Om: We all have different interpretations of Kickstarter, but what is the essence of Kickstarter in your mind?
Perry: We would like it to be a fundamental tool for the liberation or the acceleration of our own creativity. I think that, when we’re younger ‑ whatever that means ‑ we have ideas all the time. We embrace our ideas. We say, ‘Oh, I’m going to do this. I’m going to throw this event with a friend. I’m going to have this play, this movie, this thing.’
You have not yet been taught the realities of life, that, “You can’t do that because of this and that or the other thing.” Very often, that other thing is money. Over time, because of the constraints, with money being the biggest one (or the most common one) we start to squash down our ideas.
We don’t have to squash down our ideas because of the harsh realities of the real world. From a very emotional level, that’s the dream.
I think, we’re able to offer people the ability to overcome that one core roadblock — the funding — and then additionally allow people to build this community and nurture an audience around a project.