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Regroup Nation is a personal-development resource offering a book, podcast and guidance on overcoming setbacks and staying motivated.
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Regroup Nation is a personal-development brand that publishes educational resources aimed at helping individuals persist through setbacks and pursue their goals. Its website organizes material around themes including managing the stress of daily setbacks and obstacles, moving past setbacks, neutralizing discouragement from naysayers and critics, staying motivated over the course of pursuing a goal, creating additional life options for greater day-to-day fulfillment, and deciding when and how to quit in order to move on to something else.
The site's offerings center on a book, promoted for purchase through Amazon and through an independent-bookstore option, with a sample chapter made available to readers and pre-sale promotional pricing advertised through April 17. Additional content includes a gallery of inspirational quotes and a podcast section; the podcast listings on the site consist of placeholder episode posts dated March 2017.
Business model
Content and media products aimed at individual consumers, with a book sold through Amazon and independent retail channels alongside free web resources and a podcast.
Book sales through third-party retailers, including Amazon and an independent purchase option, with promotional pre-sale pricing advertised on the company site.
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Go-to-market
Direct-to-consumer distribution via a website that funnels visitors to book retailers, supported by free educational topic pages, inspirational quote content and a podcast.
Individuals seeking self-improvement guidance on handling setbacks, stress, criticism and motivation while working toward personal goals.
Compiled by commissioned research from 9 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 34
launches, deals, and filingsWorkers ended the strike after 42 days, securing codification of the four-day workweek, salary floor increases based on cost of living, and protections against replacement of workers with generative AI.
Kickstarter United went on strike while bargaining to maintain the four-day workweek and raise wages for the lowest paid workers.
The union struck while bargaining over maintaining the four-day workweek and raising wages for the lowest-paid workers.
Kickstarter announced it would move its platform to blockchain, aiming to make crowdfunding site tooling available to anyone. Reporting cited by commentary said the plan called for shifting the platform onto the Celo blockchain to operate as an open-source protocol; no section of the platform was ever converted and the announcement alienated users and damaged the company's reputation.
Kickstarter announced it would move its platform to blockchain with the aim of making crowdfunding tools available to anyone; the plan drew user backlash, no part of the platform was converted, and executives stopped discussing it within months.
A reported $100 million transaction led by a16z crypto with a handful of other smaller investors was structured as a tender offer, with proceeds going to existing shareholders including employees rather than to the company; it accompanied Kickstarter's plan to pivot to Web3.
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Kickstarter said layoffs were likely as active projects were about 35% below the prior year with no clear sign of rebound; the union reported the layoffs would affect up to 45% of employees and negotiated four months of severance, up to six months of continued health benefits, one-year recall rights and release from noncompete agreements.
Kickstarter announced likely layoffs, citing active projects running about 35% below the prior year. The union reported the layoff would affect up to 45% of employees and negotiated severance of four months' pay, up to six months of continued health benefits, one-year recall rights and release from noncompete agreements.
The company's site lists podcast episode posts dated March 5, 2017, shown as placeholder entries for episodes 1 through 3.
Kickstarter acquired Huzza, the Vancouver-based startup that built its live streaming platform, for an undisclosed price. Huzza shut down its creator-facing platform and its co-founders Justin Womersley and Nick Smit joined Kickstarter; the Vancouver office became Kickstarter's first hub outside the United States.
Kickstarter acquired Huzza, the Vancouver-based creator-events startup that built its live streaming platform, for an undisclosed price. Huzza shut down its creator-facing platform and its co-founders Justin Womersley and Nick Smit joined Kickstarter; the Vancouver office became Kickstarter's first hub outside the United States.
Kickstarter launched Kickstarter Live, a feature letting users raise money in real time via live streams, built with Huzza.
Kickstarter announced Kickstarter Live, a feature letting users raise money in real time via live streams; the broadcasting platform was built with startup Huzza.
The company moved from 155 Rivington Street in Manhattan to 58 Kent Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Kickstarter released an iOS app for the iPhone aimed at users who create and back projects, its first official mobile presence.
The company released its first official mobile app, an iOS application for creating and backing projects.
Kickstarter began accepting projects based in the United Kingdom.
Kickstarter launched as a crowdfunding platform founded by Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler and Charles Adler.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 9
primary sources listed
- Home - Regroup Nationregroupnation.com · web
- Total amount of funding pledged on Kickstarter 2012-2025statista.com · web
9 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Kickstarter do?
- Regroup Nation is a personal-development resource offering a book, podcast and guidance on overcoming setbacks and staying motivated.
- Who are Kickstarter's investors?
- Kickstarter's investors include Betaworks, Collaborative Fund, Flori Ventures, GMG Ventures, Mercuri.vc, Seven Seven Six, Union Square Ventures (USV), Yes VC and 2 more.