10/19/2012

How One Guy Raised $1.3 Million for a Tesla Museum

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.

Images courtesy of The Oatmeal
Read more of Tesla’s story at The Oatmeal

Segment Guests

Matthew Inman

Matthew Inman is the creator of The Oatmeal. He is based in Seattle, Washington.

Meet the Producer

About Denise Chow

Denise Chow is a sci-tech editor at Live Science and a former associate producer for Science Friday.