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August, 2012
When they met at a party, Yani shared a deep frustration with his friends Thijs and Ysbrand. About missing a concert of his favourite jazz musician. "How come I didn't know about this event? Who decides this anyway? Why can't you start a live performance by yourself?"
Yes, why can't you.
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October, 2012
During monday night meetings in Cafe Shape the idea of Live on Demand is forming in the minds of the founders. Red wine, mindmaps, lines of copy and many sketches (this one by YANi)
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May, 2013
Launch of Live on Demand. Within one week, fans had started the first 10 crowdfunding campaigns.
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August, 2013
During the summer of 2013 the founders hired the first team members to start with 'fanfinding and starter support' the core processes of Live on Demand. The first 15 locations in Amsterdam were selected as preferred venues.
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October, 2013
Our first event. Inspired by his TedX speeches, Roos invited Rory Sutherland. After 10 days of crowdfunding she succeeded in finding enough fans to book her favorite speaker to a stage nearby. 150 people joined - Read more
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October, 2013
On a rainy Sunday afternoon singer songwriter Mr. A Balladeer did a living room concert in Alkmaar for 30 fans crowdfunded by Nancy. In the living room of another fan who Nancy had never met before - Read more
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November, 2013
Anne, a mom concerned about her children having to take to much testing in school, gathered over 500 parents and teachers in her campaign. Together they crowdfunded Alfie Kohn, America's most well known critic of the classical education system. It was the first time in 15 years he lectured outside the US - Read more
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March, 2014
Sundays is a very ambitious and intelligent SF movie. Director Mischa Rozema had this project funded by the crowd at Kickstarter. In style of the master, a fan named Martijn crowdfunded 50 fans for a two-hour lecture about the making of “Sundays" including exclusive new footage - Read more
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April, 2014
Starter Jacqueline gathered 85 fans to crowdfund Edial Dekker, founder of Gidsy, to open Appril festival. Edial shared his thoughts on launching apps and building a startup. Not after Jacqueline, Edial and the community enjoyed drinks and dinner. Read more
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June, 2014
Nearly 400 fans gathered for Ricardo Semler’s vision on corporate democracy - “The key to management is to get rid of managers". Starter Herman and the first 40 fans that joined the crowdfunding campaign had a personal meet & greet with Ricardo - Read more
