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So by putting your own label on something that everyone knows is a "Big Thing" (kickstarter) you hope to create a self-fulfilling prophesy that it will become a

by weego 14y ago

So by putting your own label on something that everyone knows is a "Big Thing" (kickstarter) you hope to create a self-fulfilling prophesy that it will become a buzzword, which you can then use to crow about how you predicted it, possibly even fuelling some speaking engagements. Vacuous blog syndication at it's finest.

minikomi 14y ago
Total buzzdibbing.
fookyong 14y ago
To me, Kickstarter is just one example (or execution) of pre-commerce. I think there was a post on techcrunch recently about this too: Kickstarter is just scratching the surface. Vertical integration is the next step (think Quirky.com) that more startups will/should try.