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Tom Konkle is a busy man. At the moment he’s directing and starring in a feature film, a noir love story “Trouble is My Business.” When not working on a set somewhere, he’s a partner with two production companies, Lumen Actus and Pith-e Productions.

He and Dave Beeler produced the award-winning and innovative 3D web series “Safety Geeks:SVI” a comedic spoof of the CSI procedurals has gained a worldwide following and acclaim. Unfortunately, along with popularity came massive piracy.

I first read about Tom’s battle with piracy on Facebook when a friend shared this post lamenting the impact piracy has had on their bottom line.

I reached out and was fortunate to be able to spend some time talking with him about finding a niche as a successful indie producer, producing content for the web and new media, “smart budget, low budget” moviemaking, and how indie artists might survive and flourish amid a brave new online media world where it’s open season on creative content. Here’s my interview with Tom:

Here’s a promo clip for Safety Geeks (2D version)

Crowd-source funding via sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo is all the rage these days for those seeking funds to finance their creative projects. But is it as easy it seems to raise money? Forbes contributor Suw Charman-Anderson examines a new report from professors at the Wharton School of Business that examines Kickstarter’s winners and losers.

They say that you learn more from failure than from success, and that’s as true for Kickstarter as anything else. With the shiny, exciting and record-breaking projects getting most of the attention, it can be easy to forget that 56 percent of Kickstarter projects fail to reach their funding goal.

You can read her full story here: Secrets Of Success Hidden In Kickstarter’s Numbers