Kickstarter, co-founded by Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler, and Charles Adler, has become the world's largest open funding platform for creative projects. Kickstarter receives tens of thousands of weekly requests from people who pledge millions of dollars to projects from the world of music, film, art, technology, design, games, fashion, food, publishing, and other creative fields. Since its launch in early 2009, more than three million people have pledged more than $400 million to projects by creators who maintain full ownership and complete creative control of their work.
"Making profits and benefiting humanity can - and every often do - go hand in hand,"
said Prince Albert as he awarded the prize.
This year's award broke from tradition on multiple levels as the winner was chosen directly by the Les Amis du Monaco community, the new membership organization launched by the MMF. It is also the first time the award is being given to a commercial start-up rather than a non-profit or social venture.
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We've also launched a MMF Daily sponsored by Paper.li which will highlight relevant stories from the web and is accessible through the MMF Daily.
Looking forward to connecting with you online and off!
]]>Hosted by HSH Prince Albert II, MMF 2011 will bring together close to 400 leaders of new and traditional media for two-and-a-half days of high-level discussion about the future of online, broadcast and print communications. This year's focus will be "Screen Wars," a conversation about television and its ongoing collision with the Internet and new media.
HSH Prince Albert II states, "The annual Monaco Media Forum combines the highest-profile players, biggest brands and most far-reaching--and sometimes controversial--topics, to move forward the dialogue about the 'mediascape' in the global context."
As always, MMF participants are a Who's Who of individuals and companies that are dominating the ever-changing, global media landscape. The Forum's 2011 co-chairs include:
Other confirmed speakers include Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, Vevo CEO Rio Caraeff, Akamai President David Kenny, Google's Marissa Mayer, Joanna Shields of Facebook and dozens more from both sides of the Atlantic.
John Rossant, Chairman of PublicisLive, says, "Each year, top executives from the world's most progressive and sophisticated organizations congregate in Monaco to discuss the most relevant topics facing the rapidly evolving media universe. This year's event will be the best and most well-attended in our history."
]]>Plus there's more! Cloud mechanics. Gaming über alles. Brave new ecosystems--whither a multi-polar digital world? Privacy's minefield. And the new sciences of real-time markets, diluvian data and pinpoint engagement.
Mark the dates: 9-11 November, back again for our sixth straight year at the unsurpassable Monte-Carlo Bay. The best and the brightest, from both sides of the Atlantic. Non-stop conversation. Real deals. Even better parties. And the world's favorite principality.
Invitations go out at the end of June. Watch your inbox.
]]>We just wanted to say "Merci!" to all 395 of you for your participation in the Monaco Media Forum 2010. MMF's secret strength is community--the best and brightest people working in every corner of media around the world today. Thanks to all of you for helping make this the best MMF yet.
We're keen as ever to get your thoughts about ways to make the MMF experience even better. What went right & what went wrong. Who hit & who missed. What we should have talked about but didn't. And what ideas for 2011 to start thinking about now.
As always, we're also on the lookout for new people to invite, both for on-stage & off. Friends, colleagues and companies who you think belong at MMF next November--tell us who. No guarantees, but we promise to check them out.
Last but not least, just a reminder that you can check YouTube's official Monaco Media Forum Channel for all this year's action here.
That's it for now--looking forward to seeing you again next November!
The Monaco Media Forum Team
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