Will Perry
Will Perry
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Our shared conservative values, our belief in the individual is the great hope of our nation.
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We have the power to make things new again. To project American strength again, to get our economy going again.
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For the amount of talent I had - and I couldn't dance, act, or tell a joke - I enjoyed a tremendous career.
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But we do have a golf course near by and I play fairly regularly.
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But when they needed love or help or had a problem of any kind, they could always go to Roselle because she was always there for them. That was not always the case with me.
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I don't consider myself a social entrepreneur, but I'm thrilled to be doing good, if that's what I'm doing.
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I wonder if people really know what the definition of crowd-funding is. Or, if there's even an agreed upon definition of what it is.
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Kickstarter was already up and going when I got the Fellowship. Spending time with the other Fellows was about camaraderie, and I talked to a lot of amazing and creative people.
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Video is so primal. When you can hear a person talking about the project, and can see his or her passion, it is unbelievably powerful. I don't want to make it seem like projects without a video fail.
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For most of the people who have a lot of success, it's because they were the ones who didn't quit. It's not necessarily because it was just laid out for them. It won't apply to all cases, but I think it's pretty good advice.
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The kind of system Kickstarter uses has been used for hundreds of years. Unlike Medici-style patronage, where the richest people in town give large amounts of money, Kickstarter's system relies on the general public for funding projects, and rewards those backers.
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I remember early on, in the first couple of years especially, I would run into some people that would try to put Kickstarter under the 'social good' label. And I actually had this very visceral reaction - I just didn't like that at all.
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The graying of America is certain to drive health care costs in the U.S. for at least the next 50 years, ... The challenge we face as advocates is to ensure the pace of research keeps up with the expectations of the American people, so we can ensure the miracles of science are brought to our benefit sooner rather than later.
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The government targets 'Anonymous' for the same reason it targets al-Qaida - because they're the enemy.