cassiemarketos

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by cassiemarketos 10y ago
I'm afraid there isn't one!
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by cassiemarketos 10y ago
Don't even know what that is!
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by cassiemarketos 10y ago
It was relatively fast! I remember it being a matter of months -- six maybe?
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by cassiemarketos 10y ago
Honestly, I think less about the future of crowdfunding, and more about the future of companies like Kickstarter (in context of their recent choice to become a public benefit corporation and other community-and-civic-minded choices they&#x2
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by cassiemarketos 10y ago
Thank you so much! An exceedingly kind insight -- although, without any humility whatsoever, I have to insist that the success of Kickstarter was due to many factors and the work of many wonderful people (including the founders). :) I e
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by cassiemarketos 10y ago
Thank you so much for the kind words! That's a very generous response and I appreciate you sharing. Kickstarter does feel like a completely different life, but that's only because of how much I was able to grow while I was there.
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by cassiemarketos 10y ago
Glad to hear it was helpful! Yes, definitely. You have to carve out time for yourself, very deliberately, and be conscious about minimizing the amount of stimulation and distractions you are letting in. Spend time alone, go for long walks w
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by cassiemarketos 10y ago
I've said this before and I will say it again. A long time ago, a friend gave me a piece of advice, re: making career choices: "Don't think about what you want to do, think about how you want to feel." So much about maki
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by cassiemarketos 10y ago
Not to my knowledge, but I wish. Sounds like a great gift.
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by cassiemarketos 10y ago
That's wonderful. Thank you. :)
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by cassiemarketos 10y ago
He's wonderful! He left awhile after me, and perhaps our motivations were similar, but we still talk occasionally and I think very highly of him. Genuinely great person.
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by cassiemarketos 10y ago
The endlessly-recycling-itself-positive feedback loop of receiving both actual money and spiritual/emotional validation from your community in order to pursue your creative ambitions. If you want to make a movie, and you've wanted
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by cassiemarketos 10y ago
Thank you I think this comment is rad!
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by cassiemarketos 10y ago
I always wish I had better stories for this, haha. Kickstarted picked up traction so surprisingly quickly, that we really just ended up being in the position of fielding all the incoming vs having to go out and convince folks. There was ple
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by cassiemarketos 10y ago
I'm not sure if I believe it should be!
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by cassiemarketos 10y ago
The moment I didn't have to explain what we did anymore -- to anybody. Which happened remarkably fast. People would say "What do you do?" and I would say "Kickstarter!" and I would see their eyes just light up. It w
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by cassiemarketos 10y ago
Of course! Many things were much easier to manage in the early days, when there were just a few of us, and we functioned like a family: there was lots of time for conversations, Feelings, and talking things through. That naturally ebbs once
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by cassiemarketos 10y ago
Totally depends on what type of person you are. Are you incredibly self-motivated and comfortable setting/pursuing your own goals? Do you have a wide skillset and/or if you don't know how to do something, are you willing and
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by cassiemarketos 10y ago
Very good question. Speaking honestly, I had no awareness of that at the time I started. I was super young and very naive about the idea of equity -- I accepted what they offered me without reading the fine print or exploring the implicatio
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by cassiemarketos 10y ago
Met one of the co-founders through a friend. We had a lot in common and, that first night we met, had a great conversation. A couple years later, he proposed to me the idea of working for a company he was trying to launch. (Aka: Kickstarter
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by cassiemarketos 10y ago
Hi! This is Cassie. If you have questions/thoughts/recipes/doodles, I'm here to field all. (Pro-tip on the recipe front: peanut butter cookies are my #1, always seeking innovations.)