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A lot of the very recent, surprising successes in hardware (Oculus, Pebble) were crowdfunded (specifically for those, Kickstarted). I would go as far to say tha
by npkarnik 12y ago
A lot of the very recent, surprising successes in hardware (Oculus, Pebble) were crowdfunded (specifically for those, Kickstarted). I would go as far to say that using a premier crowdfunding platform to test the market may be the best, lowest risk way to validate a hardware idea. Or at least crowdfunding lowers the barrier for hardware success from "damn near impossible" to "really really hard."
- zmitri 12y agoExactly correct. Side note for companies like Indiegogo, success at attracting device makers to use their platform is key to their growth. At CES alone they have something like 14 booths.