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“I remember early on, in the first couple of years…” quote by Perry Chen — Download Open image

“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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