The Observer offers an interesting article on Internet success Scott Wilson, who used an appeal on Kickstarter to make half a million dollars turning iPod Nanos into watches. The Chicago designer requested $15,000 on Kickstarter to build watches out of iPod Nanos and ended up raising more than $500,000.
His design firm, MINIMAL, has done quite a lot of work related to Kinect Sensor, Dell's Venue Pro Smartphone, and a line of furniture for Coalesse. Wilson did not need to take money from Kickstarter to build these dream watches, but he did it because he wanted to take a chance on something. He ended up taking a chance on Kickstarter and his design ideas in all actuality - and both proved to be sure bets. Read More
Source: http://gamepolitics.com/2010/12/06/kickstarter-success-story-scott-wilson
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