blasdel brings up a great point. we actually did a kickstarter project for our startup @ http://gorankem.com http://gorankem.com in august 2009 when kickstarte

blasdel brings up a great point. we actually did a kickstarter project for our startup @ http://gorankem.com http://gorankem.com in august 2009 when kickstarter was still pretty young themselves. we had no clue how it would turn out so we set our threshold at $1,000 to be raised over 30 days. Before we knew it, we had hit our goal in under a week. unfortunately, it became a lot tougher to justify soliciting donations once our goal had been met. in hindsight, i wish we had set our initial goal higher, but at the same time, the kickstarter search in fall '09 didn't exactly net us any donations outside of our network of supporters. this past summer i helped a great band out of nashville put together a successful $10,000 project so they could get a van to tour the country: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/slowmotioncenterfold/slow-motion-centerfold-needs-a-van?ref=search http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/slowmotioncenterfold/slo... needless to say, i'm a big supporter/believer in the crowdfunding model! -adam p.s. a bit embarrassing to look back at our video/project for Rank 'em (we've come a long way since), but here it is for anybody that's interested: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1003234199/help-us-keep-rank-em-rockin?ref=search http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1003234199/help-us-keep-...