Jay Fanelli and Nathan Peretic know how to go it on their own. They’ve done it not just once, not just twice, but now three times. They formed the interactive-services company Full Stop Interactive, out of which United Pixelworkers was formed, a company that produces fine wearable merchandise. And United Pixelworkers gave birth to Cotton… Continue reading Wait a Cotton-Picking Minute with Jay Fanelli and Nathan Peretic (Episode 54)
Category: Crowdfunding
A Year of Living Disruptively with Guests from Early Episodes (53)
The New Disruptors launched on December 5, 2012. I wanted to talk to people making stuff, creating art, or helping others get their work out there. The show is now at episode 53, and it’s been a delightful year. I wanted to look back at early guests, and was able to get the folks who… Continue reading A Year of Living Disruptively with Guests from Early Episodes (53)
Girls Just Want To Code Apps with Jean MacDonald (Episode 52)
Jean MacDonald was formerly best known for her role as a software marketing and public-relations guru for a major Macintosh software developer, but her work to create App Camp for Girls has eclipsed that. Jean and her colleagues raised over $100,000 on Indiegogo to fund an initial two sessions of a week each… Continue reading Girls Just Want To Code Apps with Jean MacDonald (Episode 52)
Actually, Quite Likely! Recorded Live in Brooklyn (Episode 49)
We recorded a special live episode of The New Disruptors in Brooklyn’s fantastic DUMBO district in the Galapagos Art Space as part of the Nearly Impossible conference in which we talked about the joys, challenges, and surprises in prototyping, funding, producing, and distributing products. On stage, we had Che-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy of CW&T, Tom… Continue reading Actually, Quite Likely! Recorded Live in Brooklyn (Episode 49)
I Am the Camera with Dean Putney (Episode 48)
Photo by heysanford. Dean Putney has made some of your favorite things on the Internet. He’s Boing Boing’s software developer, as well as filling your mind with the best animated GIFs on the Internet. But what he’s working on at the moment takes us over 100 years into the past: a… Continue reading I Am the Camera with Dean Putney (Episode 48)
Call of the Wild with Marian Call (Episode 47)
Photo by Brian Adams Marian Call is an Alaskan chanteuse who found an audience after winning a Firefly-relatedsong contest in 2007. She has run her music career as an independentgrassroots effort ever since. She connects with her fans constantly anddirectly, both through social media and crowdfunding, and sleeping ontheir floors during tours… Continue reading Call of the Wild with Marian Call (Episode 47)
Kickstarter Founders Change Roles
Kickstarter was created in the mind of Perry Chen, who brought Charles Adler into it, and then they grabbed Yancey Strickler along the way. It took years from Chen’s first notion to put all the pieces together to launch in 2009. They’re going to pass a billion dollars collected on behalf of projects soon, just… Continue reading Kickstarter Founders Change Roles
They’re Coming to Make Him a Film Ha Ha! with Devin Lucas (Episode 44)
Click above to listen in your browser or download the podcast directly (MP3, 23 MB, 47 minutes). Subscribe to the show’s podcast feed to get every episode automatically. This interview with the Dr. Demento directorShould be a marvelous hitBut if anything goes wrong with the SkypingI’ll wind up in a big pile of —Shaving cream!… Continue reading They’re Coming to Make Him a Film Ha Ha! with Devin Lucas (Episode 44)
Lights, Notes, and Brews from XOXO (Episode 43)
Click above to listen in your browser or download the podcast directly (MP3, 2 MB, 48 minutes). Subscribe to the show’s podcast feed to get every episode automatically. XOXO is a truly remarkable festival and conference that you’ve heard me talk about quite a lot. I interviewed Andy Baio and Andy McMillanjust before… Continue reading Lights, Notes, and Brews from XOXO (Episode 43)
And the Crowdfund Goes Wild with Yancey Strickler (Episode 42)
Photo by Ian Linkletter. Used under Creative Commons license. Click above to listen in your browser or download the podcast directly (MP3, 32 MB, 65 minutes). Subscribe to the show’s podcast feed to get every episode automatically. Yancey Strickler, one of theco-founders of Kickstarter, began his working life in journalism in2000, and… Continue reading And the Crowdfund Goes Wild with Yancey Strickler (Episode 42)