It is crazy to think that Kickstarter is a half-decade old. More interesting is that it started with an idea

Milestones:

• 2002 – Perry Chen came up with the idea for Kickstarter.
• 2009 – Kickstarter launches
• 2010 – Grew to 10 employees (from 5)
• 2011 – Hit 1 million backers
• 2011 – By the end of the year had 34 employees
• 2012 – Office became 3 floors of a building
• 2012 – By the end of the year had 54 employees
• 2013 – First million dollar project funded (with several following)
• 2013 – By the end of the year had 70 employees
• 2014 – Moved office into a home in Brooklyn
• 2014 – By the end of the year had 103 employees