kickstarter
Kickstarter is the world’s largest funding platform for creative projects. A home for film, music, art, theater, games, comics, design, photography, and more.
mission – bring creative projects to life..
“The world is but a
canvas to our imagination”
—Henry David Thoreau
start a project…
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met one of 75 person team as she, Victoria Rogers, shared at tedxteen 2014.
it doesn’t have to be polished it just has to be passionate
show your process
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find/follow kickstarter:
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sept 2015 – on Yancey Strickler and Perry Chen having no interest profit
they announced on Sunday that Kickstarter was reincorporating as a “public benefit corporation,” a legal change they said would ensure that money — or the promise of it — would not corrupt their company’s mission of enabling creative projects to be funded.
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Kickstarter’s move builds upon its decision last year to become a B Corporation, a voluntary designation certified by a nonprofit group called B Lab. To become a B Corp, companies must meet rigorous environmental and social-responsibility standards, which they report annually to shareholders — though taking on the status has no legal impact. Other companies, including the e-commerce site Etsy, .. Warby Parker, the eyeglasses retailer, have also opted to become B Corps.
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the Kickstarter co-founders said the company’s stance had attracted like-minded people — those more focused on the overall mission and less on the value of their equity.
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please. No more kickstarter story request. If your email says “kickstarter” in it, I’m not going to reply.
Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/rjallain/status/646027164995993601
