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That makes sense. Success and failure of the project have more to do with whether or not if received it's funding target. Plus from KickStarter's perspective avoiding the word failure is better PR.
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I hadn't seen the stats page before. Pretty cool.

I would think when it's a project funded by your existing community, you'd already need a sizable community. Still it's a nice way to start a grow...

I used to make games and apps for iPhone/ iPad and the marketing group I was in had several members who used Kickstarter to fund their projects. It was very well received in the game creation and...

As I was reading your post more the issues you mentioned were sounding very familiar. I want to say I read an article in a magazine (maybe Fast Company) a few months back talking about all of this. I...

Interesting. I vaguely remember hearing about that. I do see good and bad. I'm sure we'll see plenty of scammers looking for funding when they have nothing to fund. At the same time this should help...

What are the changes?

Exactly. I've definitely seen quite a few projects that struck me more as looking for the market research. I've seen people ask for money to write a book or set up some service, where they clearly...

It's also a good way to test the feasibility of your idea. If you can't reach your Kickstarter goal it could be a good indication that there's not enough interest in the idea to sustain it as a...

They're definitely legit projects. They have some really nice projects there too. I see quite a few that I hope they manage to develop into products for sale.

Good idea to reach out with the idea of backing a product to get some information about posting one. I have a hunch they won't answer if they don't want to, but it's worth a try.

I think most...

I do see a link to a contact form at the bottom of the site, but I'm not sure if that will lead to who you'd want to talk to. I also found some guidelines.

Weird. I wonder why. I do know the feeling though. I've applied to other things and was denied by what looked like an automated response. The response would list all the criteria and suggest I should...

Sorry you were denied, but that does speak for how serious KickStarter is about maintaining quality. That's not to suggest what you submitted wasn't quality, but rather they have tough standards to...

Yeah, a lot of the projects I've seen have fallen into two categories. One where the product itself is really interesting. I think in those cases they get a lot of support because people do want to...

It's definitely legitimate. Nice to hear a story of it working for someone you know too. Some of the projects I've seen have been really interesting. There's only been one that struck me as iffy when...

There are some really nice projects on Kickstarter. Chris Coyier of CSS-Tricks recently posted a project to help him build a membership side to his site. He didn't ask for a lot of money. The lowest...

And since they're musicians learning something about how to make a good video is only going to be a nice skill to have. Keep us updated. I'll be looking forward to seeing their video. Hopefully...

Very true. It's not a simple matter of ask and they will give. It also helps if people know who you are in advance and trust that you'll be able to complete your project and that it will turn out...

Musicians would seem to fit well with who Kickstarter wants to attract and who the community supports. It's probably a good idea for your son to give it a try. I think the worst case is his band...

It was a good article, wasn't it?

Hopefully they won't expand to the point where they can't moderate the projects to some degree. I think Kickstarter is a pretty cool idea, though I'll admit to...

Yep. It's not the only project I've followed, but it's one that I've come across on several occasions and been able to see some progress. When I see that progress it makes me think Kickstarter is a...

The site originally started mainly as a way to help fund projects for creative types. I read an article a few months back where I think they mentioned possibly expanding the types of projects though....

The website “Kickstarter” would be classified as a “Crowdfunding” site.

Good way to classify it.


Otherwise nobody is gonna participate.

Kickstarter works by people contributing money...

I've known about it for awhile. It gets talked about quite often in design circles. One of the magazines I regularly read had an article about it a few months back. I can't remember which magazine it...