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Kickstarter, PBC is an American public benefit corporation [2] based in Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. [3] The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". [ 4 ]
58 Kent Street is a three-story, open plan building in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, in New York City. It is part of the Eberhard Faber Pencil Factory historic district, a complex that operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The crowdfunding platform Kickstarter purchased the
Once a buzzy startup in New York’s burgeoning tech scene, 15-year-old Kickstarter has been trying to reinvent itself after years of flatlined growth, CEO turnover, and contentious union push by ...
When it launched in 2009, Kickstarter was at the vanguard of a cohort of New York startups—think Etsy or Foursquare—that would challenge their West Coast counterparts by leaning into arts and ...
Perry Chen (born () July 15, 1976) is an American entrepreneur best known for being the creator and principal founder of Kickstarter, the online crowdfunding platform for creative projects. He came up with the idea for Kickstarter in 2001 [1] and launched it in 2009 along with co-founders Charles Adler and Yancey Strickler. [2]
Technology companies in the New York City metropolitan area represent a significant and growing economic component of the New York metropolitan area, the most populous combined statistical area in the United States [1] and one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. [2] [3] New York is a top-tier global high technology hub. [4]
After graduating from William and Mary, he moved to New York City where he worked as a music journalist for publications including Spin, The Village Voice, and the website eMusic. [ 5 ] He co-founded Kickstarter , a funding platform for creative projects.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Eberhard Faber Pencil Factory historic district on October 30, 2007. [24] In 2011, Kickstarter purchased several of the buildings in the complex for US$3.6 million, [25] and announced its plans to renovated these structures, having gotten approval from the NYCLPC. [26]