“When I look at Kickstarter, I see small businesses that have been funded by their customers. I see the acceleration of this shift away from the industrial manufacturing ideology to more of a maker economy. And I also see an idea so powerful that the company name has become a verb.”

Indian-American web and technology writer and journalist

Om Prakash Malik is an Indian-American web and technology writer and journalist. He founded Gigaom, an influential early technology news site, and has written for publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Fast Company, and Wired. His work has focused on startups, Silicon Valley, and the wider technology industry. He has also been a partner at True Ventures in Palo Alto and continues to publish on his personal site, On my Om.