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The History of Printpop! - How It All Started...
In late 2001, Devin Walker concieved an idea for an Internet company like no other in existence.
One crisp autumn day, an old friend called Walker and described a painting she had seen years earlier that he had done, and asked if he could take a picture of it and mail it to her.
Walker E-mailed her the digital picture, but wished he could send her a life-sized copy of his work. Scouring the Internet, Walker thought someone had to already be doing this.
Yes, there were hundreds of sites where you could buy "Starry Night" or "Sunflowers" or Andy Warhal's "Soup Cans," and there were hundreds more where professional artists were
selling their original artwork, but nowhere could one buy high quality digital posters of unknown, undiscovered, hobbist, part-time, or student artists. Until now...
Enter Printpop.com.
| April 2009: |
Printpop.com version 2.x Launched. |
| January 2008: |
PrintpopPress Launched. |
| April 19th 2007: |
v1e Released. Giftpop Launched. |
| May 3rd 2005: |
v1d Released. |
| March 16th 2004: |
v1c Released. |
| November 9th 2003: |
v1b Released. |
| September 16th 2003: |
v1a Released. |
| August 25th 2003: |
v1 Launched. |
| November 2nd 2002: |
After building the first prototype website, Walker approaches Ladd Epp, COO and co-founder, to help bring the site to life. | |
