But Tim Ferriss, author of "The 4-Hour Workweek", and Mike Del Ponte, co-founder of a new consumer product called Soma, recently blogged about Mike’s very successful Kickstarter campaign that raised nearly $150,000 and concluded on January 11.
Programs like Kickstarter will democratize the development of mobile hardware, much like the app economy has democratized mobile software. Facebook's Graph Search is just one example of the many impactful things we can expect in fast moving tech...
Kickstarter Kickstarter recently published some compelling data and stories that illustrate the power of crowdfunding. In 2012 on Kickstarter’s platform alone – 2,241,475 people pledged a total of $319,786,629.00 to successfully fund 18,109 projects.
Crowdfunding sites like CircleUp, Indiegogo and Kickstarter are a form of social media geared toward fundraising. And a crowdfunding campaign landing page, in simple terms, is a low cost content management and e-commerce system.
In particular, Steve’s first Kickstarter initiative, "Don't Spit the Water", was a crowdfunding success and the results appeared on local TV months before Steve appeared on Shark Tank. Some tasks are easier to do than others when running a...
Next, he appeared on ABC Shark Tank in May 2012 and set-up a second Kickstarter campaign - with months of preparation behind him - to be in sync with his Shark Tank appearance. Then, his initiative moved to the first Kickstarter campaign in...
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