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Oct. 19, 2012
How One Guy Raised $1.3 Million for a Tesla Museum
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Matthew Inman, creator of the humor site The Oatmeal, led an online drive that raised over $1 million for a new museum to honor the inventor Nikola Tesla. Inman discusses how to build a successful crowdfunding campaign, and why Tesla is the greatest geek who ever lived.
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Produced by Denise Chow, Associate Producer
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Matthew Inman
Creator, "The Oatmeal"
Seattle, Washington
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