One of the best things about working here at Envato is that we have an awesome team of people building, managing, writing, reviewing and working on our sites. Yep, things have come a long way since the early days when there was just a few of us trying to do everything!
Recently our awesome Tuts+ interviewer Emil asked if I minded being video interviewed with some questions put forward by the Psdtuts+ readers. Since no-one really wants to see my enormous head on screen for too long a period of time, I asked my lovely wife and partner in crime Cyan if she’d be in on the interview and we thought we’d put up the video to help celebrate 3 years of Envato.
The Interview
So without further ado, if you’ve ever wondered about how Envato started or about who we are, I hope you enjoy this little interview of us!
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Awesome, it was great working with you all as well. Congratulations on the anniversary.
awasome interview Thanks to Collis and Cyan and ones agin happy happy bday
yey, finally was waiting for this. Best of luck with the nxt few years!
Aha… going to see…. :P
Awesome video. So many great notes. I’ll be rewatching again and actually writing them down this time.
I’d love to see you guys do more video blogs. I think it works.
Fix you greenscreen :D Great and loong one, love the into
You’s have been such a breath of fresh air & inspiration to me with web & graphic design.
Thanks for all your help!
totally inspirational, got some great ideas.
Very inspirational. I know 1001 people are going to say that about your interview, but to have seen the beginnings of your journy – the orginal psd tuts and flashden – to what envato is now…
…wow…
… like i said… very inspirational.
Good job, and good luck? But I guess you don’t need “luck” anymore. Thank you for all the hard work!
Congratulations on your 3rd birthday…
I’ve learn’t so much the last couple of years from you guys…
You really are raising the standards…
Thank you…
Awesome interview guys I love the honesty and style of Collis and Cyan, that’s this couple is inspiring for some of us, just strrating our blog or businesses. Keep growing and working that way because I think every new idea can become a huge success as all you have.
I just spend 28 min really well.
Happy birthday!!!
You seem like really dedicated and cozy people!
About expanding; maybe live lessons. You know some sort of webinar. Would be awesome! Good to see that other people can be business confused at 25 to ;)
Great interview – i enjoyed it.
:D Kim
Wow thank you very much for the mention :) I don’t even know what to say…. great interview!!!, you guys rule!!!
Very inspiring! Thank you for this interview and the invaluable advices.
I wish you all the best!
Kajik
Thanks for the interview guys!
It’s always amazing to hear about other people experiences.
Hope you go well!!
God bless you guys for have founded the Envato. Your tuts plus websites always helped me a lot with my works.
I wish you guys have so much luck in the future and bring us more excellent and useful tutorials! Oh, and I just loved the PhotoTuts!
Thanks a lot!
Great Interview!
Awesome interview !!! Thanks to Collis and Cyan for advice ! Very inspiring !!
Thanks again !
Great interview and some exciting possibilities in the future. I look forward to seeing the Tuts+ network continue to grow. A conference would be great and of course can’t wait for the tropical meetup. Thanks.
You guys are a real inspiration and wonderful on camera. I couldn’t think of better people to run envato marketplace. I just hope it keeps growing and growing.
All the best
Paul – Pixelcriminals
Awesome interview guys! You’ve always both seemed very down to earth and inspirational, and this video only confirms that. :)
What about the unanswered questions?
which Q your takling
I have a questions..
@Abhijeet See this page its full of questions…
http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/news/interview-with-the-founder-of-envato-collis-taeed/
that was a good interview. you both seem rather sweet and kind. I hope you help infuse the next gen business model with a code of ethics and love that seems to have been lacking in previous generations.
Don’t change. -dp
Thanks for the inspiration in this three years, and So amazing interview.
Congrats! It’s awesome to have seen the family of sites grow, here’s to many more years!
go aussies!
bad chroma key
by the way happy birthday
I’ve seen you guys grow from the very beginning and it’s nice to see you’re very down-to-earth, friendly and inspirational people.
I wish you the best in all your endeavors and thanks for putting so much effort on creating sites that help people learn!
Amazing interview Thanks to Collis and Cyan.
Happy Birthday Again :)
Tropical meeting!!!
Awww, you guys are awesome! Keep up the great work! I know I’ve definitely learned a lot from this family of sites (many ‘A-ha!’ moments in the middle of the night!). Sounds like some really cool stuff is coming on down the line. :)
I know you guys don’t need any more props but Great Interview!
I’m really inspired now; you should do a video podcast about something ;)
Hey guys, that was really an insightful interview. Enjoyed it as much as all my Plus membership benefits! All the best Envato!
That Collis is a real babe !!!!!!
You are awesome :D
Really nice, I wish you all the best. I like all of your sites and I read them on a regular basis. Quality content in a beautiful wrap is a perfect combination. I wish I could work with you ;)
Greetings from Poland!
i don’t know how to describe my pleasure to watch this interview which i was looking for since i have been addictive to psdtuts
it is great to know you ” Collis ”
-God saves both of you to each other :) -
wish to join ur community soon ..
peace :)
Great interview Guys,(Girl)^^ You seem like nice people, and im glad Envato is
So great now!
Btw On The right There, I dont wanna say Collis or Cyan, Cause they could be both Male/Female Names And i dont know whos who, You remind me of Kirsty From Home And Away
Very pretty :)
Dude has the most interesting accent. It’s like a cross between English and Yanklish. I love it.
Wow–what a candid interview–it was a pleasure watching. I’m incredibly inspired by you two and all that you’ve done in such a short period of time. Hopefully you will put out more clips every once in a while?
Great interview! You guys deserve all the success in the world
Fantastic interview, great to see all the tuts sites! Envato is growing!! :oo
I’ve been following the Tuts sites (PSD, NET and Vector) as well as FreelanceSwitch for some time now and I really love what you guys have put together through those sites.
In lieu of the latest makeover and this interview, Congratulations on discovering success where you have.
There are many designers and developers who are truly envious AND ESPECIALLY grateful for what you’ve accomplished as it not only helps us motivate ourselves but gives us the tools necessary to develop our skills towards that goal.
It’s great to see two real and genuine human beings doing something for themselves and thus really doing something for us small-timers as well. Thanks!
Great comment!
This interview is so inspiring. It is great to see how down to earth Collis and Cyan are. To know that everyday people (with excellent business sense, of course :) can bring an idea, and other ideas, to fruition in such a way is just awesome. I can’t think of other words for it lol. All the best to the entire Envato network!
Wow, I didn’t know she’s such a honey!
Interesting interview, thanks.
Congratulations to Envato, the rest of the team and the community. You did a really great job on educating the creative world of the web.
You guys rock in inspiring your audience.
Cheers to your success!
Wow, inspiring! You’re truly making the web a better destination.
Absolutely inspiring video.. in over 3 years the website have been grown to one of the top design sites on the web which is an splendid achievement indeed.
And you guys certainly do know how to present things before the visitors ;)
Good luck, Collis and Cyan.
Best line of the interview – Get started… improve n improve. Start small and get improved :)
I started freelancing when i was 15 :)
Collis & Cyan
Awesome job so far and i think that the next 3 years coming up will be even more successful because of your drive and ideas.
You guys make a very good team. BTW the brother thing was quite funny.
I wish you guys all the best in the near future. 3D Ocean was a killer idea btw.
Cheers from Canada
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