Yancey Strickler

Crunch Report | Jeff Bezos Becomes World’s Richest Person*

Jeff Bezos becomes the richest man on earth, CEO of Kickstarter is looking to step down this year, Apple is discontinuing the iPod Shuffle and Nano and Cristiano Ronaldo is getting more involved in te

Kickstarter co-founder and CEO Yancey Strickler will step down this year

Yancey Strickler, Kickstarter co-founder and CEO, is going to step down from his role at the company later this year, he wrote in a blog post last night. Kickstarter is now actively looking for a repl

Kickstarter buys Drip, a community for independent musicians

Kickstarter has made its first acquisition after the crowdfunding site snapped up Drip, a service that lets music artists engage with fans with new work and previews while drawing revenue from the pla

“There Are Things That Are More Important Than Money,” Says Kickstarter CEO

Yancey Strickler, co-founder and CEO of Kickstarter, has confirmed the crowdfunding platform will not be getting involved with crowd equity. Strickler was in conversation with TechCrunch's John Biggs,