Podcast Episodes featuring Perry Chen

Kickstarter’s Perry Chen on 10 years and billions of dollars of crowdfunding

Recode Media with Peter Kafka - May 02, 2019 04:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 468 ratings
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...

Kickstarter: Perry Chen

How I Built This with Guy Raz - July 31, 2017 04:01 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 29.2K ratings
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 Ki...

Kickstarter: Perry Chen

How I Built This with Guy Raz - July 31, 2017 04:01 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 29.2K ratings
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...