Yancey Strickler

Yancey Strickler is a writer and entrepreneur whose work supports artists and creative people. He's the cofounder of Kickstarter, The Creative Independent, Metalabel, The Dark Forest Collective, and Artist Corporations. He's the author of the books This Could Be Our Future, The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet, and The Creative Life. He grew up on a farm in Clover Hollow, Virginia and lives in New York City.

Current projects

Metalabel 
The operating system for creative work that helps people cooperate rather than compete.

Artist Corporations
Artist Corporations, or A-Corps, are a new structure for creative work.

The Dark Forest Collective 
A collective of writers releasing work that explores how we live online. Published two books: The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet and Antimemetics by Nadia Asparouhova.

New Creative Era podcast
A podcast with Josh Citarella exploring how we release work and develop our creative practices. Also now in book form: The Creative Life.

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