For one, Quest did not have contracts already in place before he went on Kickstarter–a novice mistake. Once the Hanfree was funded, Quest says, he began contracting with accessories manufacturers in China, Singapore, and Los Angeles. But because those manufacturers were able to see precisely ...
When running through an airport, your luggage becomes a burden for you. A new ride-on suitcase called the Airwheel, currently seeking funding on Kickstarter, can let your luggage carry you around for a change. Companies like Trunki have been making ride-on suitcases for kids for years, and...
Tales from the Interface 1 won 3rd place in Bleeding Cool’s Top Independent comic of 2017 and Book 3 was nominated for best comic book in Sequential Magazine 2021 Awards. Book details 6×9” 48 pages of comics Full Colour Perfect bound Kickstarter campaign link https://www.kickstarter.com...
piano moving and tuning, guest artist fees and expenses, engineering and editing costs, and production of the master). She didn’t feel comfortable mounting a Kickstarter campaign and chose instead to tap into her network of friends and supporters who had come to her concerts over the...
Wearable company Jawbone was once valued at more than $3B. However, intense competition in the wearables market and a protracted legal battle with dominant incumbent FitBit resulted in considerable financial losses that ultimately sank the company. Jawbone, which was founded as AliphCom in 1999, ...
Phillips also founded the Phillips Screw Company in Oregon in 1933, but never actually made screws. He had called on every established screw manufacturer in the US and was told simply that the screw could not be made. Screw makers of the 1930s dismissed the Phillips concept since it calls ...
Founded by Steve Wallace and his brothers Frank and Jimmy around 1915, the Gustin gang was at first given the nickname the "Tailboard Thieves," their specialty being hijacking delivery trucks at in- tersections. Frank soon proved to be the "brains" of the opera- tion, and with Steve ...
' goes from being the cute exercise it once was to the thing that keeps us up at night. Why? 04:08 See, while this question inspires kids to dream about what they could be, it does not inspire them to dream aboutall that they could be. In fact, it does just the opposite, ...
Founded in 1921. Only 61 million in cash, and 600 million in debt. Things are so bad, I can’t think of a way their business will turn around. I did hear a Motley Fool analyst mention that RadioShack basically selling Kickstarter-like projects, inventions from individuals, might work. ...
That pitch won over enough people who were willing to pay $350 on Kickstarter, despite there being no previous smartphone launches under the company’s name. The phone began shipping to backers in February, and is now available for $400 on the company’s site. The startup added another $...