Kickstarter CEO Talks Platform Overhaul and Four-Day Workweek
Everette Taylor dishes on reviving the crowdfunding pioneer with modern tools, new creators, and a fully remote team.
Kickstarter CEO Everette Taylor inherited a platform past its prime. Now he's trying to drag the crowdfunding giant back into relevance.
In a wide-ranging Q&A with the New York Times, Taylor laid out his playbook: modernize the platform, pull in fresh creator talent, and keep the company running lean. Kickstarter originally built its reputation on small, scrappy projects. Taylor wants to recapture that energy while scaling up.
The operational side is equally ambitious. Kickstarter runs fully remote with a four-day workweek — a setup Taylor says works. Managing a distributed team on a compressed schedule isn't easy, but the company appears committed to the model.
Taylor took over during a rough patch for Kickstarter. Whether his modernization push actually reverses the slide remains the big question. But at minimum, the crowdfunding OG is no longer standing still.