Kickstarter CEO Perry Chen Steps Down

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77 points·doppp··10 comments

Hopefully the next CEO will make a proper attempt to crack down on the amount of nonsense scam kickstarters, that often even claim to break thermodynamics.

It's a pretty bad look for the platform that none of their review staff seem to remember highschool physics class.

Not being snide here but after raising $10MM you do nothing that slows revenue.

The root cause of crap projects is not a poor understanding of physics by reviewers but the objective of growth above all else, despite a lot of hand waving about being not in it for the money.

I guess at the end of the day, becoming a household name with a mediocre to shitty reputation, like craigslist or ebay, is still the kind of success most people dream about.

Is this in some way related to the unionization efforts around what they see as Kickstarter failing to fully live up to the ideals of "inclusion and solidarity, transparency and accountability"

Reading the article it seems like this has been in motion for some time. He's staying on as chairman.

0% chance this is a coincidence. Wild speculation but guessing he is getting pushed out as a concession to the people that want the union in a last-ditch attempt by the board to avoid the union forming.

Maybe they're bringing in one of those old-fashioned union-busting CEOs?

Old-fashioned? Union busting has never gone out of style.

I think the parent commenter means "practiced."

100% the issue. If you were on the board would you be happy to be the only startup in the world with this issue? Google, MS, Uber, Tesla etc have way more employees but none unionize. This is cause for immediate expulsion.

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