Tagged: nikola tesla

September 26, 2014 @ 9:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in 2012, The Oatmeal launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for the Nikola Tesla Museum with a funding goal of $850,000. By the end of its run, the project hit close to $1.4 million from over 33,000 backers. Two years later, the famed website has… Read More

July 14, 2014 @ 8:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday (July 10), Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk announced another $1 million for creating a museum honoring the father of the electrical age. He joins the contributors from more than 86 countries who supported the initial campaign on Indiegogo. The donation from Musk was made on… Read More

December 14, 2013 @ 12:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

A Statue of iconic scientist Nikola Tesla was crowdfunding on Kickstarter this past summer.  The campaign closed having raised $127,260 on a goal of $123,000 with support from 722 backers. Tesla was a visionary inventor who made countless discoveries and made significant contributions to AC… Read More

September 20, 2013 @ 10:47 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Imagine a world in which the great inventors of our day were forced to seek funding from venture capitalists and angel groups. Would Edison, Tesla, Ford and others have been successful in just such a climate? Northern Imagination would likely answer no. The YouTube user… Read More