Solid State Startups - Kickstarters Panel: How KS works in real life
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Several Solid State Members share their experience with using Kickstarter successfully. In this panel, each participant will share what went right, wrong, and unexpected, as well as take questions from the audience.
About the Panel:
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Eric Migicovsky is the founder and lead designer of Allerta, Inc., made famous recently by the Kickstarter runaway success of the Pebble smart watch. Prior to Pebble, Eric had created the InPulse line of watches – user programmable watches with LCD screens that you can wear.
See his Kickstarter project here (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597507018/pebble-e-paper-watch-for-iphone-and-android)
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Brad, Sam and Eddy recently launched and succeeded in raising funds for Brydge - An iPad case which turns your iPad into a laptop.
You can back Brydge here (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/552506690/brydge-ipad-do-more) till June 4th
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Benjamin Wong is founder of Custom SLR (http://www.customslr.com/), maker of Camera accessories. He has successfully completed a total of 3 Kickstarters:
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The C-Loop (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/customslr/c-loop-camera-strap-mount-solution)
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The Split Strap (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/customslr/split-strap-a-comfortable-ergonomic-and-adaptive-s)
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The M-Plate (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/customslr/m-plate-a-multi-function-camera-tripod-plate-syste)
He now manufactures and sells his products through Custom SLR.
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Their Kickstarters include: