Jack Conte

“Patreon, is, has been and will continue to be a creator-centric organization.”

“I love well-produced stuff. The craft and the art of production is something I really, really love.”

“I couldn't possibly be any more open or public about my role as CEO at Patreon.”

“If you want to attract executives who value diversity, then build a system that leads to diverse interviewing teams without 'tokenizing' people.”

“You can't just say anything you want in the world and we don't want to build that platform.”

“The problem that we're solving is: You're a creator, and you're reaching thousands of people, or hundreds of thousands or millions of people, and you're not getting paid, you don't have a monthly paycheck. What we're not is a distribution platform. We're not a place to find brand new fans if you don't have an audience yet for your work.”

“Kickstarter is not appropriate for a blogger who writes weekly articles - he doesn't need a big chunk of money, and he has no big project to use it for. He needs monthly income, and Patreon brings crowd funding away from singular one-off projects and into the realm of regular content creation.”

“We built Patreon to be an open, flexible platform. It's a tool. Why shouldn't we open it up to people who find utility in it?”

“The only reason why a company like Patreon works is because of transparency, being open with people and telling them what's going on, and having them support you.”

“I love the idea of creators owning their audience data instead of platforms.”

“Medium is like the Instagram of the corporate world. It's the layer that we want everybody to see, but not actually how it is. It feels like content marketing.”

“There are literally tens of thousands of people who create regular content on the web and have millions of followers.”

“Kid A' is my favorite record.”

“I can't see any possible future where there isn't a media site that isn't paired with crowdfunding.”

“One lesson I learned with Pomplamoose is that there will always be haters. Part of achieving some level of success is learning to tune out the rage.”

“Whether you have a barbershop or you're a local restaurant owner, there's lots of tech for you to understand your business.”

“How can you have a site where there are millions of people enjoying content from millions of creators and there's no direct monetary interaction between those people? That future does not exist. It's impossible.”

“I don't get a work-life balance.”

“If you're a really good community manager, that's highly predictive of your success on Patreon.”

“I spent three months working on music videos, working eighteen-hour days, put it out, got half-a-million views... and got a check in the mail for a couple hundred bucks.”