Yancey Strickler: Kickstarter
Yancey Strickler is the co-founder and former CEO of Kickstarter, a global crowdfunding platform that has helped bring hundreds of thousands of creative projects to life since its launch in 2009.
As of today, the platform has received more than $4.6 billion in pledges from 17.2 million backers to fund 445,000 projects, such as films, music, journalism, video games, technology, and more. Some notable companies that started off with a successful Kickstarter campaign include Oculus VR, MVMT, Popsocket, and Allbirds.
Aside from founding Kickstarter, Yancey is also a former music critic and author of “This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World,” as well as the creator of Bentoism.
In this episode, Yancey joins Pat and Posh to share personal stories of his upbringing, his obsession with pop culture from a young age, how he fell into writing, his thoughts on creatives vs. businesspeople, and much more. He walks us through the story of how Kickstarter was born, how he met his co-founders and his experience as CEO of the company before ultimately stepping down and returning to a career in writing.
Yancey Strickler: @ystrickler
Kickstarter: @kickstarter
The Founder Hour: @thefounderhour
Pat: @patricktanahan
Posh: @posh
