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Dribbble
Where designers share work and get hired.
Based in Remote.
Key facts
- Joined Tiny
- 2017held 9 years
- Founded by
- Dan Cederholm & Rich Thornett
- Based in
- Remote
- Website
- dribbble.com
About Dribbble
Dribbble was founded in 2009 by Dan Cederholm and Rich Thornett as a small invite-only community for designers to share works-in-progress. The original concept was simple: post a 400×300 pixel "shot" of what you were working on, and let other designers leave feedback. The constraint forced focus, and the invite-only model concentrated taste. Over the next decade, Dribbble became the most influential designer community on the internet — the place where designers built portfolios, found inspiration, and got hired.
Tiny acquired Dribbble in 2017. The deal kept Dan Cederholm involved as an advisor, retained the engineering and community teams, and preserved the platform's identity as a designer-first community rather than a generic marketplace. In the years since, Dribbble has expanded its hiring marketplace, launched new portfolio features, and grown into one of Tiny's largest and most strategically important holdings.
Dribbble operates as part of Tiny Group and continues to be run as an independent business, with its own leadership team and product roadmap focused on the designers who have used the platform for more than a decade.
Why Dribbble fits Tiny
Dribbble is one of the clearest examples of why Tiny's "buy and hold" model works. The platform's value compounds with time — every new shot, every job posting, every designer who builds a portfolio there makes the community more valuable for the next person who joins.
The original founders chose Tiny because Tiny's approach respected what made Dribbble work: it was a community first and a marketplace second. The team continues to make product decisions through that lens, and Tiny continues to provide the long-term capital and operational support that lets them.