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Lester's Time Has Come Today (Thanks, HN, You got this started)

76 points by kn0thing 14y ago

arkonaut 14y ago
You've crowdfunded an album on Kickstarter, a bus tour across the country on Indiegogo, and a billboard with friends on Crowdtilt. Nice :) I don't know if many have used all three like you have - Which one was your favorite? Or least favorite?
- kn0thing 14y ago
  We (breadpig) have done a few creative projects on kickstarter that have all gone rather well: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/999790007/trial-of-the-clone-a-choosable-path-gamebook-by-za http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/999790007/trial-of-the-c... http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/breadpig/to-be-or-not-to-be-that-is-the-adventure http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/breadpig/to-be-or-not-to... And now Lester. The founders made a decision to support only creative projects and sticking to it has done wonders for our business, which helps creatives get tangible stuff made with their art, basically. All of our product costs are fully recouped before they even hit the market. It's awesomesauce. Indiegogo seems to have the branding challenge as a 'we can do it all' platform; I still don't feel like I understand it. Letting campaign managers take the money they've raised even without hitting the goal is an interesting twist. It helped in our case with the bus, which didn't have a very clear, tangible 'goal' (however, our documentary is premiering at CES in January!!) Crowdtilt (full disclosure I'm an investor) atm works really well for group funding, not crowd funding. That's not just semantic voodoo, it's the difference between getting a beach house among friends funded and a soul legend's album funded with different tiers of rewards. I'm long on crowdtilt because they're not trying to be another version of kickstarter, rather, a general platform for crowdfunding. I see a lot of reddit in them, which for years heard people making dumb comparisons between us and digg. We opted to make a broader platform for online communities and it's turned out well so far. e.g., http://www.forbes.com/sites/jjcolao/2012/12/12/the-crowdfunding-api-is-here-welcome-to-a-new-era-of-e-commerce/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/jjcolao/2012/12/12/the-crowdfund...
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JacobAldridge 14y ago
Kudos again to kn0thing and Breadpig - so many great stories demonstrate a real, underlying commitment to making our world a happier place.
- kn0thing 14y ago
  Thank you, Jacob! Just trying to make it suck a bit less -- helping Lester and aiding the fight for the open internet at the same time is a pretty great deal.
dutchbrit 14y ago
They made some pretty dang AWESOME tunes!!
dbyrd 14y ago
Alexis, this is awesome, but why did you do all of this?
- jacquesm 14y ago
  Because he's clearly one of the good guys!
  - kn0thing 14y ago
    I'm just trying to make up for all the awful stuff I do at NFL games.
    - jacquesm 14y ago
      Well, keep at it, I think you may have redeemed yourself but on the off-chance that that hasn't happened yet you can always build up a store of good karma for a rainy day. Thanks man. Sincerely.
- kn0thing 14y ago
  Because I can. And because it's not enough for me to tell apologists for the entertainment industry that the internet is a blessing for artists, it's better if I just show them.
nthitz 14y ago
Wait, you told me that reddit made this possible. :)
- kn0thing 14y ago
  True. But HN was the first place this story FPed.
jbrooksuk 14y ago
Link to the article on one page. http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/24/tech/web/lester-chambers-kickstarter/index.html?c=&page=0 http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/24/tech/web/lester-chambers-k...
- kn0thing 14y ago
  Very nice! Thank you! I just got word that Lester will be on CNN tomorrow (Wednesday) morning at 8:45am eastern (5:45am pacific) so set your DVR!

76 points by kn0thing 14y ago

You've crowdfunded an album on Kickstarter, a bus tour across the country on Indiegogo, and a billboard with friends on Crowdtilt. Nice :) I don't know if many have used all three like you have - Which one was your favorite? Or least favorite?

kn0thing 14y ago
We (breadpig) have done a few creative projects on kickstarter that have all gone rather well: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/999790007/trial-of-the-clone-a-choosable-path-gamebook-by-za http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/999790007/trial-of-the-c... http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/breadpig/to-be-or-not-to-be-that-is-the-adventure http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/breadpig/to-be-or-not-to... And now Lester. The founders made a decision to support only creative projects and sticking to it has done wonders for our business, which helps creatives get tangible stuff made with their art, basically. All of our product costs are fully recouped before they even hit the market. It's awesomesauce. Indiegogo seems to have the branding challenge as a 'we can do it all' platform; I still don't feel like I understand it. Letting campaign managers take the money they've raised even without hitting the goal is an interesting twist. It helped in our case with the bus, which didn't have a very clear, tangible 'goal' (however, our documentary is premiering at CES in January!!) Crowdtilt (full disclosure I'm an investor) atm works really well for group funding, not crowd funding. That's not just semantic voodoo, it's the difference between getting a beach house among friends funded and a soul legend's album funded with different tiers of rewards. I'm long on crowdtilt because they're not trying to be another version of kickstarter, rather, a general platform for crowdfunding. I see a lot of reddit in them, which for years heard people making dumb comparisons between us and digg. We opted to make a broader platform for online communities and it's turned out well so far. e.g., http://www.forbes.com/sites/jjcolao/2012/12/12/the-crowdfunding-api-is-here-welcome-to-a-new-era-of-e-commerce/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/jjcolao/2012/12/12/the-crowdfund...
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JacobAldridge 14y ago

Kudos again to kn0thing and Breadpig - so many great stories demonstrate a real, underlying commitment to making our world a happier place.

kn0thing 14y ago
Thank you, Jacob! Just trying to make it suck a bit less -- helping Lester and aiding the fight for the open internet at the same time is a pretty great deal.

dutchbrit 14y ago

They made some pretty dang AWESOME tunes!!

dbyrd 14y ago

Alexis, this is awesome, but why did you do all of this?

jacquesm 14y ago
Because he's clearly one of the good guys!
- kn0thing 14y ago
  I'm just trying to make up for all the awful stuff I do at NFL games.
  - jacquesm 14y ago
    Well, keep at it, I think you may have redeemed yourself but on the off-chance that that hasn't happened yet you can always build up a store of good karma for a rainy day. Thanks man. Sincerely.
kn0thing 14y ago
Because I can. And because it's not enough for me to tell apologists for the entertainment industry that the internet is a blessing for artists, it's better if I just show them.

nthitz 14y ago

Wait, you told me that reddit made this possible. :)

kn0thing 14y ago
True. But HN was the first place this story FPed.

jbrooksuk 14y ago

Link to the article on one page. http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/24/tech/web/lester-chambers-kickstarter/index.html?c=&page=0 http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/24/tech/web/lester-chambers-k...

kn0thing 14y ago
Very nice! Thank you! I just got word that Lester will be on CNN tomorrow (Wednesday) morning at 8:45am eastern (5:45am pacific) so set your DVR!