So, you need a logo, and you’re on a tight budget. Chances are, unless you have a designer friend who offered to whip one up for you, someone pointed you in the direction of 99Designs. “Check them out,” they said. “It’s pretty cheap and you get a lot of options to choose from.” Cool. 99Designs, CrowdSpring, DesignCrowd — these are some of the more prominent startups that have pioneered the idea of crowdsourcing design work as a viable industry over the past ten years.