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A vision for building a society that looks beyond money and toward maximizing the values that make life worth living, from the cofounder of Kickstarter.
Yancey Strickler • This Could Be Our Future by Yancey Strickler: 9780525560845 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Jason Fried challenges your thinking on fundraising, goals, growth, and more
youtu.beInside Kickstarter: Co-Founder Yancey Strickler on Building the Crowdfunding Giant
youtube.comIn the past few years, startups like Substack, Patreon, and Shopify have created alternative ways for creators to build businesses online through direct transactions, rather than advertising. This shift exposed a simple fact: in an ad-driven world, creators were generally under-monetizing their audiences.
Andrew Chen • The Next Phase of Social? Listen Closely | Andreessen Horowitz
Engagement from Scratch! How Super-Community Builders Create a Loyal Audience and How You Can Do the Same!
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The internet unlocks distribution. Traditionally, gatekeepers dictated who had influence: record labels, newspaper editors, studio executives. Now anyone can build an online community. You can share videos to YouTube, writing to Substack, music to Soundcloud
Rex Woodbury • The Creator Manifesto 🎨
But as we move towards a world that is more creator direct, subscribers should have the opportunity to literally invest in their favorite creators and share upside in their success.
Jarrod Dicker • A Media Ownership Model: Why Subscribe When You Can Invest?
Our “small giants” approach optimized for mojo over growth. We wanted a small, talent-dense team with a focus on craft, autonomy, and quality of life for all team members. We banished the term “founder” in favor of “partner” and tried to be transparent with all business matters across the team.
We took some capital from investors in order to invest ... See more
We took some capital from investors in order to invest ... See more