Help Launch Adventures in Disruption
This summer I’ll launch a Kickstarter campaign to raise $15,000 to publish Adventures in Disruption — you can pledge now to support the campaign so we can start strong on day 1! Pledge now and I’ll email you on the first day of the Kickstarter so you can make it official.
Hi there! My name’s Sam Aquillano, I’m the founder of Design Museum Everywhere, a really unique, nomadic museum about the transformative power of design. I started the Design Museum 13 years ago with my best friend, Derek Cascio; my friend, and Derek’s wife Jenna Cascio; my brother Steve; and an incredible group of designers and supporters. And I’m writing a book about our journey, it’s called Adventures in Disruption, How to Start, Survive, and Succeed as a Creative Entrepreneur.
This book is the story of how we launched and built our creative startup, coupled with all sorts of advice for starting your own venture.
The original volunteer crew at the Design Museum Boston launch party in March 2010 (including my mom Wendy, Derek & Jenna Cascio, my wife Nicole, and my brother Steve took this photo.)
Over the course of building this business, we redefined what it means to be a museum in the 21st century. We disrupted the entire notion of what a museum even is. Instead of a physical building, we built a global community of design thinkers and changemakers. And it was the ultimate adventure in creative entrepreneurship. Over the years I’ve shared parts of our founding story, but never the full story — there is so much to share from this journey.
In the book I share the real story — not a glossy, spruced up startup mythology, where I’m some sort of magical hero — I share the good, the bad, and the ugly — but most importantly I share how a group of people came together to make this vision a reality.
Creative entrepreneurship is the pursuit of launching and growing not just new businesses, but new kinds of businesses. It’s not easy and there’s no step-by-step process, but this book can serve as a guide for your startup adventure.
In this book you will…
I need your help.
I’m taking an entrepreneurial approach with this book and self-publishing Adventures in Disruption — and I need your help to make this book come to life. There are two ways you can help:
Enjoy Adventures in Disruption on your digital device/e-reader. Perk delivered via hyperlink. Plus an invite to the virtual book launch event.
Estimated Delivery: October 2023
Enjoy Adventures in Disruption via audio. Reward delivered via hyperlink. Plus an invite to the virtual book launch event.
Estimated Delivery: October 2023
The real deal — Adventures in Disruption print/paperback, mailed to your door. Plus an invite to the virtual book launch event.
Estimated Delivery: October 2023
Adventures in Disruption print book signed by the author, mailed to your door. Plus an invite to the virtual book launch event.
Estimated Delivery: October 2023
Give a gift! Two Adventures in Disruption print books signed by the author, mailed to your door. Plus invites to the virtual book launch event.
Estimated Delivery: October 2023
Support independent publishing! Book patrons are listed in the end-of-book credits as a thank you and recognition of your support. Includes:
Estimated Delivery: October 2023
Support independent publishing! Your name listed in the end-of-book credits plus a special mention written by the author in the acknowledgements section. Includes:
Estimated Delivery: October 2023
Book a private virtual author talk, or a bigger virtual talk for your book club, school, company, or organization. Includes:
Estimated Delivery: October 2023