Kickerstarter has popped up a couple of times in the last couple months in different podcasts I listen to. Mighty Mur Lafferty of I Should Be Writing Fame used it to raise money to get her Afterlive Series printed and Carl the Mailman from The 3 Non-Joggers Podcast used it to raise funds for his documentary film, One Fall.
Both mentioned it enough to piqué my interest in what else is going on there. I did some standard searches–Lego, Mego, Running, and Runner and saw some interesting stuff. But one project stuck out to me, the Simple Hydration Water Bottle.
Odd shape?
The clever thing is it is designed to slip into your waistband so you don’t have to carry it but don’t need any special belts or straps or anything.
Cool.
Kickstarter is designed for crowd-funding of projects. Individuals chip in $ so a project can be funded and completed. The thing is, the project is only funded if it raises 100% of the money requested. The water bottle has raised $10,610 of $20,000so far with 24 days left. I was informed that 95% of projects that get over the half-way point endd up getting fully funded.
One of the important things about kickstarter projects is designing a sensible reward system for contributors. While every contribution helps, contributing $20 gets one of the bottles. Additional pledges get you other swag like hats and shirts.
I intended to pledge and recommend you look the information over and consider it too.
