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Chris Dixon on How to Build Networks, Movements, and AI-Native Products Sep 10, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 18:23 Chris Dixon Um, so, you know, for like, for me, it was like, three D printing, like this led to my investment in Oculus and Coinbase really were both from that, um, you know, from that thesis sort of VR, seeing the developers and the kind of, you…

How Discord Became a Developer Platform Jun 23, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 40:03 Jason Citrin Um, and sometimes those things will lead into, like, Kickstarters, Patreons, and other stuff.

Seven Trends in Blockchain Computing (Spring 2019) May 8, 2019 · 1 mention

a16z Podcast | Building Crypto, from Vision to Reality Jan 2, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 23:38 Chris Dixon And I think that's just an accident of us not having found the right business model yet, not something intrinsic to, look, I mean, there's the fact that you can write something, for example, and have, instantly have three billion people…

a16z Podcast | On Wearables, Quantified Self, and Biohacking Jan 2, 2019 · 1 mention

a16z Podcast | Welcome to the New Era of Commerce Jan 2, 2019 · 2 mentions

a16z Podcast | Not all Network Effects Are Created Equal Jan 2, 2019 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 22:17 Sonal Chokshi Joining us for this conversation are Fred Benenson, an early employee at Kickstarter who built their data team.
  • ▶ 22:39 Jenny Lee In fact, the first time I ever heard of emoji was when Fred started his Kickstarter called Emoji Dick, and I was like, what the fuck is Emoji Dick?
  • ▶ 55:45 Fred Benenson That summer I met the Kickstarter guys. 4 times in the scene

a16z Podcast | Software is What Distinguishes the Hardware Winners Jan 2, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 27:49 Steven Sinofsky Which was a camera, and this was actually, I want to add this because there's a whole wing of the show floor that was new this year that was featured basically Indiegogo and Kickstarter and new companies.

a16z Podcast | The Present State and Future Possibility of Virtual Reality Jan 2, 2019 · 2 mentions

a16z Podcast | The Future of Food Jan 2, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 21:00 Michael Copeland Chris, you mentioned the Kickstarter campaign, and Rob, I want to ask you about this, because typically, you know, Kickstarter campaigns are the really hardcore supporters, and they're really excited about it.

a16z Podcast | A Podcast about Podcasts Jan 2, 2019 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 11:08 Roman Mars And then also, you know, I'm listener supported, not a hundred percent because I have ads and stuff now too, but in the beginning, the reason why the show took off in a lot of ways, I mean, my biggest PR stunt basically, which didn't, I… 2 times in the scene

a16z Podcast | Tech's Biggest Ideas and How They Take Hold -- With Marc Andreessen and Dan Siroker Jan 2, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 42:40 Marc Andreessen Um, and I think, you know, for example, the whole, a lot of what is now happening with crowdfunding and Kickstarter and CrowdTilt and all these things is kind of, in a lot of ways, sort of derivations of what happened in the Obama campaign.

a16z Podcast | It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It -- When Language Meets Big Data Jan 2, 2019 · 14 mentions

  • ▶ 2:36 Kieran Snyder We were actually originally started out looking at Kickstarter projects, right? 6 times in the scene
  • ▶ 6:36 Sonal Chokshi So, so far you've been talking about the form of the text, like the length and, and the, the fonts and the design, but like, were there particular words that popped out as well in terms of what people said on those Kickstarter 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 13:43 unnamed speaker You started with Kickstarter, but what is it that it's doing, and how do you, like, it seems a little bit magical, I have to say that, like, I know that this is a job listing, so therefore, um, it's gonna have to do this, but a real estate…
  • ▶ 14:18 Kieran Snyder So you are publishing a Kickstarter project. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 21:06 unnamed speaker Did you guys, I have to ask, did you, um, kind of put any Kickstarter projects up there yourselves just to give it a whirl? 3 times in the scene

a16z Podcast | Bitcoin's Growing Pains -- and Possibilities Jan 2, 2019 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 5:44 Mike Hearn Yeah, so Lighthouse is a decentralized Bitcoin-based crowdfunding application, um, like Kickstarter, effectively, or Indiegogo, or similar sites like this.
  • ▶ 10:26 Mike Hearn So these services, um, like Kickstarter and Indiegogo, very, very often they're restricted to certain countries, for example. 4 times in the scene

a16z Podcast | Tech Trends Changing Gaming Jan 2, 2019 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 0:13 Sonal Chokshi On Kickstarter.
  • ▶ 3:25 Tim Schafer And, and then, you know, my case, you know, having many years of experience and then, you know, years to like generate that kind of following definitely helped have a really big Kickstarter, but not everyone needs to, you know, have 3.3…
  • ▶ 25:20 Herman Narula Would you say that naturally as a result of being Kickstarter originally funded and having the experience you guys did, that you represent a more efficient model of game development?

a16z Podcast | The Wearables Session Jan 2, 2019 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 12:33 Chris Dixon It's also cool that you have things like Kickstarter now, right? 2 times in the scene

An Intro to Crypto: Decentralization, the Big Picture Jul 15, 2018 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 23:20 Chris Dixon So for example, like if you look at Kickstarter, um, I think it crowdfunding works fantastically well in certain categories.

How 'Going Direct' Changes Everything: for Brands, Retail, Marketing, and Advertising Jul 16, 2017 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 3:39 unnamed speaker We looked at Soylent and thought it was actually kind of interesting, so we led, ended up leading the A round after they raised 750,000 dollars in Kickstarter.
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