Building a Business
This ‘Home Disaster Alert System’ Is Catching Fire on Kickstarter
The Dome Alert promises to detect flooding and freezing conditions along with carbon monoxide and fire threats.
By Laura Entis
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Tech
If You’re Patient, You Can Now Pre-Order the Oculus Rift for $599
Consumers who backed the original Kickstarter campaign will get the headset for free, Facebook-owned company announced.
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
This Hipster Hoodie That Hides a Pillow Is a Sleeper Hit on Kickstarter
Hypnos's inflatable sweatshirt is a napper's dream -- if you're cool with snoozing in public, that is.
Building a Business
Why Motormood Cancelled Its Kickstarter Campaign Days Before Reaching Its $130,000 Goal
As donations poured in, so did alternative offers, which forced the car gadget startup to completely rethink its launch strategy.
By Geoff Weiss
Building a Business
Last Year, Reading Rainbow Raised $5.4 Million on Kickstarter. Then, the Real Work Began.
With a record 105,000 backers, the crowdfunding campaign presented logistical challenges, but appears to have made good on its commitments.
Business Funding
Kickstarter Hires Journalist to Investigate Campaign That Failed to Deliver to Backers
The Zano crowdfunding campaign raised $3.6 million to make mini drones that take pictures and video. Some drones were delivered, but overwhelmingly, backers did not get the rewards they expected.
Building a Business
Former Senior Advisor to President Obama Joins GoFundMe
Longtime White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer will serve as the popular crowdfunding platform's VP of communications and policy.
Building a Business
Nearly 1 in 10 Kickstarter Projects Fails to Deliver Rewards
The crowdfunding platform commissioned a University of Pennsylvania professor to do an analysis of the fulfillment rates of funded campaigns on the platform.
Building a Business
The Inventors of This Travel Jacket Set Out to Raise $20,000 With Crowdfunding and Ended Up Raising More Than $10 Million. Here’s What Happened Next.
This is what it looks like to get 80,000 jackets sourced and manufactured in six months. Hint: It's one long, intense hustle.
Building a Business
This Shaving Strop Makes Razors Last Longer
A part-time singer's company provides a stylish way to save money
Building a Business
12 Cool Products Seeking Funding on Kickstarter
Some of the most innovative productivity tools are being launched through crowdfunding campaigns. Here are some I'm excited for.
By Peter Gasca
Building a Business
How Much Does a Person Typically Donate to a Kickstarter Campaign? Here’s Your Answer.
The crowdfunding giant, which has seen more than $2 billion in donations to projects on its platform, released a slew of data about user activity.
Building a Business
A Benefit Corporation Can Have a Positive Impact on the World — and Still Make a Profit
Consider these five factors if you're interested in reincorporating to help social and environmental causes while maintaining your bottom line.
By Gene Bulmash
Online Presence
This 5-Year-Old Photographer With 160,000 Instagram Followers Just Kickstarted His Own Book
His name is Hawkeye.
By Geoff Weiss
Building a Business
This Luxe Kitchen Knife Just Raised $1 Million on Kickstarter
With only hours to go, the Misen blade is cutting its way to crowdfunding success.
Building a Business
Indiegogo Makes a Push to Court Nonprofits
Nonprofits can now raise money on the crowdfunding platform without paying the typical 5 percent service fee.
Building a Business
Ladies: This ‘Smart’ Menstrual Product Texts You From Down There
Loon Labs's Looncup, crushing it on Kickstarter now, takes the fear of accidents out of your monthly cycle.
Building a Business
This High-Tech Startup Is Using Science to Hack the Dress Shirt
Ministry of Supply is reengineering fabric to create higher performance clothing for the workplace.
By Laura Entis
Thought Leaders
How This Beer Growler Went From Concept to Market
GrowlerWerks promises craft beer to-go with carbonated staying power.
Building a Business
This Bladeless Razor Has Raised More Than $2 Million On Kickstarter
The Skarp razor cuts hair with a little laser.
Building a Business
Pebble Skips Kickstarter in Search of Bigger Pond
Pebble's first two products were blockbuster hits on Kickstarter. But with its latest product, the smartwatch maker is bypassing crowdfunding altogether.
Building a Business
Kickstarter CEO: Why We’re a Benefits Corporation, Not a Nonprofit
Yancey Strickler explains why the for-profit model works for his mission-driven crowdfunding platform.
Building a Business
Kickstarter Boldly Locks Its Mission Into Its Legal Framework
The Brooklyn, N.Y.-based crowdfunding platform announced that it is now a public benefit corporation.
Tech
This Spry Underwater Drone Is Speed Swimming to Success on Kickstarter
Ahoy, ocean adventure for all. Meet OpenROV Trident, the sea spelunking hobby bot of your Jacques Cousteau dreams.
Building a Business
Why Kickstarter and Indiegogo Won’t Go Into Equity Crowdfunding
The types of investors who put money into reward-based crowdfunders aren't the ones who will buy shares through equity crowdfunding – at least not at first.
By Scott Shane
Building a Business
How the Global Stock Market Selloff Will Affect Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding seems like it's sheltered from Wall Street's bulls and bears, but it's not.
Building a Business
This New Comic Book Teaches Entrepreneurship to Kids as Young as 8
Life doesn't come with an instruction manual, but now aspiring entrepreneurs have a comic book to draw from.
By Carly Okyle