer – Co-founder/Chief Creative Officer of Fab.com | Hypebeast
Fab to Launch Across Europe, Goldberg Says - Video... →
“We have this concept at Fab called the ‘one thing,’ which is: Do one...”
– Fab CEO Jason Goldberg On When To Go Big (He Should Know) | Fast Company
Fab Acquires Casacanda and Launches as Fab.de...
Fab today took a big step towards our mission of being the world’s most valuable design resource.
Fab has acquired Casacanda, the #1 flash sales website for design objects in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Casacanda, based in Berlin Germany, relaunches today as Fab.de with 250,000 members, growing by 90,000 in the last 30 days alone. That brings Fab’s worldwide membership to more than 2.4...
Fab.com and the Fetish for Design →
“When Jason Goldberg set out to raise a new round of funding for his flash sales...”
– Venture capital sees big returns in big data | Reuters
“fab mobile visits are now 40% of all visits over the last 2 weeks, up from 33%...”
– Fab Mobile.
Fab Launches 5 New Weekly Specialty Shops -...
Fab is growing fast. Crazy fast. 8 months ago we didn’t even exist. Today we’re at more than 2 million members and growing faster than ever.
We’ve got one big thing we’re trying to be the best in the world at: Fab.com is design. We believe that everyone, everywhere can benefit from good design.
Quite simply, we’re on a mission to make Fab the world’s most valuable design...
Fab 2.0 for iPhone, iPad, and Android
The Fab team is rolling out a big thank you gift today to our 2 million plus members:
Announcing Fab 2.0 for iPhone, iPad, and Android.
Since launching our mobile apps this past October, we’re quickly learning about the power of mobile commerce.
Mobile now accounts for 25% of Fab orders on a daily basis.
iPhone members purchase at twice the rate of web members.
iPad members purchase...
Shhh ... the Fab secret is out
Sarah Lacy’s got a delicious scoop about what’s really driving the growth of Fab, gleaned over an inspiring (and delicious) lunch with me and Bradford this past Monday.
As Sarah notes, the real secret to Fab is that while we do keep track of sales and we do obsess over data when it comes to customer development, we don’t pick the products that go on Fab based on sales data. We...
Fab moves beyond email. Direct traffic -...
Over the past few weeks we’ve seen a dramatic shift in how people get to Fab.
Just 2 months ago — as recent as November 2011 — nearly 50% of Fab’s traffic came via our daily emails to our members.
Fab Visits November
In January 2012 we saw direct visits overtake email-driven visits for the first time.
We believe that the rise in direct traffic is because of 3...
@devfab, always rmbr 7am 2-2-12, locked out office, uploading Fab iPhone 2.0 to itunes from my laptop in hallway - ur 1st Fab ship it!
Keeping it Real, Fab Wins Best Shopping App 2011...
Back in December when Fab was nominated for a Crunchie in the Best Shopping App category, I said to Bradford:
“Wow, that’s cool. But we’re not going to win. We’re not really part of that whole Silicon Valley tech scene.”
Bradford retorted:
“Of course we’re going to win. We’ll win because we really did deliver the best, freshest, most exciting,...
