May 17, 2013 @ 10:22 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Pebble has joined Ouya in raising $15 million in venture capital after a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign. In Pebble’s case, the round was led by Charles River Ventures and partner George Zachary. Zachary said this was the largest Series A he has ever participated in. Oh, the irony. Pebble took to Kickstarter after being rejected by… Read More

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May 14, 2013 @ 8:37 am By Charles Luzar  |  

You may remember that we recently did this list on December 31st of last year. In just short of six months we have added 14 more campaigns to the list of Kickstarter raises that have crossed a million dollars. Of note here is the influx of gaming-related campaigns, with video games and tabletop games making… Read More

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May 8, 2013 @ 8:52 am By TechVibes  |  

The rise of sites like Kickstarter, Indiegogo, Rockethub, Fundageek have successfully fueled the project dreams of artists, musicians, engineers and a plethora of other masters-of-the-universe. Got the technology but not the funds to build a neurologically-engaged pillow that comforts the sleeper while providing high intensity dreams of succeeding as emperor? These sites allow the project… Read More

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May 7, 2013 @ 3:44 pm By Mashable  |  

The Pebble smart watch, which was made hugely popular when it raised more than $10 million on Kickstarter last year, can finally display real-time fitness information related to workouts. RunKeeper announced Tuesday an app update for iOS and Android that fully integrates with the Pebble watch, allowing runners to keep track of their activity and providing a detailed… Read More

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May 7, 2013 @ 7:43 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Google, Twitter… Kickstarter? Very few brands will ever reach this important milestone in Internet culture.

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, Featured Headlines, Opinion  |  Tagged google, indiegogo, kickstarter, pebble, tesla, twitter, veronica mars, wish i was here, zach braff

April 20, 2013 @ 2:59 am By ITBusiness  |  

Assessment of the impact of crowdfunding amongst those supplying funds starts with the identification of distinct groupings. Two are useful; individuals supplying their own funds – angels – and organizations using other people’s money – firms. The evidence thus far is that crowdfunding models are not having much impact on firms. However, it is clear… Read More

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April 19, 2013 @ 1:49 pm By ITBusiness.ca  |  

To question the merits of crowdfunding seems a surefire means of being awarded an OC – Order of Curmudgeon. Millions of person hours have been devoted to introduce it to the world and more than a few forests consumed by its advocates. There is clearly some steak, $10 million of prepaid Pebble watches being an… Read More

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April 12, 2013 @ 12:29 am By Guardian.co.uk  |  

Most of us have heard of the Pebble watch, Tesla museum, Amanda Palmer or even the Karen Klein bus monitor campaigns. These crowdfunding hits captured media attention across the world in 2012, and arguably catapulted crowdfunding into the mainstream vernacular. Yet, the true revolution of crowdfunding isn’t happening in our newspapers or on our morning news shows. This revolution is being… Read More

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April 3, 2013 @ 10:35 am By IT World  |  

Back in September, Kickstarter felt the need to post an update stating that “Kickstarter Is Not a Store”. In it, the crowd-funding and project-launching phenomenon laid out a few new rules, clarified its mission a bit, and generally reinforced the key point in the headline: you back projects, you don’t buy goods. I note this here… Read More

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April 2, 2013 @ 10:51 am By Engadget  |  

The power of crowdfunding is that, by aggregating relatively modest donations from what is often hundreds or even thousands of backers, consumers can help artists and inventors turn ideas or concepts into reality. The Pebble smartwatch that set the record for funds raised on Kickstarter was noteworthy for breaking the $10 million barrier. That money, though, came… Read More

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January 23, 2013 @ 10:44 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Pebble watches have started to ship. From the Pebble project page on Kickstarter… Pebble will start shipping today! We’ll be sending out the first batch to the very first backers this afternoon. There are still some kinks and issues that we need to work out, but I’m glad to say we’ve made it this far…. Read More

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January 18, 2013 @ 12:44 pm By Cult of Android  |  

If you’ve pre-ordered a Pebble smartwatch, the first thing you’ll want to do when it arrives is connect it to your smartphone. After all, that’s the whole idea, right? Then you’ll be pleased to know that Pebble’s official apps for Android and iOS will be available before the device arrives on your doorstep. Following its Kickstarter success, Pebble gave its… Read More

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January 10, 2013 @ 8:30 pm By Sarah Lacy, PandoDaily  |  

Kickstarter is a notoriously press-shy company. The founders, admirably, prefer the attention go to the projects fundraising on the site and wisely want to avoid the downside of the hype cycle by not encouraging said hype in the first place. But whether Kickstarter welcomed it or not, it was undeniably one of the biggest press… Read More

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December 27, 2012 @ 3:04 pm By Engadget  |  

This trip around the sun has been a monumental one for crowdfunding, marked by big projects and astronomical numbers. Take Kickstarter wunderkind OUYA, for example, which raised more than $8.5 million in funding from 63,416 backers. Kickstarter itself has even grown and matured, expanding to the UK and putting its foot down when it comes to pitching hardware by… Read More

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December 16, 2012 @ 12:39 pm By Forbes  |  

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Now, even the earliest stage startup can rise to visibility or be forever lost by their first media spotlight, so it behooves us all to know the rules early. Most entrepreneurs I know admit… Read More

Read more in: Strategy  |  Tagged kickstarted, pebble, tactics