Kickstarter is essentially a form of prepayment triage: if enough people want to pay for your product in advance, you get the money to make the product. Crowdf

Kickstarter is essentially a form of prepayment triage: if enough people want to pay for your product in advance, you get the money to make the product. Crowdfunding is simply cash for equity. The investor is not getting a product, so the Kickstarter model does not work.