GigaomThe 4 fatal flaws of failed Kickstarter campaigns
A look at the common failure points for Kickstarter campaigns, why promising startups fail and learn how to avoid these hurdles all together. Read more »
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A look at the common failure points for Kickstarter campaigns, why promising startups fail and learn how to avoid these hurdles all together. Read more »
The “Indienet”, which will apparently be best experienced on a new device called the Indie Phone, is on track to comfortably exceed its crowdfunding goals. But, beyond more private interactions, what… Read more »
Science teachers wanting to teach their students about the changing ways of weather soon could find themselves with an interesting teaching aid. Crowdsourced weather startup BloomSky plans to give away 10,000… Read more »
Ben Thompson started his blog less than two years ago, without a nationally recognized brand name or following, and launched a membership model less than six months ago — but he’s… Read more »
The crowdfunding platform Beacon just announced a partnership with Newsweek magazine to help fund a reporter investigating sexual assaults on college campuses, and despite the criticisms of an earlier partnership with… Read more »
Jill Abramson, former executive editor of the New York Times, is launching a new journalism startup with media entrepreneur Steven Brill that the two say will pay writers $100,000 or more… Read more »
Reddit has launched a crowdfunding platform for its members called Redditmade — another in a series of bets that Reddit has made on the power of its community, something traditional media… Read more »
Whether it’s crowfunding questions or worries about how to get your device online this week’s podcast has you covered with a mix of insights on funding and new frontiers in networks. Read more »
Here’s the highlight reel from the panel session dispensing advice on how to get a hardware project off the ground that closed out Structure Connect 2014. Read more »
Contributors are customers — and other lessons for startups that got their initial funding from the crowd. Read more »