Podcast appearances and mentions of Perry Chen

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Journey of a Thousand Miles is a 90 minute feature documentary film written, shot, directed and produced by Zhu Shen, a multiple award-winning filmmaker who was formally trained in biomedical research and business. She is best known for producing two Oscar-qualified, critically acclaimed animated documentary shorts: Changyou's Journey about her late husband's life, written and directed by her son Perry Chen in 2018, and Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest about a young Holocaust survivor, character design and storyboarded by two-time Oscar nominee Bill Plympton, animated by her 11-year-old son Perry Chen in 2011. Both films qualified for best animated short film Academy Awards, won multiple US film festival awards, and screened at dozens of film festivals worldwide.

Siete nella vostra stanza e avete in mente un'idea che pensate essere geniale. Magari una serie tv destinata a diventare virale, un innovativo smartwatch pronto a stravolgere il mercato o un gioco da tavolo che sbaraglierà tutti i noiosi modelli precedenti. Ma...esatto: avete bisogno di risorse. Come fate? Non ci crederete, ma tutti gli esempi che vi abbiamo citato in realtà sono stati realizzati grazie allo stesso metodo: il crowdfunding. Parola amata dagli startupper, che ha reso persone come Perry Chen, fondatore di Kickstarter, imprenditori, disuccesso, il crowdfunding nasconde potenzialità enormi per qualsiasi creativo o aspirante imprenditore. Dal vostro corso di meditazione fino ad un prodotto super tecnologico, questo modello potrebbe essere la soluzione per tanti progetti e tanti problemi. Andiamo a scoprire come possiamo utilizzarlo con successo.

Led by her belief that it is never too late to reinvent yourself, Dr. Zhu Shen pivoted from a successful career in biotech to a successful venture into filmmaking. Motivated by her son's extraordinary talents and her husband's life story, Zhu's journey of triumph, heartbreak, and motherhood is fueled by a deep love for her family and her passion for helping others by sharing her stories.  Zhu is a biotech CEO turned award-winning filmmaker best known for two Oscar-qualified critically acclaimed animation shorts. She produced Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest about a young Holocaust survivor animated by her 11-year-old son, Perry Chen, and Changyou's Journey about her late husband's life, written and directed by Perry Chen. She is currently writing, directing, and producing her personal documentary feature, Journey of a Thousand Miles endorsed by Janet Yang, President of the Academy of Motion Pictures.  Changyou's Journey premiered at Toronto International Film Festival, screened at 19 International film festivals, and won five US film festival awards. Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest won 3 US film Festival awards and screened at over 30 international film festivals. Zhu's love for movies started while watching propaganda films in her childhood during the Chinese cultural revolution. In her former life, she was an award-winning biotech executive author, speaker, and Chinese business expert, featured on national and trade media, including Fox Business Week, China Central Television, Pharmaceutical Executive, and The Scientist magazine. She earned her Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Colorado, her MBA at Cornell University Johnson School of Management, and studied medicine at Peking Union Medical College and pre-med at Peking University. What You Will Hear in This Episode:  How Zhu arrived to where she is today The benefit of dual degrees in science and business First self-manifested opportunity to write Encouraging her son to write film reviews at an early age Becoming an accidental filmmaker Zhu's husband's cancer diagnosis and her son's desire to animate his father's story, Changyou's Journey, inspired Zhu's film, The Journey of a Thousand Miles Lessons learned Helping families reconnect Message for women Quotes “What I did that was successful was to create a niche for myself where I could truly shine and I could leverage my unique knowledge and connections and seize the opportunity to share something that is really exciting with the world.” “That is really the most important thing and what compels me to want to finish this film because I want to share our distinct but also universal journey of how we connected in the end to achieve this level of relationship that is unconditional love that I hope all families could enjoy.” “The film is really a vehicle for sharing our story and journey in the hope of being able to give some food for thought for those who are in the same boat.” “It's never too late to reinvent and guided by your curiosity and passion learn something entirely new." "Your life can be your art and your art can be your life so  there is no reason for us not to live the life that we imagine." Mentioned: Journey of 1000 Miles Film @TigerToZenMom LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram,  Twitter https://bonniemarcusleadership.com/ https://web.facebook.com/bonnie.marcus/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/bonniemarcus https://twitter.com/selfpromote https://www.instagram.com/self_promote_/ Gendered Ageism Survey Results Forbes article 5 Tips to own the superpower of your age IAMMusicGroup Purchase my book Not Done Yet on Amazon:  If you enjoyed this episode of Badass Women Podcast, then make sure to subscribe to the podcast and drop us a five-star review.

Are you ready to build a better world?  How do we dig ourselves out of this hyper-individualistic hole? When it comes to cultivating a mindset that focuses on serving the collective alongside the individual, there is no one better to talk to than Yancey Stricker. Yancey is the co-founder of Kickstarter and the creator of the strategic decision-making method, Bentoism, which offers an alternative approach to making decisions that mindfully consider our current self, the people around us, our future selves, and the people we will be surrounded by in the future.  In this episode of #YAPClassic, Yancey and Hala talked about the components of Bentoism and how to use to make more informed decisions in any scenario. They discuss Kickstarter's come-up story and why they initially had trouble getting investors on board. He described what it was like to co-found Kickstarter with no business experience and how that led to imposter syndrome.  They also talk about the dangers of embracing financial maximization, The Bento Society, and Yancey's predictions for the next several years of our society. Topics Include: - Yancey's experience getting bullied  -Yancey's early career as a writer  -Where the idea for Kickstarter began  -Co-founding Kickstarter with no business experience  -Imposter syndrome  -What is a PBC?  -Financial maximization  -Other ways to measure business success  -Roles models and their effects on society  -The characteristics of Bentoism  -The Bento Society  -How Telsa embodies the “future us” mindset  Yancey Strickler is an author, entrepreneur, and creator of Bentoism. He co-founded Kickstarter in 2009 with Perry Chen and Charles Adler. He also co-founded Metalabel and the artist resource The Creative Independent.  Yancey began his career as a music critic writing for Pitchfork, Spin, and The Village Voice, and he later created the record label eMusic Selects.  Yancey has a lot of ideas on improving the world by realigning our motives to better serve the world around us and how we can measure value and success with metrics other than profit.  He's also the author of This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World, which outlines how we built this hyper-individualistic society and how we can change course.  Sponsored By: Resources Mentioned: YAP Episode #81: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/81-bentoism-for-a-better-world-with-yancey-strickler/id1368888880?i=1000492019933  Yancey Stricker's Website: https://www.ystrickler.com/  Bentoism's Website: https://bentoism.org/  Weekly Bento Talks: https://bentoism.org/blog/the-weekly-bento  Yancey's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yancey-strickler-486b4557/?originalSubdomain=ca  Yancey's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ystrickler/?hl=en  Yancey's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ystrickler?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor  Connect with Young and Profiting: Hala's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/htaha/     Hala's Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/yapwithhala/     Hala's Twitter: https://twitter.com/yapwithhala  Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/@halataha   Website: https://www.youngandprofiting.com/  Text Hala: https://youngandprofiting.co/TextHala or text “YAP” to 28046 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do we live our lives when the heartbreakingly unthinkable happens - the loss of a young husband and father? If you are Zhu Shen and her son Perry, you 'take your broken heart and make it into art.' as the late Carrie Fisher counseled.Today on Embark, we talk about life, loss, the nature of art as both healing mechanism and lasting tribute to our loved ones who have left us. You can watch and support Zhu's films here   for exclusive screening invitations and major updates, and receive FREE link to watch Zhu and Perry's  Oscar-qualified Changyou's Journey:Listeners of Embark can watch exclusive scenes from our documentary feature in late production from now till March 20, 2022 HERE:BiographyDr. Zhu Shen is an award-winning film producer, best known for two Oscar-qualified, critically acclaimed animation shorts she produced: Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest about a young Holocaust survivor, animated by her 11-year-old son Perry Chen in 2011, and Changyou's Journey about her late husband's life, written and directed by Perry Chen in 2018. She is currently writing, directing, and producing her first feature film, a personal documentary, Journey of a Thousand Miles. A 2020 Spring Roy Dean Grant Finalist. A former award-winning biotech executive, author, speaker and China business expert,  Shen's love for movies started when she grew up during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and movies were the only available  mass entertainment.  Zhu Shen's work has featured on national and trade media including Fox, Business Week, China Central Television, Pharmaceutical Executive, and the Scientist Magazine. She earned her Ph.D. in biochemistry from University of Colorado, her MBA at Cornell University Johnson School of Management, studied medicine at Peking Union Medical College, and pre-med at Peking University. Social Media Links: LinkedInFacebookInstagramTwitterDr. Zhu Shen is an award-winning film producer, best known for two Oscar-qualified, critically acclaimed animation shorts she produced: Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest about a young Holocaust survivor, animated by her 11-year-old son Perry Chen in 2011, and Changyou's Journey about her late husband's life, written and directed by Perry Chen in 2018. She is currently writing, directing, and producing her first feature film, a personal documentary, Journey of a Thousand Miles. A 2020 Spring Roy Dean Grant Finalist. A former award-winning biotech executive, author, speaker and China business expert,  Shen's love for movies started when she grew up during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and movies were the only available  mass entertainment.  Zhu Shen's work has featured on national and trade media including Fox, Business Week, China Central Television, Pharmaceutical Executive, and the Scientist Magazine. She earned her Ph.D. in biochemistry from University of Colorado, her MBA at Cornell University Johnson Sch

Kickstarter and The Bento Society founder Yancey Strickler joins us today to talk about what it was like creating an impact-centered crowdfunding platform in 2009, what being a public-benefit corporation means (and what it doesn't), and bentoism and why it's something we all should practice. Initially beginning his career as a music critic, Yancey crossed paths with Perry Chen who would then go on to be one of his co-founders. With Perry's idea of wanting to throw a concert without having to shell out cash at the start and further driven by creative projects, the two of them along with another friend, Charles Adler, put their heads together and founded Kickstarter.Truly breaking away from the norm, instead of merely supporting projects that would make companies rich, Kickstarter was born with the goal of funding projects without a profit motive, meaning as long as a person found it to be of value to them, then that was enough. Kickstarter eventually became listed as a public-benefit corporation and this decision has allowed and is continuing to allow Kickstarter to succeed in the long term. He then goes on to talk about B Corps and C Corps and the differences between the three. Moving onto The Bento Society, Yancey talks about the bentoism movement and what the bento model or framework is all about. It's not just about self-interest but taking into consideration those around you as well both in the present and in the future. Centered in this framework, Yancey has built a society of thousands of people that have adapted and now use this bento model. They hold weekly activities to allow members of the community to practice bentoism and support projects aligned with their mission through quarterly grants.Yancey's key lessons and quotes from this episode were:“It's quite difficult to make a good decision, a righteous decision in a hard moment. Even the best person will have a hard time doing that. And so, how well is this really set up for long-term success if we are reliant on that?” (10:02)“The idea should be you put the public good and your own personal good side by side, like you don't get to choose one and then the other.” (11:01)“Creating a business is a very powerful way to change things, to do things. It's exciting. It's fun.” (12:23)“The climate is going to make it unconscionable for us to only optimize for financial value.” (19:15)“What solves what I need right now?” (24:23)“Without a destination, you can't get anywhere” (26:28)“In any good negotiation, what do you negotiate? You just shift the playing field.” (29:42)“You may be wrong, but you have to be opinionated.” (30:07)In this episode, we also talked about:How Kickstarter was founded (2:27)Being entrepreneurial and “personal good” and “public good” (8:26)Public-benefit corporations (14:54)Bentoism and how Yancey practices it (21:57)How impact-driven entrepreneurs can use the bento framework (26:25)Finding the balance between profit and impact (32:33)The Bento Society (37:07)What Yancey envisions the world will be in 30 years according to bentoism (39:41)Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/impacthustlers)

Our second episode from the 2021 How I Built This Virtual Summit is from our innovation panel with Payal Kadakia of ClassPass, Tristan Walker of Walker and Company, and Perry Chen of Kickstarter. In this live conversation with Guy, the panel talks about how innovation doesn't require newness, but rather, authenticity. We'll be releasing more episodes from the Summit, so keep checking your podcast feed.

It's no secret that today we live in a world of dizzying, gobsmacking, and ever-intensifying complexity. Everything from the computers we carry in our pockets to the vaccines fighting the pandemic to the global networks that underpin our economies rely on such astonishing labyrinths of complexity that any one element requires a team of experts to really make sense of it—and that's not even to mention the complexity of our natural universe, which only grows more intricate, not less, the more we learn about it. One way to deal with this very confusing state of affairs is to pretend it doesn't exist, or reach after comforting conspiracy theories, as people have since the birth of religion at the dawn of time. The artist Perry Chen prefers to take this complexity head on—to really get in there and wrassle with it, making art that looks at this epistemological phenomenon from all angles. He just so happens to be particularly well-versed in the complexity of our digitally networked reality, too, since in addition to being an artist he's also the founder and now chairman of Kickstarter, the hit crowdfunding company that has given rise to countless new inventions and creative projects, and distributes more cultural funding than the NEA. Now, Perry has a new exhibition of his art that has just opened at the venerable Nature Morte gallery in New Delhi, called “Perpetual Novelty,” and as usual it's all about complexity. He's also accompanying the show with a new podcast series on that theme, with the first episode a conversation with Walter Isaacson, the great biographer of Steve Jobs, Einstein, and Leonardo da Vinci. 

It’s no secret that today we live in a world of dizzying, gobsmacking, and ever-intensifying complexity. Everything from the computers we carry in our pockets to the vaccines fighting the pandemic to the global networks that underpin our economies rely on such astonishing labyrinths of complexity that any one element requires a team of experts to really make sense of it—and that’s not even to mention the complexity of our natural universe, which only grows more intricate, not less, the more we learn about it. One way to deal with this very confusing state of affairs is to pretend it doesn’t exist, or reach after comforting conspiracy theories, as people have since the birth of religion at the dawn of time. The artist Perry Chen prefers to take this complexity head on—to really get in there and wrassle with it, making art that looks at this epistemological phenomenon from all angles. He just so happens to be particularly well-versed in the complexity of our digitally networked reality, too, since in addition to being an artist he’s also the founder and now chairman of Kickstarter, the hit crowdfunding company that has given rise to countless new inventions and creative projects, and distributes more cultural funding than the NEA. Now, Perry has a new exhibition of his art that has just opened at the venerable Nature Morte gallery in New Delhi, called “Perpetual Novelty,” and as usual it’s all about complexity. He’s also accompanying the show with a new podcast series on that theme, with the first episode a conversation with Walter Isaacson, the great biographer of Steve Jobs, Einstein, and Leonardo da Vinci. 

Walter Isaacson joins Perry Chen to consider the question: "How do we navigate a time of immense technological change?" Walter Issacson is an American author, journalist, and professor. His books include Steve Jobs, Einstein: His Life and Universe, and the forthcoming The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race.

Yancey Strickler, Author and Kickstarter Co-Founder In this inspiring podcast interview, Nathan Chan sits down with Kickstarter co-founder and author Yancey Strickler to discuss his 'Bento Box' method for making better decisions, how his company Kickstarter found it’s feet, and our unhealthy obsession with “financial maximization”.  Strickler was working as a music journalist in New York when a chance encounter with future co-founder Perry Chen in a restaurant led to the creation of Kickstarter, and crowdfunding as a category-defining player in a new field.  A writer at heart, Stickler used his time post-Kickstarter to write the groundbreaking This Could Be Our Future. An in-depth look at our current obsession with financial gain, and how society has conditioned us to always choose whatever will make the most money. Making the right choices in life is a mission close to Strickler’s heart. As such, he created the revolutionary “Bento Box” framework, an inspiring and humbling process for individuals and businesses alike to frame and structure their decisions. This podcast is one of our most inspiring insights into human nature and the importance of caring for our future selves and our future business.  Learn from Strickler as he gives you the secret Bento Box method to help you make the right decisions in life. This is a conversation you won’t want to miss! Key Takeaways Strickler discusses how the idea for Kickstarter came about in 2005 while working in the music industry Why it took Strickler close to 4 years for the idea to be executed The conscious decision to frame Kickstarter as a funding method for passion projects and new ideas rather than a charity platform Why Kickstarter was originally called “Kickstartr” Pitching the idea of Kickstarter and the initial investors, and getting Andy Baio onboard with the project How they went from unpaid developers to profitability in 14 months The effect of being a category-defining player in a new field  Stepping down from his position at Kickstarter Strickler’s new book “This Could Be Our Future” and our current obsession with Financial Maximisation: whatever makes the most money is the right decision Strickler’s Bento Framework Now Me: profitability  Future Me: as a business, your values Now Us: stakeholders, employees, suppliers, etc. Future Us: the bigger idea of what you want to be Key Resources From Our Interview  https://www.ystrickler.com/book

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.SUBSCRIBE TO TFH NEWSLETTER & STAY UPDATED > http://bit.ly/tfh-newsletterFOLLOW TFH ON INSTAGRAM > http://www.instagram.com/thefounderhourFOLLOW TFH ON TWITTER > http://www.twitter.com/thefounderhourINTERESTED IN BECOMING A SPONSOR? EMAIL US > partnerships@thefounderhour.com

Kickstarter is a platform that has changed how ideas are funded for artists, designers, filmmakers, explorers and the like. Perry Chen talks about how and why it all started. Great talk. Big Idea.Perry is co-founder and CEO of Kickstarter, the largest funding platform for creative projects in the world.Prior to Kickstarter, he co-founded the SOUTHFIRST gallery in Brooklyn, NY.Perry lives in New York and, sometimes, New Orleans.—Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2011.Watch Perry's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/perry-chen-how-to-change-how-ideas-are-funded

Both Western and Chinese companies are shaping the future of the Internet in ways that raise serious concerns over privacy and digital rights. This conversation included New York Times contributor and global affairs reporter Melissa Chan, Kickstarter founder Perry Chen, Financial Times Beijing tech correspondent Yuan Yang, and privacy advocate and Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake. This session was presented by Oslo Business Region.

Cette semaine, c’est un épisode un peu spécial de GDIY que je vous propose car c’est le premier que je fais en anglais. Pour tous les anglophones, j’espère que vous comprendrez mon anglais et, pour tous ceux qui ne comprennent pas la langue de Shakespeare, pas de panique ! J’ai quand même pensé à vous et vous propose une version traduite. J’espère que vous régalerez autant à l’écouter que moi à le produire (ça s’entend, je n’arrête pas de rire !). Quel est le point commun entre l’artiste conceptuelle Marina Abramović, le groupe de Hip-Hop De La Soul, Whoopi Goldberg, la poétesse féministe Annie Finch, le film Veronica Mars et le jeu de société Cards Against Humanity ? Un homme : Perry Chen, fondateur de la plateforme de financement participatif Kickstarter et invité de ce nouvel épisode de Génération Do It Yourself. “Mon premier amour a été la musique, c’était la chose qui m'intéressait le plus”A l’écouter, on a l’impression que Perry Chen a grandi dans le New York qu’on voit dans les films, celui des années 90, des graffitis, du début du hip-hop, des walkmans et de la naissance de MTV. On comprend mieux, du coup, pourquoi son premier amour est la musique !Pourtant, ce ne sont pas des artistes de hip-hop qui changent sa vie, mais les DJs viennois Kruder & Dorfmeister en refusant de participer à un concert que Perry Chen voulait organiser (malgré une rémunération de 10 000$ et un gros paquet de weed). A ce moment-là, l’idée kickstarter naît. Un projet qui prendra 8 ans à maturer et qui, 10 ans plus tard, a permis à 164 758 projets d’être entièrement financés. Une véritable ode à la création ! “Cela m’a pris 8 ans entre le moment où j’ai eu l’idée et celui où je m’y suis consacré pleinement. Pendant ces 8 ans, l’idée a grandi en moi, elle n’est jamais partie et petit à petit, elle a pris toute la place”. Perry Chen nous raconte tout dans cet entretien sans filtre ni tabous. On y parle création, hip-hop, bug de l’an 2000, argent et même flemme. Un épisode à ne manquer sous AUCUN prétexte ! Pour aller voir les projets artistiques de Perry : http://www.perrychenstudio.com/Un grand merci à Thomas Jousse pour la traduction. Pour faire appel à lui c’est ici.

When you grow up in the New York City of the ‘90s and live your uni years in New-Orleans, you are bound to fall in love with music. That’s what happened to my new Generation Do It Yourself guest (and the first English speaker may I add) Perry Chen, artist and founder of Kickstarter. “Artists are good at the creative vision, at fighting to bring something alive.”In 2001, when he was still a young university student living in New Orleans, Perry Chen had a project: to bring Kruder and Dorfmeister to the 2002 Jazz Fest. However, the pair of DJs refused, the amount of money was simply not enough (despite Perry’s many efforts to negotiate with a huge bag of weed). The story could end here but that’s not what happened. Instead, Perry Chen took this opportunity to build a new project: what if people could pledge a certain amount of money for a project they believed in? That would be Kickstarter. Now, 10 years after it’s creation on April 28, 2009, the platform already funded over 165 projects. Perry Chen tells us all about this incredible journey in an interview without filters where we talk creation, Hip Hop, money and even Y2K!

The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast?It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it.Ten years ago, the world was introduced to Kickstarter, the crowdfunding platform that, in the company’s own words, “helps artists, musicians, filmmakers, designers, and other creators find the resources and support they need to make their ideas a reality.” Kickstarter was founded by Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler, and Charles Adler, and it was Charles who recently visited Notre Dame as part of the Mendoza College of Business’s Ten Years Hence Speaker Series.In addition to making him feel awkward by reading back one of his tweets, host Ted Fox asked Charles about the founding of Kickstarter and his experience there as head of design. They then covered how designing the site’s rewards system was and was not like a scene from The Social Network, his influences as a designer, and whether or not he considers himself a “disruptor.” Charles also talked about his memory of watching the first two Kickstarters to hit a million dollars—and a much smaller campaign whose final product brought him to tears 30,000 feet in the air.

Kickstarter is now synonymous with crowdfunding, but for years it was just an idea in founder Perry Chen’s mind: “This is something that should exist.” Chen talks to Peter Kafka about building and funding the site, the challenges of running a for-profit, mission-driven business — and why he hates ads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Crowdfunding je nyní v oblibě. V tomto podcastu vám představím příběh Kickstarteru, nejznámější platformy, která dokázala předběhnout konkurenty a stát se jedničkou na tomto trhu. A je to příběh výjimečný, protože jeho zakladateli trvalo 8 let, než dokázal jeho nápad převést do reality! Mnoho lidí by to vzdalo… Perry Chen však nikoli a i proto se mu podařilo vytvořit jednu z nejznámějších a nejpoužívanějších platforem současnosti. V podcastu uslyšíte: Co má společného Socha svobody a Národní divadlo Celý příběh Kickstarteru I číšník může založit úspěšnou firmu Netradiční přístup k otestovaní myšlenky a tvorbě MVP Finančně nejúspěšnější projekty na Kickstarteru Hodně krachů Odlišný přístup k podnikání

On this episode, I'm talking with Bárbara Soalheiro, founder of the Mesa method, a five-day process for bringing people together and solving extraordinary problems. Sound familiar? Think again. Mesa is unlike any other accelerated work environment I've encountered. And Bárbara  is the first facilitator I've heard say “don't trust the process.” We philosophize about power distribution, problem framing, Masculine vs Feminine leadership and the difference between a mystery and a quest. It's a jam-packed hour of conversation, so buckle in.  Bárbara started the Mesa method based on a few fundamental principles, essential beliefs abut human nature and the future of work. That work is actually fun and what we're here to do.  In the near future, the best and the brightest people will be impossible to hire. They will be busy doing their own thing If you want to solve the biggest problems you have to work with the best minds. The only way to work with the best is in short, clear bursts. The best way to work is to be 100% focused on results The Mesa method brings together internal stakeholders with external talent – in Bárbara's language, “pillars of knowledge” – for five days. This external talent shows up for day one with no briefing, with just the general mission in mind. And they end their week, not with user testing, like another sprint model you might have heard of, but with a prototype that is as close as possible to what the company will build. Barabara's perspective is a breath of fresh air and unconventional thinking, and her approach has resonated with some big names. She has been helping organizations such as Netflix, Google, Coca-Cola, Nestléand Samsung make bold moves and she's worked side by side with some of the most extraordinary professionals of our time, people like Kobe Bryant, Cindy Gallop, Perry Chen, Anthony Burrill, Fernando Meirelles and many others. Find more on Mesa here: website instagram vimeo twitter The space is in New York and New York is in the space: tokoro and three other Japanese words for space https://qz.com/1181019/the-japanese-words-for-space-could-change-your-view-of-the-world/ Oblique Strategies https://www.joshharrison.net/oblique-strategies/  

In the early 2000s, Perry Chen was trying to put on a concert in New Orleans when he thought, what if fans could fund this in advance? His idea didn't work at the time, but he and his co-founders spent the next eight years refining the concept of crowdfunding creative projects. Today Kickstarter has funded over 155,000 projects worldwide. PLUS for our postscript "How You Built That," we check back in with Dustin Hogard who co-designed a survival belt that's full of tiny gadgets and thin enough to wear every day. (Original Broadcast Date: July 31, 2017.)

This TCI Transmission features a conversation between artist and Kickstarter founder Perry Chen and composer Tyondai Braxton.

Listen as Perry Chen, founder of Kickstarter, traces his life from high school graffiti enthusiast, to college rave DJ, to entrepreneur (and graffiti enthusiast). Perry Chen is an artist and the founder of Kickstarter, where he was CEO through 2013 and currently serves as Chairman. Perry was a TED Fellow in 2010, and is currently a 2016 Director's Fellow at the MIT Media Lab. He has exhibited his artwork in New York, Berlin, Vienna, São Paulo, and Mexico City. In 2013, Perry was named to TIME Magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Motivated by a desire to help fellow artists and creators bring their work to life, Perry Chen founded Kickstarter — the world’s largest funding platform for creative projects. CDT honored Chen with its Digital Visionary Award at its 2018 Annual Dinner, Tech Prom, on March 29, recognizing his work as an artist, innovator, and leader in leveraging tech for good. CDT's President & CEO Nuala O'Connor discussed being "Online for Good", highlighting the important issues facing the internet today, and CDT's advocacy efforts to push us forward – including election cybersecurity, algorithmic transparency and accountability, and privacy, in addition to countless other projects. Why we chose Perry & Kickstarter: http://bit.ly/2vx9Y4P More on Nuala: https://twitter.com/privacymama More on Perry: https://twitter.com/perrychen More on Michael: http://michaelkratsios.com/ More info on Tech Prom: https://cdt.org/annual-dinner/ More info on our host, Brian: bit.ly/cdtbrian Attribution: sounds used from Psykophobia, Taira Komori, BenKoning, Zabuhailo, bloomypetal, guitarguy1985, bmusic92, and offthesky of freesound.org.

The David and Goliath story of startups entering an entrenched industry and disrupting its leading players isn’t a new one. Yet within the smart home space, an unlikely development has birthed a particularly startup-friendly environment. Crowdfunding websites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have provided the right financing dynamics and access to early customers for startups to successfully launch smart home products. In the second episode of a 7-part series on the future of the smart home, Andrew investigates the evolving role of crowdfunding for smart home startups that have been making waves with innovative hardware devices. Interviewees Episode Excerpt Crowdfunding: A Success I Didn't Bet On My personal relationship to Kickstarter is not one that I enjoy repeating. I met Perry Chen in 2007 when I was introduced to him by Sunny Bates, a long-time friend and Kickstarter’s first investor. While Chen’s initial idea was around getting fans of bands to fund the bands’ music, he quickly came up with this idea that people would pay for a product in advance simply because they wanted to see that product created. He offered me the chance to invest and I turned him down. Why would people devote their time offering to buy products that didn’t exist? I’ve done a fairly good job in my career in sizing up entrepreneurs and the opportunities in front of them. But here’s a story of a company that I badly misjudged, and it’s because I didn’t appreciate the dynamic behind the vision and how vital it would become to the future disruption of so many industries. From an entrepreneur’s perspective, it should be obvious why a platform where you can visually or verbally describe a future product would be appealing. Why waste time on building something that people don’t want when you can ask people ahead of time whether they would buy your product? For those of you who haven’t used Kickstarter or aren’t familiar with it, that’s exactly how it works. You can browse products that people want to build. And if you like what you see, you can commit to buy the product if and when it’s ever built. What surprised me was that, in a world where you might think every conceivable product is available on Amazon, there are still lots of products people are willing to pay for that are yet to be conceived. When innovation comes in a form so dramatic that it can disrupt an entire industry, it almost always comes from startups. In the case of technology giants like Amazon, Uber, and Tesla, these companies followed the same path as so many of their predecessors: they relied on venture financing. In all of their cases, the venture capital came from the bluest of blue chip Silicon Valley venture firms. Some of the most well-known startups in the smart home space have followed a similar path. Nest, the smart thermostat, started with two engineers who had considerable experience in building mass market products. Together, they had worked at Apple on the iPod, iPhone, and the iPad. Their Series A round of financing included capital from two of the best-known venture firms in Silicon Valley: Kleiner Perkins and Shasta Ventures. In 2009, Dropcam was formed by two former startup engineers from Google this time: Greg Duffy and Aamir Virani. Dropcam reimagined the way security cameras should operate inside of a home and constructed a hardware device that seamlessly connected to your WiFi network, enabling you to stream video from your home directly over the Web. The company was also backed by a top venture firm in Silicon Valley, Accel Partners. Both Nest and Dropcam eventually sold to Google. These companies aren’t outliers in their financing strategies, but in the smart home vertical (as in others), a new path has emerged for funding this type of company. It’s worth noting that hardware companies are often more expensive to build than their software company counterparts,

In the early 2000s, Perry Chen was trying to put on a concert in New Orleans when he thought, what if fans could fund this in advance? His idea didn't work at the time, but he and his co-founders spent the next eight years refining the concept of crowd-funding creative projects. Today Kickstarter has funded over 125,000 projects worldwide. PLUS in our postscript "How You Built That," how Kristel Gordon invented a solution for easily stuffing a duvet into its cover – it's called Duvaid.

Ellen Chisa started her career in Program Management at Microsoft then moved to Kickstarter as a Product Manager where she was the fiftieth employee. In 2015 she joined Lola Travel as the first employee as the VP of Product. Lola is Paul English’s second travel company, and connects travelers with in-house personal travel consultants who help you plan, book, and manage your travel, allowing you to have a more personalized and rewarding trip.      In this episode, Ellen talks about:   The differences between designing product for web and mobile   How to break into a product position   Why Lola uses real travel consultants instead of bots   Misconceptions about the PM role   What to think about before getting your MBA   Links from today’s episode:   Perry Chen   Blade   Angel (Formerly GoButler)   Fin   Barney Harford   GetHuman   Stripe   Wistia   The Jar to Quantify Creativity   Rainbow Pencils   Want to be a PM? Do a project   I’m angry because I’m afraid   Day One   Trello   Github Issues   Zenhub   The Skimm   The Sun in Your Eyes   Drafted   Ellen’s blog   If you liked this episode:   Follow the podcast on Twitter   Subscribe on iTunes or your podcast app and write a review   Get in touch with feedback, ideas, or to say hi: nic {AT} startupbostonpodcast [DOT] com   Music by: Broke For Free

Two rock stars of innovation, Theaster Gates, Chicago-based artist, and Perry Chen, co-founder and CEO of the crowdfunding website Kickstarter, discuss community, patronage, creativity, and more. This panel will spark your imagination about how you work and create, and give you hope and inspiration about what is possible in a variety of realms, not just art. They are joined by moderator Thelma Golden, is a Crown fellow and Director of the Studio Museum in Harlem. This session is introduced and curated by Anna Deavere Smith. Speakers: Theaster Gates, Thelma Golden, Perry Chen