Kickstarter is NOT an investment platform. That's actually against the law in the USA [1].<p>Kickstarter is a DONATION platform.<p>There is a huge difference between the two and people often confuse what Kickstarter really is (and is obligated to do).<p>[1] <a href="http://www.sec.gov/answers/rule506.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.sec.gov/answers/rule506.htm</a>
My co-founder and I at Lumi ran two successful Kickstarter projects and have been mentoring people on the platform. We turned our workshops into a Skillshare class that contains lots of good material + interviews with other project creators. <a href="http://skl.sh/111uQaJ" rel="nofollow">http://skl.sh/111uQaJ</a><p>If you want to get a flavor for the course we're doing a live Google Hangout tonight at 6:30PM PDT, that you're welcome to join in on: <a href="https://plus.google.com/events/c1e21ts81gf4gdchcivs7ld8jec" rel="nofollow">https://plus.google.com/events/c1e21ts81gf4gdchcivs7ld8jec</a>
Kickstarter is pretty amazing. My brother's company has had huge success and are only 7 days into their campaign (they got their initial funding in 3 hours) but they have a long time customer base and a lot of pent up demand as they are using Kickstarter to fund a less expensive version of the product they have been selling for years.<p><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dwarvenforge/dwarven-forges-game-tiles-revolutionary-miniature" rel="nofollow">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dwarvenforge/dwarven-for...</a>
Thanks for reading the interview. The project from the interview is our MVP of a hardware product as software developers.<p>Edit: direct link to Thermodo Kickstarter campaign <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robocat/thermodo-the-tiny-thermometer-for-mobile-devices" rel="nofollow">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robocat/thermodo-the-tin...</a>
if anyone is launching a project, then check out our bootstrapped service at <a href="https://teelaunch.com" rel="nofollow">https://teelaunch.com</a> -- good luck