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07-28-2016, 07:07 PM
The Kickstarter eco**my: 29,600 full-time jobs, $5.3 billion in activity
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Palmer Luckey did **t storm into Mark Zuckerberg's ****** to pitch the in**vation that is **w steering Facebook's future. First, he took to Kickstarter.
The crowdfunding tool helped him secure $2.4 million. He built a device and a company that would later attract Zuck's attention and $2 billion. Oculus **w employs more than 400 people and is selling its first consumer virtual reality headset.
The story of Oculus is just one of the many success stories on Kickstarter. **t every project reaches a multibillion-dollar valuation, but they do each generate or lose funds.*
Earlier this month, Ethan Mollick, an assistant professor of management at the Wharton School of Business, released the first-ever comprehensive study (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2808000) on the eco**mic impact of Kickstarter.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/28/kickstarter-jobs-funding/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Palmer Luckey did **t storm into Mark Zuckerberg's ****** to pitch the in**vation that is **w steering Facebook's future. First, he took to Kickstarter.
The crowdfunding tool helped him secure $2.4 million. He built a device and a company that would later attract Zuck's attention and $2 billion. Oculus **w employs more than 400 people and is selling its first consumer virtual reality headset.
The story of Oculus is just one of the many success stories on Kickstarter. **t every project reaches a multibillion-dollar valuation, but they do each generate or lose funds.*
Earlier this month, Ethan Mollick, an assistant professor of management at the Wharton School of Business, released the first-ever comprehensive study (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2808000) on the eco**mic impact of Kickstarter.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/28/kickstarter-jobs-funding/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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