January 10, 2013 @ 8:25 pm By John Biggs, TechCrunch  |  

Slava Rubin knows a thing or two about crowdfunding. Founded in 2008, his company, IndieGogo is a major funding powerhouse, bringing together such disparate projects like the Misfit Shine and The Oatmeal’s anti-troll lawyer fundraiser. Slava told us that IndieGogo essentially tears down the gatekeepers. Whereas many great projects would languish in the minds of their creators, services like IndieGogo… Read More

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November 26, 2012 @ 6:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In the spirit of Cyber Monday, here are 10 crowdfunding campaigns that you can contribute to now to support innovative new products. Puzzlebox Orbit: Brain-Controlled Helicopter A toy helicopter you can control with your mind?  A toy helicopter you can control with your mind!  The Puzzlebox Orbit can be controlled from your smartphone, or you can… Read More

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November 15, 2012 @ 5:24 am By JD Alois  |  

  As reported in MobiHealthNews, the Shine activity tracker was launched on Indiegogo as opposed to Kickstarter which does not allow medical products. Misfit had planned on launching the product through the better known crowdfunding site Kickstarter, but like many others working in digital health, the startup found Kickstarter to be unreceptive. “Kickstarter prohibits all… Read More

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