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How do companies like this get funding?

5 pointsby naithemilkmanover 14 years ago
Selling a product that doesn't work.

3 comments

DrewVover 14 years ago
They did $35m in sales last year: <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/40842683/CNBC_s_Sports_Product_Of_The_Year_Power_Balance" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnbc.com/id/40842683/CNBC_s_Sports_Product_Of_The...</a><p>Whether you like their product or not, they've created something consumers want to buy.
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junklightover 14 years ago
"magic" devices to make you healthier/perform better/more wonderful have quite a long history of making money so with the right person probably is a great investment and there is a whole world of people investing in this, that and the other outside of the valley.
iwwrover 14 years ago
The same way companies selling "wireless antistatic bracelets" get funding.