It was 9:15 pm on a Sunday evening when I got a call from a temporary employment agency asking me if I wanted to be a Customer Happiness agent for “Indie-something,” and if so, to show up at 8:45 am on Monday morning for the… read more
Building off the success of Indiegogo Life, we’ve decided to expand into the next big crowdfunding category—Hot Sauce. We at Indiegogo have always taken pride in enabling people to fund what matters to them and to seek support from like-minded communities to bring ideas to… read more
My inbox may be at more than 300 messages and my office stacked high with business cards, but it is all worth it because I just had an incredible two weeks at three conferences meeting some of the best hardware startups Europe has… read more
Andrew Song, Indiegogo‘s Outreach Manager of Technology, Hardware & Design, shares how a chance encounter with entrepreneur Eric Maundu of Kijani Grows turned him into a fan and customer. I consider myself a huge hardware/tech fanboy through and through. It all started when I was seven years old… read more
We just got back home after an amazing time in Park City. WOW! Thank you for making the Indiegogo Lounge the place to be at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. There was never a dull moment and we couldn’t possibly cover in just one blog post… read more
Evan Cohen, Indiegogo‘s Community Manager for Hardware, Design and Technology, promises to never lose his keys again… It’s one of the worst feelings in the world. That empty feeling in your pocket as the Lyft pulls up to your front door. Frantically, you check your jacket pockets. Empty.… read more
After our most successful year to date, film continues to be one of the strongest verticals on the Indiegogo platform. We have been working closely with filmmakers, empowering them to retain creative control, own their film and engage with a worldwide audience ahead of the film launch. As part of this… read more
Liz Wald, Indiegogo‘s VP of Technology & Design, ponders whether we are getting closer to “to the holy grail of ‘mass customization’.” A drone landed at the White House last week shocking the Secret Service, but it should not shock you. This wasn’t the act of a terrorist or… read more
Since we launched at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, over 41,000 films have received funds on Indiegogo and in the last couple of years our film category grew 115%, with funds disbursed to filmmakers in 166 countries. The big winner of 2014 is Dear White People,… read more
In January 2015, Indiegogo and Vimeo joined forces in a first-of-its-kind partnership to support filmmakers everywhere. Since then, Vimeo developed a dedicated collection on Vimeo On Demand for Indiegogo-funded films such as Amira & Sam, Video Game High School and Everything Before Us and worked… read more