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Kickstarter CEO Wants to Make Your Passion Project

Kickstarter has crowdfunded more than $1 billion worth of projects in five years but CEO Yancey Strickler says it's just getting started.

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By Kim Masters • Jun 7, 2014 • 28m Listen

Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler tells Kim Masters that Kickstarter wants to help creators realize their passion projects -- whether or not those projects make money. He addresses common criticisms of his popular crowdfunding site that were raised by high profile projects like Zach Braff's movie and the virtual reality headset Oculus Rift.

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    Kim Masters

    partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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    Matthew Belloni

    founding partner of Puck News

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