How Kickstarter Works

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2014

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

With billions of dollars raised, Kickstarter has singled itself out as the go-to site for creative crowdfunding. But not without some controversy along the way. Learn all about how this artistic business model operates in today's episode.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.3	Welcome to Stuffy Should Know from Howstuffworks.com.
0:41.2	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:43.0	I'm Josh Clark with Charles W. Chuck Bryant.
0:46.0	Jerry's over there and we're ready to take this episode off for just one dollar.
0:53.2	We can contribute to Stuffy Should Know.
0:55.6	Yeah.
0:56.6	Can we?
0:57.6	No.
0:58.6	We're a pre-podcast.
0:59.6	That's why I get less patient with complaints.
1:02.6	Yeah right.
1:03.6	It's a trade-off.
1:04.6	Yeah it's free.
1:05.6	We got some ads here and there.
1:07.4	Live with it.
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