The last 24 hours at
Kickstarter has demonstrated that the site has become a major player. At 12:45pm Thursday,
NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced that
the city work work with Kickstarter to spotlight community projects and businesses in need of funding in those same areas. Just over an hour later, at 2:08pm,
Elevation Dock becomes the first Kickstarter project to reach $1M in pledges. Four hours later, at 6:42pm,
Double Fine hits the $1M mark after being on Kickstarter for just under 22 hours. By the end of the day on Thursday, Kickstarter has seen its largest day of pledges, with $1,605,981 put towards projects. As
VC Fred Wilson tweeted, "
they don't come very often, but days like this are why startups are exhilarating."
posted by NotMyselfRightNow
on Feb 10, 2012 -
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