Ben Dobbins

Everything Ben Dobbins said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

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Independent film funding relies on obfuscating investor losses

“The entire process of funding independent films is based on obfuscating the fact that independent films, you're going to lose your money if you invest in them.”

Ben Dobbins Nov 14, 2016 ▶ 2:58 Ep 478: Fans Pay $500K To Keep Favorite Shows, Will This Kill Netflix with CEO Ben Dobyns

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Digital media should act as free advertising to build a fanbase

“Each of these films, each of these episodes is its own advertisement for the next product, and we're no longer the business of selling units. We're in the business of building A sustaining fan base. Essentially using the internet for what it does best, making …”

Ben Dobbins Nov 14, 2016 ▶ 4:05 Ep 478: Fans Pay $500K To Keep Favorite Shows, Will This Kill Netflix with CEO Ben Dobyns

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Strong day-one Kickstarter momentum drives organic backer conversion

“A really big day on Kickstarter then starts to attract more people, and they see it on Kickstarter, people who haven't heard of us begin to join on, and on Kickstarter and crowdfunding, success begets success.”

Ben Dobbins Nov 14, 2016 ▶ 10:45 Ep 478: Fans Pay $500K To Keep Favorite Shows, Will This Kill Netflix with CEO Ben Dobyns

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Zombie Orpheus turned down a $500,000 venture capital investment

“I've turned down a lot of money in venture capital. Most recently half a million.”

Ben Dobbins Nov 14, 2016 ▶ 15:29 Ep 478: Fans Pay $500K To Keep Favorite Shows, Will This Kill Netflix with CEO Ben Dobyns

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Zombie Orpheus will release the Strowlers IP to allow commercial derivatives

“Our next big radical step For a new property that we're launching, Strowlers, we're actually going to release our world bible and our intellectual property to allow commercial derivatives under, again, a Creative Commons style license.”

Ben Dobbins Nov 14, 2016 ▶ 16:50 Ep 478: Fans Pay $500K To Keep Favorite Shows, Will This Kill Netflix with CEO Ben Dobyns

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JourneyQuest recouped its entire season one budget via PayPal within one year

“So based purely on fan contributions via a PayPal button on our site, we made back our entire production budget in a year. We paid our investors back.”

Ben Dobbins Nov 14, 2016 ▶ 6:01 Ep 478: Fans Pay $500K To Keep Favorite Shows, Will This Kill Netflix with CEO Ben Dobyns

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Partly supported

Zombie Orpheus raised $112,000 on Kickstarter for JourneyQuest season two

“We then turned around on Kickstarter and funded season two raised a 112,000 dollars.”

Ben Dobbins Nov 14, 2016 ▶ 6:18 Ep 478: Fans Pay $500K To Keep Favorite Shows, Will This Kill Netflix with CEO Ben Dobyns

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Partly supported

Zombie Orpheus averages a strong $97 per backer on Kickstarter

“On the Kickstarter we tend to average 97 dollars per backer.”

Ben Dobbins Nov 14, 2016 ▶ 7:56 Ep 478: Fans Pay $500K To Keep Favorite Shows, Will This Kill Netflix with CEO Ben Dobyns

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Zombie Orpheus raised over $600,000 across three Kickstarter campaigns in 2016

“We've done three Kickstarters this year. We've raised over 600 grand on there.”

Ben Dobbins Nov 14, 2016 ▶ 9:00 Ep 478: Fans Pay $500K To Keep Favorite Shows, Will This Kill Netflix with CEO Ben Dobyns

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Third parties raised millions using Dobyns' Kickstarter planning spreadsheet

“Third parties have used this spreadsheet to raise millions of dollars on Kickstarter.”

Ben Dobbins Nov 14, 2016 ▶ 12:13 Ep 478: Fans Pay $500K To Keep Favorite Shows, Will This Kill Netflix with CEO Ben Dobyns

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Zombie Orpheus raised an additional $45,000 through BackerKit post-campaign add-ons

“We were able to turn around on Backerkit and raise another 45,000 dollars Just from add-ons and upsells.”

Ben Dobbins Nov 14, 2016 ▶ 13:37 Ep 478: Fans Pay $500K To Keep Favorite Shows, Will This Kill Netflix with CEO Ben Dobyns

The other half of the tape: Ben Dobbins's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 7 times in 2 episodes across the shows. 1 statement on the record names them. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most Nathan Latka 7

Statements about Ben Dobbins, by other people (1)

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Zombie Orpheus gives films away for free and remains profitable annually

“He founded Zombie Orpheus Entertainment in 2010. He's been giving the company's films away for free ever since, since. He still does, and he ends each year In the black.”

Nathan Latka Nov 14, 2016 ▶ 1:36 Ep 478: Fans Pay $500K To Keep Favorite Shows, Will This Kill Netflix with CEO Ben Dobyns

Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Ben's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
TOP FOUNDERSLEDGER	Minister of Instrumental Music, Shaughnessy Heights United Church	1	11	0% 0/2	full record on Top Founders →