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Did Phoebe Jiang co-found Pixieset?
Yes. BCBusiness reported on October 16, 2022 that "Pixieset was founded in 2013 by Jiang, a business administration grad and former bank employee, and Wong, a software developer," and captioned its photo "Pixieset founders Simon Wong and Phoebe Jiang". The article describes Wong as her "co-founder and husband".
How has Pixieset grown?
BCBusiness reported on October 16, 2022 that around 800,000 photographers had used Pixieset and that the company had grown "from some 35 people in 2020 to around 150". The same piece says the first employee was hired in 2015 and that the company raised money for the first time and acquired a European company in 2021.
Why did Pixieset buy Flothemes?
In an interview with Jiang and Wong published by SLR Lounge on September 16, 2021, the founders said they had launched Pixieset Website in 2019, that it was "powering 65k+ sites and counting", and that they saw Flothemes, a maker of WordPress templates for photographers, as a like-minded team to take the website product further.
What was her role before Pixieset?
BCBusiness reported on October 16, 2022 that Jiang was a business administration graduate and former bank employee before co-founding Pixieset. Asked in the same piece what other job she might have had, she answered: "Teacher. I love teaching young children."