James Portnow, Seattle-based game designer and co-creator of Extra Credits, a web series on pro-social game design.
Raised over $125,000 from over 4,000 people.
James and Extra Credits were featured at SXSW, Gamasutra, and the homepage of Reddit.
Meghan Sebold, Brooklyn-based social entrepreneur and designer.
Raised $5,000 for a sustainable clothing line that uses the textiles and talent of Ghana, West Africa.
Her fashion line, AFIA was featured in EcoSalon, TreeHugger, Refinery29, and is now available in boutiques across NYC.
Aram Bajakian, NYC-based avant-garde guitar player.
Raised $4,000 from fans and strangers to fund his album.
Lou Reed heard Aram and chose him as his new guitarist while Aram's album is now released by John Zorn's Tzadik record label.
Darko Lungulov, Serbia-based award winning international filmmaker.
Raised $9,000 from movie buffs for feature film project Here and There.
Film won "Best New York Narrative" at Tribeca Film Festival, featured in Variety, L.A. Times, New York Times, and was a top-10 indie box office theatrical release.
When Last We Flew, NYC-based Off-Broadway theatrical production team.
Raised $7,000 from theatre fans for the premiere Off-Broadway run.
Show sold-out at NYC Fringe Festival, won a GLAAD Media Award, and was featured in New York Times, Bloomberg, and American Theatre Magazine.
Regan Wann, Kentucky-based small business owner.
Raised $5,000 to expand her tea shop business.
RocketHub campaign featured in the Wall Street Journal exposing her business to millions.
Laura Boyd, NYC-based portrait and landscape photographer.
Raised $6,000 architectural photography project on location in Paris.
Photos featured in Artsicle Photography Show in the heart of Chelsea, NYC via LaunchPad.
Joshua Reuben Lewis, NYC-based singer-songwriter.
Raised $7,500 to record his first album.
Showcased at The Gibson Showroom and made A&R connections at Sony, Warner Music Group, and EMI via LaunchPad.
Paul Davis, Berlin-based fashion designer.
Raised $8,000 from fans and strangers for a new fashion line.
Clothing line featured at Berlin Fashion Week.
Caira Conner, Tennessee based NYU Master of Science.
Raised $2,000 to study Brazilian land and infrastructure development.
Featured in Americas Quarterly, completed innovative research, and submitted successful academic thesis.
Michael Hughes has performed around the world, most notably in Canada, Japan and the United States. As a singer he has traveled to over 45 countries. He was a guest performer on the highly successful, sold-out concert tour, David Foster & Friends alongside 15-time Grammy winner David Foster, Earth Wind & Fire, Chicago, Sarah McLachlan, The Canadian Tenors and American Idol, Ruben Studdard.
Michael’s self-titled, debut album was a 2010 Toronto Independent Music Award (TIMA) nominee for Best Adult Contemporary Album and a two-time 2009 TWISI Award winner for Best Album and People's Choice Best Album. The album can be heard on radio stations across Canada and is available on iTunes, amazon.com and at HMV locations across Canada and the U.K. www.mickehughes.com
The singing actor received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Dean Hyde in the Canadian Premiere of All Shook Up, and the iconic role of Gilbert Blythe in the hit Canadian musical Anne & Gilbert. He was the soloist for the National Ballet of Canada's West Side Story Suite at the Four Seasons Centre in Toronto.
A graduate of the International Cabaret Conference at Yale University, Michael is a sought-after Concert and Cabaret performer, headlining the Toronto Centre for the Arts, Tarragon, Mod Club and Berkeley Street Theatres, Statler's Piano Lounge, and has been featured at Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Bread & Circus, The Spoke Club, GM Place in Vancouver, the Iseman Theatre in Connecticut and the Laurie Beechman and Birdland Theatres in New York City.
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124% Fueled
$6,185 Raised
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