Category: Crowdfunding

  • Crowdfunding as Cultural Production: John Dimatos of Kickstarter

    Kickstarter is a self-described “cultural institution,” with over 77,000 successfully crowdfunded projects under its belt and 8,000-10,000 projects live on the site at any given moment. Although you may be familiar with the runaway success campaigns that make it to the evening news: Veronica Mars, the Zach Braff movie, Oculus Rift, OUYA, and Pebble; there…

  • Finding your Champions, Campaign Videos, and other Crowdfunding Tips: Steve Tam of Indiegogo

    Steve Tam leads marketing and community outreach efforts in Canada for Indiegogo, the world’s largest, open flexible crowdfunding platform. He manages tech, hardware, and design there. Steve gave us a trial run of the talk he was going to give at Dx3 2015, “How to Sell to the Right Customers.” “Who’s our customer?” is the…