Vernacademia Season 1: Episode 28: Crowdfunding (Lensed through Kickstarter)

A podcast talking about the intricacies of Kickstarter, with an emphasis on the roles and actions developers and backers (or venture capitalists) take on when using it.

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Cliff Notes

00:06 Intro to the Subject
00:25 Backers as Venture Capitalists
03:58 Project Owners and Kickstarter
04:58 Kickstarters and Stretch Goals
06:57 Project Evolution
09:02 The Difficuties of Goal Estimation
10:40 An Approach to Estimation
12:29 Estimates are "Best Guesses"
13:37 Stretch Goals and Preplanning
16:11 The Dangers of Early Exposure
19:28 Being a Venture Capitalist on Kickstarter
21:02 Wrap Up