KickRevolutionizing the

Materialization of Ideas

STARTERBy: ShawnNicholson

@shnicholson

how does an idea BankAngel Investors

Personal Savings

Family/Friends

KickSTARTER

Then came along

get fundedand become a reality

Prior to 2009

A CrowfundingPlatform

on average bringing4 out of 10 projects to

life

* 43.44% success rate

$5,702,153

Veron i ca marsmovi e

* USD as of June 6, 2014 * as of June 6, 2014

1,152,235,008 Pledged in total

$3,530,965* 34,000,000 Pledged to Live ProjectsBri n g back

Readi n g Rai n bow $1 0,266,845

63,104

PebbleSmartwatch

ideas funded

Success Stories

With KICKSTARTER

social media is the catalyst forsuccess

more Facebook friends =higher chances of success

10001000 Facebook

friends increases thechances of success

to 40% Inc.com

keeping money in the hands of theinnnovators

Allowing average consumers tobecome the financiers

not big banks

the creative possibilities are endless

Kickstarter isn’t just another channel to sell your new product –it is essentially a new way to sell products to digital communities

in a more socially connected, conscious and responsible way.

- Asif Zahir, Ananta Group

KICKSTARTER is a revolutionin progress

BringingCreativity to Life

Sources:http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1978854c-d4b5-11e3-bf4e-00144feabdc0.html#slide0

http://smartblogs.com/social-media/2013/05/03/what-successful-kickstarter-campaigns-have-in-common/

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/editorials/9403-How-Kickstarter-Will-Change-the-World

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/02/13/on-kickstarter-two-projects-pass-the-1-million-mark-in-a-single-day/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/suwcharmananderson/2012/07/17/secrets-of-success-hidden-in-kickstarters-numbers/

http://blog.hbs.edu/dighbs/kickstarter-and-the-future-of-creatively/

http://www.inc.com/jillian-donfro/kickstarter-project-analysis-how-to-raise-money-successfully.html

Project images sourced from respective Kickstarter pages

Statistics current as of June 6, 2014: https://www.kickstarter.com/help/stats

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