January 10th, 2011

Founder Stories (Kickstarter): Going Direct To The Audience For Crowdsourced Funding

If you want to crowdsource the funding for a project—whether it is a product, album, or a film—one of the best places to find both patrons and early customers is Kickstarter. In this week’s episode of Startup Sherpa, host Chris Dixon dives deep into the crowdsourced-funding phenomenon with Kickstarter founder Perry Chen.

The majority of projects on Kickstarter are creative ones involving… → Read More

December 18th, 2010

Startup Sherpa: Serving Two Masters And Changing Consumer Behavior (Part II)

Dixon Sherpa

Yesterday, we debuted Part I of Startup Sherpa, a new show with angel investor (Founder Collective) and Hunch founder Chris Dixon talking to Stickybits CEO Billy Chasen about when is the right time for a startup to pivot.

Today, in Part II above, Dixon and Chasen discuss how startups can serve two different masters (in Stickybits’ case, consumers and advertisers). With consumer mobile apps… → Read More