Advice Line with Perry Chen of Kickstarter

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Alright. Let's get to it. Joining me this week is Perry Chen. He's the co-founder of Kickstarter. Perry, it's great to have you back on the show. Great to be here, guy. Alright, so you were first on how I built this back in 2017. Uh, and if you guys haven't heard that episode, of course, we will put a link in the episode description.

Perry got the idea for Kickstarter when he tried to put on a concert in New Orleans in the early two thousands, and he thought, Hey, wouldn't it be great if we could fund this event in advance? Well, that idea never panned out, but after almost a a decade of kind of refining it, Perry built a platform that today has funded More than a quarter of a million projects, uh Perry, it is Such an awesome story. Uh and before we get to our callers today, can you give us an update on on what you're doing these days? I know the last time you were on the show, this was back during the pandemic. You were no longer the CEO of Kickstarter, you were the chairman of the board.

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