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Kickstarter

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Every week, tens of thousands of people pledge millions of dollars to projects from the worlds of music, film, art, technology, design, games, fashion, food, publishing, and other creative fields. Since its launch on April 28th, 2009, more than one and a quarter million people have pledged $130 million to projects by creators who always maintain full ownership and complete creative control of their work.

Milestones

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  Kickstarter added Joi Ito as Investor.
  Posted 1/29/12 at 12:27am
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  Kickstarter added Fred Wilson as Board of Directors. (11/1/09)
  Posted 1/13/12 at 1:13pm
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  Kickstarter added Charles Adler as Co-founder. (3/1/06)
  Posted 1/13/12 at 1:13pm
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  Kickstarter added Andrew Cornett as Designer. (2/1/10)
  Posted 7/26/11 at 11:54am
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  Kickstarter added Yancey Strickler as Co-founder. (11/1/05)
  Posted 5/10/11 at 4:36pm
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  Kickstarter added Peter Hershberg as Investor.
  Posted 3/27/11 at 4:35am
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  Kickstarter added Joshua Stylman as Investor.
  Posted 3/20/11 at 7:59pm
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  Kickstarter added Sunny Bates as Board of Directors. (11/1/08)
  Posted 11/15/10 at 7:47pm
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  Kickstarter added Perry Chen as Co-founder and CEO. (1/1/02)
  Posted 11/15/10 at 7:47pm
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  Kickstarter added Lance Ivy as Lead Developer. (11/1/08)
  Posted 7/3/10 at 7:34pm
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  Kickstarter received $10M in Unattributed funding. (3/18/11)
  Posted 3/18/11 at 3:04am via allthingsd.com
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  Kickstarter — Kickstarter, Two Years And 20,000 Projects Later: $53 Million Pledged, $40 Million Collected (4/28/11)
  Posted 4/28/11 at 7:17pm via techcrunch.com
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  Kickstarter — The iPod Nano Watch Raises $941,718 On Kickstarter. (12/17/10)
  Posted 12/23/10 at 7:38pm via businessinsider.com

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Screenshots

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Above: Kickstarter Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 7/25/11

Above: Kickstarter Screenshot -- #2
Uploaded: 7/25/11

Products

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dripbusters.com

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Sources

1. Kickstarter Fesses Up: The Crowd-Sourced Funding Startup Has Funding Too (mediamemo.allthingsd.com) [edit]
2. The iPod Nano Watch Raises $941,718 On Kickstarter (businessinsider.com) [edit]
3. Kickstarter, Two Years And 20,000 Projects Later: $53 Million Pledged, $40 Million Collected (techcrunch.com) [edit]