Christian Springub

Jimdo made it simpler to develop a website for people who are not tech-savvy. It is the Germany based start-up, held the main office at Hamburg, Germany. Three German entrepreneurs Fridtjof Detzner, Christian, and Henze started Jimdo as a side project. Today, it offers two products well-known as Dolphin and Creator. Also, powering more than twenty million websites all across the world. 

Backstory of Jimdo

Since high school, Fridtjof Detzner and Christian Springub were working together on coding for websites. Initially, they started assembling computers and selling to local customers. After the launched of the web, they started building websites for peoples. They started an internet agency at Cuxhaven. Subsequently, one more genius mind Matthias Henze joined them. 

Jimdo Foundation

While building the websites for others, they came to know that people desire to design their websites. But due to the requirement of coding knowledge, they were unable to do so. 

So, they realized that they should create a website building platform without coding requirements. As a result, in 2007 they set up the company Jimdo. At first, it was set in a barn in Cuxhaven. Because when they had decided to establish a Jimdo, they had zero budget. So, for their first project, they used Fridtjof parent’s farmhouse. The first version of their website builder was developed at that old barn. In very less time, the company turned into a profitable and sustainable firm.

Flashback on Jimdo’s founder’s Lives

In 2015, the founders of this company are awarded the prestigious German Founder Prize. Matthias, Fridel, and Christian named this award for the company’s corporate values and innovative products. Also, these three friends running the company successfully for the last 12 years. So, let’s see how they made this happen.

Fridtjof Detzner 

During high school, Fridtjof Detzner started programming for websites with his friend Christian. At the age of 16, they got the first business license with the help of their parents. At that time, Fridtjof created hundreds of websites with the help of Christian and Henze. In 2007, he co-founded the website-builder business Jimdo.

At Jimdo, he contributed to the design and development of the company’s product. Also, he is responsible for the maintainable and wide-ranging company culture.

Christian Springub 

He was born on 5 October. Presently, he is the co-founder of the company NorthClick GmBH and Jimdo. However, he had been working on website design and coding from the high school days. Christian is a born businessman.

At the age of 12, he runs a business of buying and selling toys at a flea market. During high school, in one of the parties he asked, who wants to be a partner in his website building business? That’s how he met his another co-founder of the company and friend Fridtjof Detzner. After a few years, he with his partner Fridtjof, and Henze co-founded Jimdo in May 2007.

Matthias Henze – CEO of Jimdo

He is co-founder and CEO of the company. Back in 2004, Matthias Henze who was the Detzner’s brother’s friend joined the company started by Fridtjof D. and Christian S. After three years, he helped in building and launching the company Jimdo. Currently, Jimdo enables over 20 million websites. 

Matthias is proudly helping to determine the policies and best strategies for the company. 

Services offered by Jimdo

The company is famous for its two main services. The first one is Jimdo’s creator and the second is Jimdo Dolphin. The Creator is a basic website builder. Jimdo creator provides a drag and drops style tool for website building. But it required some basic coding skills. However, Jimdo Dolphin only needs basic computer skills to build an efficient website. Because it is an AI-based website builder. 

As like other website-building platforms, Jimdo offers free as well as premium plans. Also, these services are available in seven different languages. Includes, German, English, Italian, and Japanese. Also, French, Dutch, and Spanish.

Bottom Line 

Today, This company is a popular and diverse website building platform. Blogs, online shops, company pages, website portfolio, etc, can be build using Jimdo. Presently, around 20 million miscellaneous websites had built using Jimdo’s website builder. Also, it offers great assistance to its users. Thus, Jimdo is not only popular but also a trustworthy company in the field of website building.