About Yancey
Yancey Strickler is a writer and entrepreneur who founded Kickstarter, The Creative Independent, Metalabel, Artist Corporations, and the Dark Forest Collective. He has written five books on creativity and the internet, and co-hosts the New Creative Era podcast. He began his career as a music critic for Pitchfork, Spin, and the Village Voice. He grew up on a farm in Clover Hollow, Virginia, and currently lives in New York City.
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- Cofounder of Kickstarter
- Cofounder of The Creative Independent
- Cofounder of Metalabel
- Cofounder of Artist Corporations
- Cofounder of Dark Forest Collective
- Author of This Could Be Our Future
- Author of The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet
- Author of On the Creative Life
- Author of The Dark Forest Era
- Music critic for Pitchfork
- Music critic for Spin
- Music critic for Village Voice
- Cohost of New Creative Era podcast
- Writer
- Entrepreneur
- Music critic
- Podcast host
- Author
- Creative industry
- Publishing
- Music
- Technology
- Entrepreneurship
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