Kickstarter
also referred to as: kickstarters
14 statements across 2 episodes · 7 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement May 14, 2024 by James Altucher · said 69 times in 3 episodes since 2024 · across every show →
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brought up most by Everette Taylor (36), Codie Sanchez (27), James Altucher (4), Ankur Jain (2)
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2026 65 mentions in 2 episodes 33 per episode
2024 4 mentions in 1 episode
Everything said about Kickstarter, oldest first
May 14, 2024
May 27, 2026 positive
Taylor: Most successful Kickstarter creators use the platform for pre-orders and marketing
“A lot of the most successful people on Kickstarter use it as a pre-order, right? They have the resources and the means to actually create the product. They want to use it. To scale marketing, we have an audience of millions of people that are using the app and…”
May 27, 2026 negative
May 27, 2026 positive
May 27, 2026
Taylor: Mental toughness and emotional regulation are top entrepreneurial traits
“Well, I tell people all the time, one of the number one traits that you need to be an entrepreneur are two things, or two number one traits, is mental toughness and emotional regulation, right? Like, you have to be, have real mental fortitude, right? You have …”
May 27, 2026 bullish
May 27, 2026 positive
Taylor: Over 90% of Kickstarter project creators fulfill their rewards
“Now, ninety-something percent of people on Kickstarter fulfill, but there's still a small percentage of people that don't, and so you really have to drive that level of trust to make people feel comfortable, That you're actually going to deliver on time, and y…”
May 27, 2026 positive
May 27, 2026 negative
May 27, 2026
Taylor: Pitching Kickstarter Backers Requires Proving Delivery, Not Long-Term Equity Upside
“Like, when you're pitching VCs, you're pitching for the long term. You're pitching for, like, the big picture. Like, you're really saying, like, hey, this company can be worth fifty billion dollars one day. On Kickstarter, you're trying to deliver immediate de…”
May 27, 2026
Taylor: Hardware crowdfunding requires 25-30% buffer versus 10-15% for lightweight products
“So, like, maybe you only need to, like, have a 10 to 15% buffer. But if you're talking about, like, heavy hardware that you're shipping from China and, like, all these things, you might want to have a bigger buffer of, like, 25, 30%.”
May 27, 2026
May 27, 2026 positive
Taylor: A Cyberpunk tabletop card game raised $28 million on Kickstarter
“I mean, we just had a board game raise twenty eight million dollars. It was a trading card game, but Cyberpunk just raised twenty eight million dollars, so it always astounds me, like, you know, we think about, like, we have a lot of video games on the platfor…”
May 27, 2026 positive
Taylor: CEO's Job Is Driving Shareholder Value Without Personal Emotion
“My job as a CEO, and people may not like this answer, but my job as a CEO is to make sure that this company goes on for the next 1015, 20, a hundred years, and to drive shareholder value. Take the emotions out of it. Right? That's gonna hurt some feelings, but…”