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Yancey Strickler (born November 4, 1978) is an American author, entrepreneur, and former music critic. He co-founded Kickstarter, a funding platform for creative projects [1] and wrote This Could Be Our Future, a 2019 Penguin Random House book about building a society that looks beyond profit as its core organizing principle. [2]
Learn about Yancey Strickler, the cofounder of Kickstarter and The Creative Independent, and the author of books on the internet and the future. Explore his latest posts on the Dark Forest, a series of essays on the post-individual era.
17 Jul 2024 · Yancey Strickler is a writer and entrepreneur establishing new creative forms. He’s the Cofounder and Director of Metalabel, Cofounder and former CEO of Kickstarter, and Cofounder of the artist resource The Creative Independent.
21 Feb 2024 · Yancey Strickler February 21, 2024 3 min read. Five years ago back when this list was less than 500 people, I sent a post about how I felt increasingly reluctant to be myself online. The essay used the metaphor of the Dark Forest to explain a growing sense of danger that I and others felt.
17 Jul 2024 · Yancey Strickler delivers his much anticipated Keynote to a packed Studio 1, rounding off the TOA16 conference at Funkhaus with an inspiring talk about his company, being generous, and...
Yancey Strickler is a writer and entrepreneur. He’s the cofounder of Metalabel, cofounder of Kickstarter, and cofounder of the artist resource The Creative Independent.
Yancey Strickler @ideaspace Cofounder of Metalabel, Kickstarter, and the Creative Independent and the author of "This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World” and “The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet.”
