“I really like Kickstarter because you don't have to be a Medici to fund the arts and sciences or to get behind a big idea or a person that sparks your imagination. It's a type of microfunding directed toward creators.” PersonsArtIdeasBigsImaginationBehindsTypeCreatorFundSparksArt And ScienceBig IdeasKickstarter Author:Lisa Gansky
“I think what i've also learned, is that doing Kickstarter and Steam Early Access before you've got something which is defined and playable is a hugely risky undertaking that can be very destructive to the final quality of the game.” ThinkingGamesQualityFinalsAccessDefinedDestructiveSteamUndertakingsKickstarter Author:Peter Molyneux
“The Russian economy is tanking. It's gotten so bad that today Vladimir Putin had to pawn his stolen Super Bowl ring. And Putin will finance his next invasion on Kickstarter.” TodayNextEconomyRingsFinanceBowlsStolenInvasionPutinSuper BowlPawnsKickstarterRussian Economy Author:David Letterman
“Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign announced that it raised over $1.5 million in the 24 hours after he announced his bid. Meanwhile, a 12-year-old on Kickstarter just raised $7 million in five minutes after announcing his idea for juice box water guns.” YearsIdeasWaterHoursMillionsFiveMinutesGunRaisedBoxesCampaignsPresidentialFive MinutesJuicePresidential CampaignAnnouncingKickstarter Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Artists are just entrepreneurs. It's up to them to figure out how or if they can make a monetary profit from their passion − from their calling, as I discussed above. Sometimes they can. Musicians can sell music, even in the face of piracy. Or they can sell their services − concerts, etc. Painters and other artists can profit in similar ways. A novelist could use kickstarter for a sequel or get paid to consult on a movie version.” IfsWaySometimesUseFacesArtistPassionFiguresCallingMusicianPaidSellsEntrepreneurProfitVersionsPainterNovelistsEtcConcertsMonetarySequelsPiracyKickstarter Author:Stephan Kinsella
“I'm not planning a kickstarter game. And I'm not really a game designer.” GamesPlanningDesignerKickstarter Author:Charles Stross
“Everybody has something now. It's become very over-saturated, and it's hard to weed out what's good, what you should watch and what you have time to watch. And Twitter was much less crowded, at the time, and it was an easier way to reach people. So, the combination of having a great video, a lot more access to people through Twitter, and having Kickstarter be this new thing in. We tapped into it, at its inception, and got people interested in it just based on the concept of what Kickstarter was. The timing was right.” PeopleWayShouldHardWatchesEasierConceptsAccessVideoCombinationWeedNew ThingsTimingCrowdedSaturatedInceptionKickstarter Author:Simon Helberg
“The way Electronic Dance Music [EDM] is manipulated and exported to the world is a very strong, and "total" concept. But it's not that interesting artistically. EDM is seen by some media as a kickstarter for kids who have no idea how deep dance music can go.” WorldWayIdeasKidsStrongInterestingMediaConceptsNo IdeaVery StrongDance MusicKickstarterEdm Author:Eddy de Clercq
“I used the principles of Kickstarter to make 'She's Gotta Have It.' We filmed that in 1985 to 1986. The final cost was $175,000. I didn't have that money. It was friends, grants, donations. We saved our bottles for the nickel deposit.” UsedPrinciplesCostFinalsSavedGrantsBottlesDonationDepositsNickelsKickstarter Author:Spike Lee
“The truth is I've been doing Kickstarter before there was Kickstarter; there was no Internet. Social Media was writing letters, making phone calls, beating the bushes.” WritingSocialMediaInternetTruth IsLettersPhonesSocial MediaPhone CallsKickstarter Author:Spike Lee
“One of the best things about Kickstarter and crowdfunding and the collapse of the music business is a lot of artists like me have been forced to face our own weird mess about ourselves and what we thought it meant to become musicians.” Has BeensFacesArtistMusicianLike MeMessBest ThingsMeant To BeCollapseMusic BusinessKickstarterCrowdfunding Author:Amanda Palmer
“I have no problem with bands using participant financing schemes like Kickstarter and such. I've said many times that I think they're part of the new way bands and their audience interact and they can be a fantastic resource, enabling bands to do things essentially in cooperation with their audience. It's pretty amazing, actually.” ThinkingWaySaidProblemAudienceBandResourcesFantasticCooperationSchemesNew WaysNo ProblemParticipantsEnablingFinancingKickstarter Author:Steve Albini
“I've done a show at the Largo Theater called The 'Thrilling Adventure Hour.' We read, like, radio teleplays. It's a send-up of radio dramas from the '30s and '40s. We just did a Kickstarter for that so that we can do a web series and a concert film.” DoneShowsFilmCan DoHoursAdventureDramaTheaterSeriesRadioConcertsThrillingKickstarter Author:Paget Brewster
“Kickstarter isn't a profit center, it's an organizer and an instigator.” ProfitOrganizerInstigatorsKickstarter Author:Seth Godin