Tagged: kickstarter

April 29, 2013 @ 8:20 am By The New York Times  |  

Around 10 p.m. on a recent Friday night, roughly 500 people at the Dog and Duck Pub in Austin gathered around a man holding an iPad. The man was Rob Thomas, the creator of the cult-hit television series “Veronica Mars,” and he was staring at… Read More

April 29, 2013 @ 7:38 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Zach Braff has raised more than $2 million on Kickstarter. Veronica Mars netted over $5.7 million. These two campaigns have gone a long way in sparking a debate on whether campaigns such as these align with the core mission of rewards-based crowdfunding, and in particular… Read More

April 28, 2013 @ 11:11 am By The Gazette  |  

Alexander Steele still has no idea who gave him $2,000 to help launch his business of hand-crafting guitars and ukuleles. Using the website Kickstarter.com, Steele needed only a month to raise $15,000. That was enough for him to quit his job so he could build… Read More

April 28, 2013 @ 10:07 am By Miamia Herald  |  

Like most entrepreneurs, Lester Mapp is a busy man and if you’ve ever heard of an iPhone bumper made of material used in the aerospace industry, you know why. Mapp, of Aventura, developed the AL13, a bumper case for iPhone 5 and 4/4S. “I got… Read More

April 28, 2013 @ 8:31 am By JD Alois  |  

With 26 days left to go on his Kickstarter crowdfunfunding campaign, Zach Braff’s film project “Wish I Was Here” surpassed their crowdfunding goal.  The original target was to raise $2Million and as of this morning the total stands at well over $2.1 Million supported by… Read More

April 27, 2013 @ 6:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter has been invited to particpate in the Ideas City StreetFest.  And what exactly is IDEAS CITY? IDEAS CITY explores the future of cities around the globe with the belief that arts and culture are essential to the vitality of urban centers, making them better… Read More

April 27, 2013 @ 4:20 am By The Augusta Chronicle  |  

What started out as a kitchen project for Amanda Nicolet quickly turned into a budding business venture for the soon-to-be mother of three. In an effort to satisfy her husband’s affinity for hot, salty foods, Nicolet began experimenting in the kitchen about three weeks ago,… Read More

April 26, 2013 @ 9:36 am By Charles Luzar  |  

My Netflix viewing history would tell you I’m a documentary nut. Color me excited, because this Kickstarter campaign aims to create a documentary about Aaron Swartz’s life and death and it looks fantastic. The video above is 10 minutes long, but the last 7 or… Read More

April 26, 2013 @ 7:06 am By Worthplaying  |  

After a failed Kickstarter campaign earlier this year, Ambient Studios decided to try out fan funding on its own by offering its god/strategy/action game through pre-purchase ( $10), but apparently did not manage to secure enough funding to keep the project/studio alive. Hi all, It’s time for a sad… Read More

April 26, 2013 @ 7:01 am By Time Business  |  

Crowdfunding used to be a last resort for projects that couldn’t raise money any other way. But in the movie business over the past year, a growing number of accomplished directors, producers and screenwriters have turned to the masses to avoid the hassle of dealing… Read More

April 26, 2013 @ 6:58 am By PolicyMic  |  

Last year, I wrote a pretty controversial piece about Matter, a long-form science journalism web site with little inkling of a business model that managed to raise $140,000 on Kickstarter from 2,566 people who apparently have far bigger hearts and more optimism about the future of journalism than I do…. Read More

April 25, 2013 @ 7:23 am By International Business Times  |  

“Veronica Mars” has unleashed a beast. Following Rob Thomas and Kristen Bell’s massively successful Kickstarter campaign, which raised $5.7 million on a $2 million goal to fund a movie version of their CW television show, Zach Braff is the latest A-lister to dip his toes into… Read More

April 24, 2013 @ 11:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

MERCS Miniatures in Indianapolis, Indiana has a lot to celebrate as the campaign for their new board game ends. The campaign for “MYTH” is set to finish at over $900,000 of funding, completely destroying their original goal of $40,000. UPDATE: The final tally was $924,876… Read More

April 24, 2013 @ 10:02 am By Charles Luzar  |  

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April 24, 2013 @ 8:36 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Zach Braff is perhaps most famous for his prominent role on the hit TV show “Scrubs,” but he also wrote and directed “Garden State.” The 2004 movie which also featured Natalie Portman won various awards, including a Grammy for best soundtrack. It is now a… Read More

April 24, 2013 @ 8:07 am By TechCrunch  |  

Kickstarter might be better known for funding films and hardware projects, but it’s now getting its first synthetic biology proposal. A Singularity University alum, a Stanford post-doc and a Stanford Ph.D. are looking to use synthetic biology and software from startup Genome Compiler to creatingplants that… Read More

April 24, 2013 @ 8:00 am By PandoDaily  |  

Building a hardware company, or even releasing a single product, takes more than a successful Kickstarter project. While the crowdfunding service allows inventors to raise capital and awareness for their product concept, it’s really only the first step on the long path from ideation to completion. And, given Kickstarter’s insistence that… Read More

April 22, 2013 @ 8:27 am By Huffington Post  |  

If you’re doing it right, it’s the toughest job you’ll ever take on. You’ll feel anxious, elated, irritated, grateful, frustrated, righteous and exhausted. You’ll spend double shifts at the computer, Facebooking, Tweeting, sending out news releases and answering backer’s queries. There will be hair pulling,… Read More

April 22, 2013 @ 8:09 am By Complex.com  |  

Everyone has ideas, but not everyone has the money to make them reality. Sure you can ask your parents for extra cash, but that’s only going to take you so far—unless your parents are really rich. You can also chase down high-roller investors for seed… Read More

April 22, 2013 @ 7:37 am By Mashable  |  

Film projects on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter have raised $127 million in pledges since April 2009, Kickstarter’s Stephanie Pereira announced onstage at TFI Interactive. The $127 million figure has now increased to $128 million on Kickstarter’s live stats page. More than 1 million people have pledged money to help… Read More