Best Talk About What They Learned Along The Way Using Platforms Like Kickstarter Podcasts (2024)

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Our New Podcast Is Now Live! It's called 2269... 3:05

4y ago3:05

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Hey, it's Mike & Pete, the co-hosts of Crowd Scene. We have a brand new podcast we would like to introduce to you. It's called 2269, and it involves the distant future, things that last, and an invitation to the greatest party of all time. In fact, it got started on Kickstarter last year. More on that in a future episode of Crowd Scene. For now, pl…

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Creating crowdfunding magnetism! Product designer raises over $400,000 on Kickstarter AND Indiegogo 33:54

7+ y ago33:54

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Sometimes a product comes along that you know you don’t exactly need, but the way it’s made and the skill with which it’s presented makes you buy it all the same. That might go some way towards explaining what happened with the Kickstarter campaign run by our guest on Crowd Scene today.Noam Bar Yohai – a London-based product designer – created a se…

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Best Animated Oscar Winner? Ivan Mactaggart on “Loving Vincent” & the Future of Crowdfunding Films 43:09

7+ y ago43:09

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In this episode we’re talking with Ivan Mactaggart, the producer of the hotly-anticipated movie “Loving Vincent” to find out more about its unique production and how exactly it got funded.Have you ever looked at a painting and wondered what would happen if it came to life? What would the portraits say if they could tell their story? That’s what the…

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Part 2: Elvis, The Beach Boys and The Wrecking Crew: Denny Tedesco shares his Kickstarter story 29:48

8y ago29:48

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This is part 2 of our conversation with filmmaker and crowdfunder Denny Tedesco.Denny has a direct link to some of the greatest pop music ever recorded. Throughout the 50s and 60s, a group of session musicians in Los Angeles – known as The Wrecking Crew – became the go-to musicians for producers and musicians including Elvis Presley, Ella Fitzgeral…

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Part 1: Elvis, The Beach Boys and The Wrecking Crew: Denny Tedesco shares his Kickstarter story 36:10

8y ago36:10

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Our guest on this edition of Crowd Scene has a direct link to some of the greatest pop music ever recorded. Throughout the 50s and 60s, a group of session musicians in Los Angeles – known as The Wrecking Crew – became the go-to musicians for producers and musicians including Elvis Presley, Ella Fitzgerald, the Beach Boys and dozens (if not hundreds…

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Part 1: Elvis, The Beach Boys and The Wrecking Crew: Denny Tedesco shares his Kickstarter story 36:09

8y ago36:09

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Our guest on this edition of Crowd Scene has a direct link to some of the greatest pop music ever recorded. Throughout the 50s and 60s, a group of session musicians in Los Angeles – known as The Wrecking Crew – became the go-to musicians for producers and musicians including Elvis Presley, Ella Fitzgerald, the Beach Boys and dozens (if not hundreds…

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Mini Episode: A Short Summer Break – We’re Back in August with More Crowdfunding Success Stories! 5:27

8y ago5:27

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We're off on our summer vacations here, but we have some more great shows lined up for August, including conversations with Ivan McTaggart, the producer of the forthcoming movie 'Loving Vincent' – as well as Noam Bar Yohai, creative extraordinaire, who leveraged the trend for adult colouring books and raised a small fortune on Kickstarter. Check ba…

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Eat Your Spoon! How the genius idea of edible cutlery attracted nearly 10,000 backers on Kickstarter 37:42

8y ago37:42

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In this episode we are talking about edible cutlery and huge Kickstarter success with crowdfunder Sarah Munir. ‘Edible’ and ‘Cutlery’ are two words that don’t normally go together and yet this is a remarkable idea that may play a significant role in reducing toxic, plastic waste.In India alone, it’s estimated that 120 billion pieces of disposable p…

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100 Million Views and Counting: ‘Don’t Hug Me, I’m Scared’ producer shares Kickstarter success story 40:26

8y ago40:26

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Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared is a YouTube phenomenon. Created in the vein of innocent children’s programming, over the course of each short episode, the action always descends into mind-bending, hilarious terror. The nightmarish combination of puppets, sing-along tunes and raw meat has helped them notch up 100 million views and 900,000 subscribers on Yo…

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How to crowdfund a graphic novel: Kickstarter success with the creators of comic book Turncoat 31:28

8y ago31:28

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We're talking about comic book Kickstarter success in this episode of Crowd Scene.The world of graphic novels is a fascinating scene for budding entrepreneurs and storytellers. Certainly the massive success of Marvel Comic adaptations into blockbuster films has demonstrated the mainstream appeal for comic books. In this episode we get some insights…

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Coyote & Roadrunner Inspire Rocket-Powered Kickstarter Success: Designer Shares Crowdfunding advice 54:19

8y ago54:19

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On the show today we’re talking to Rob Loukotka. Rob is an artist in Chicago who also happens to be a huge fan of the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoons. He decided to bring these interests together by illustrating a poster containing every single product from the Acme Corporation!If you’ve seen the cartoon, you’ll remember that Acme was the f…

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Mysteries Made To Delight: The Mysterious Package Company Crowdfunds a Conundrum on Kickstarter 43:15

8+ y ago43:15

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Today we’re talking to a guest about whom we know very little and we’ll be talking about an organisation about which we know even less. The Mysterious Package Company is an organization that tells stories using the postal service as its medium. If you sign up, you’ll receive a variety of intriguing, bizarre and sometimes shocking artefacts through …

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Finding Yourself Through Music: The Glass Child Shares Her Crowdfunding Secrets 47:32

8+ y ago47:32

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Our guest in this episode is Charlotte Eriksson, also known as The Glass Child. Charlotte is a musician in her twenties, a singer/songwriter originally from Sweden, and now based in Berlin. Her passions are music and writing and she says she wanted to “create a life for myself that I could be proud of.” She started her own publishing company “Broke…

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Part 2: Best Friends Fight World Hunger with Crowdfunding & Peanut Butter 52:45

8+ y ago52:45

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This is part 2 of the Good Spread interview. Plus we have more of Chris Day's weird world of crowdfunding. In this episode we’re joined once more from Nashville, Tennessee by Alex Cox and Mark Slagle, co-founders of Good Spread Peanut Butter.Back in 2011 they were inspired to help address malnutrition in developing countries – and their solution wa…

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Part 1: Winnebagos & Peanut Butter: Two Best Friends Share Crowdfunding Advice & Fight World Hunger 41:51

8+ y ago41:51

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In this episode we’re joined from Nashville, Tennessee by Alex Cox and Mark Slagle, co-founders of Good Spread Peanut Butter.Back in 2011 they were inspired to help address malnutrition in developing countries – and their solution was unusual. But as we hear from Alex and Mark, it hasn’t all been plain sailing – or smooth spreading – they’ve had th…

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Get Animated With Stickybones! Crowdfunding Advice And Indiegogo Success 46:14

8+ y ago46:14

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Our guests in this show are Erik Baker and Lauren Wells Baker – a husband and wife team who have launched a project called Stickybones. It’s a posable model for stop-motion animators that’s currently kicking up a storm on Indiegogo.Erik and Lauren were looking for $85,000 to make Stickybones a reality and, with five weeks still to run on their camp…

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Take the Subway Anywhere! Crowdfunding Advice with World Metro Map, Plus News & Weird Wearable Tech 35:47

8+ y ago35:47

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More top-notch crowdfunding advice in this episode of Crowd Scene. Mike and Pete are joined by Gerado Cid, an entrepreneur and designer who – by cunningly weaving together the world's 214 subway systems, 791 lines and 11,924 stations – has created a stunning map that has taken Kickstarter by storm.The idea was inspired by a 1959 map created by the …

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Part 2: Throw Out Your Keyboard & Mouse! Crowdfunding the Future of Input Devices with Sensel Morph 35:28

8+ y ago35:28

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This is Part 2 of a two-part episode. In this part we talk about the crowdfunding campaign and the techniques Ilya and Aaron used to raise more than $400,000.We’re joined by Ilya Rosenberg and Aaron Zarraga, co-founders of Sensel, and inventors of The Morph. Ilya and Aaron believe The Sensel Morph will pave the way for a new generation of tactile, …

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Part 1: Throw Out Your Keyboard & Mouse! Crowdfunding the Future of Input Devices with Sensel Morph 24:17

8+ y ago24:17

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We’re joined by Ilya Rosenberg and Aaron Zarraga, co-founders of Sensel, and inventors of The Morph. Ilya and Aaron believe The Sensel Morph will pave the way for a new generation of tactile, and responsive interfaces – interfaces that will entirely replace the keyboard and mouse and, in doing so, transform the making of art, music and gaming.Wired…

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Here Comes The Sun! Inventor Paul Droege On The Power of Crowdfunding and Solar Energy 52:39

8+ y ago52:39

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A majority of Americans consider solar power to be their #1 energy choice but it still makes up less than 1% of total energy production in the US. Paul Droege and his team, along with a rapidly growing base of supporters, have set out to change that. SunPort is their remarkable new device that lets you use the power of the sun without having to ins…

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Happy Birthday Forever! Professional troublemaker Travis Peterson kickstarts a prank birthday card 1:03:57

8+ y ago1:03:57

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Mike and Pete are joined by Travis Peterson, an entrepreneur and professional trouble maker. He and his brother Nick Peterson are the creators of The Best Prank Birthday Card Ever! – A musical Birthday card that NEVER STOPS PLAYING – well, until the battery dies or you break it. And that's the point.As website Geek Dad puts it: “You know those cand…

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Recording Your Life: Cesar Kuriyama On Crowdfunding ‘1 Second Everyday’, TED Talks & ‘Chef’ Movie 1:24:02

8+ y ago1:24:02

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Imagine a movie that includes everyday of the rest of your life. What would you choose to remember? TED speaker and creator of the ‘1-Second Everyday’ app, Cesar Kuriyama, is our guest in this episode of Crowd Scene. Cesar remembers exactly what he has been doing every day for the last five years. And that’s thanks to the app he created, called ‘1-…

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Is This The Next Minecraft? Mike and Pete Talk Gaming With TerraTech Chief Russ Clarke 1:15:41

8+ y ago1:15:41

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Is Russ Clarke's TerraTech the next Minecraft? The Guardian certainly thinks it's a contender and a growing fanbase and list of awards are proof of its early success.Russ is founder of game developer Payload Studios and is the lead developer of TerraTech. He joins Mike and Pete in the studio for this edition of Crowd Scene.TerraTech is a physics-ba…

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The Game Is On! Mike and Pete Play Kickstarted Party Card Game with Inventor Matthew Moore 1:07:40

8+ y ago1:07:40

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Matthew Moore, founder of ‘Do Better Games’ and creator of the game Bring Your Own Book is our guest in this episode.About himself, Matthew says, "I did everything from DJing to selling sheepskin seat covers before finding my home in game design."Bring Your Own Book is a game where players literally bring their own books along and win or lose based…

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Going "Back To The Future" With Filmmaker Jason Aron To Crowdfund A Documentary For The Fans 1:11:43

9y ago1:11:43

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Any Back to The Future fans out there? You’re in for a treat. The ‘Power of Love’ is strong in this episode! We meet director Jason Aron to discuss his fantastically successful Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a real labour of love, a feature-length documentary called Back in Time about the greatest time-travel trilogy of all time, Back to t…

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More Immersive Than Movies – Is This The Future of Storytelling? LARP Supremo Claus Raasted Joins Us 1:16:07

9y ago1:16:07

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In this episode we’re joined from Denmark by Claus Raasted, the ‘King of Live Action Role Play’. Also known as ‘LARP’, Live Action Role Play is where people playing characters come together in a themed setting and interact to create an original story. Hugely imaginative and inventive, these are large-scale events held over several days that can be …

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Coming Soon From The Future! Clifton Roozeboom Explains How He Kickstarted His Amazing PocketLab 1:03:13

9y ago1:03:13

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In this episode we’re joined by Clifton Roozeboom who shares the story behind his amazing PocketLab – "a science lab in your pocket". PocketLab has been featured by the likes of The New York Times, TechCrunch, Buzzfeed, Popular Science and now, here on Crowd Scene, we have an in-depth interview with the inventor behind it. Clifton has a PhD in Mech…

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How to Crowdfund a Podcast. Producer Matt Hill Shares His Story Behind The Media Podcast's Success 59:32

9y ago59:32

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In this episode of Crowd Scene we talk to award-winning audio producer Matt Hill. We hear about his successful Kickstarter project of last year to make a show called 'The Media Podcast' which was previously part of the Guardian’s media empire (and known there as 'Media Talk'). Buzzfeed recently named 'The Media Podcast' as one of the 'Top British P…

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Creativity, Cameras and Cardboard. Kelly Angood Talks To Us About Design And Entrepreneurship 1:03:05

9y ago1:03:05

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In this episode we’re talking with Kelly Angood, an incredibly talented London-based designer. We’ll be hearing about her successful Kickstarter project from 2013 “The Pop-Up Pinhole Project” to create a unique, affordable camera – it’s a fully-working pinhole camera made of cardboard that you assemble yourself. Initially part of a student project,…

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How Many Einsteins Might be Out There? Outernet's Thane Richard Shares Their Plan to Reach the World 1:10:56

9y ago1:10:56

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In this episode we’re joined by Thane Richard, the COO of Outernet – the new company with an incredible mission: to broadcast the most important content of the web to the two thirds of the world – or 4.3 billion people – that do not have access to the internet. Providing access to people is a competitive business. Facebook wants to use a fleet of d…

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How to Crowdfund A Short Film – Writer/Director Mark Lobatto’s “Blue Borsalino” 59:30

9y ago59:30

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Writer and Director Mark Lobatto is our guest on this episode of Crowd Scene. Mark is in the studio with hosts Michael Ogden and Peter Dean and shares how he developed and then successfully crowdfunded his short film, Blue Borsalino. A staff pick on Kickstarter within hours of launching, and a success within 4 days, neither of these achievements ca…

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Ninjas, Robots & Dinosaurs! How to Crowdfund a Revolution in Kids Clothing with Princess Awesome 1:02:29

9y ago1:02:29

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Rebecca Melsky and Eva St. Clair, aka Princess Awesome, are two Washington DC moms who took Kickstarter by storm. They campaigned to create a new, original line of clothing for girls that would upend traditional thinking – their clothes for girls feature designs with ninjas, robots, dinosaurs, math and science stuff because these things belong on g…

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Mini-Episode: Post-Crowfall Appreciation, the Foul-Mouthed Mr Bingo and our Awesome Next Guests 10:03

9y ago10:03

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Hosts Michael Ogden and Peter Dean take a breather between regular episodes to share their thoughts on talking with J Todd Coleman and Gordon Walton of Crowfall in the previous show. We also give a shout out to our Crowdfunding Pick of The Week (great name!) with a campaign that has the funniest video you are ever likely to see on Kickstarter, but …

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How to Raise $2 million on Kickstarter & find 50,000 fans. Crowfall’s J Todd Coleman & Gordon Walton 1:23:17

9y ago1:23:17

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Creative Director J Todd Colman and Exec Producer Gordon Walton are two of the most influential figures in the gaming industry. Venturing into the world of crowdfunding for the first time with their passion project, “Crowfall", they built a base of 50,000 fans before they even started their Kickstarter campaign, and more than doubled their fundrais…

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Can a Wristband Change Your Life? We Talk with Crowdfunding Entrepreneur Victor Mathieux 1:03:45

9y ago1:03:45

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Designer, entrepreneur and Kickstarter crowdfunder Victor Mathieux is a great guest on this episode of Crowd Scene. Victor’s goal with the ‘Flip Band’ project is to improve peoples’ lives by providing a simple method to change their habits, stick to resolutions and meet their goals. On this episode, Victor talks passionately about what it means for…

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How Many Songs Can One Person Write? Crowdfunding Success and World Records with Kim Boekbinder 48:04

9y ago48:04

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In the very first episode of Crowd Scene, hosts Michael Ogden and Peter Dean talk with New York singer-songwriter Kim Boekbinder about her "Infinite Minute" Kickstarter campaign that might just have broken a world record. Kim, a veteran of crowdfunding, shares her wisdom, tips for success and lots more.…

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