Kickstarter explains why the Zano drone project went bust
If you were left wondering how the team behind the Zano mini drone could raise so much crowdfunding cash only to crash and burn within the space of a year, you're not alone. Kickstarter commissioned...
View ArticleKickstarter disaster Zano explained by journalist Mark Harris
Once Europe's most funded Kickstarter project, the Zano handheld drone is now known for a very different reason -- its abject failure. Kickstarter hired journalist Mark Harris to investigate the...
View ArticleZano drone: Kickstarter is not all about dazzling success stories
It was supposed to motivate us all into helping everybody else, nothing less than a rallying cry for creative types everywhere. And, mostly, Kickstarter has done just that since its inception in...
View ArticleKickstarter paid a journalist to investigate its biggest failed project —...
Kickstarter, the crowdfunding website, hired a journalist at the start of December to investigate Zano, one of the biggest — and most notorious — failures. Mark Harris, whose work has appeared in The...
View ArticleZano: The rise and fall of Kickstarter's mini-drone
When Europe's biggest Kickstarter project, the Zano mini-drone, crashed to earth last November there was plenty of blame to go round. But many of the 12,000 backers - who had put in £2.3m and ended up...
View ArticleKickstarter publishes inside story of how Europe’s most-funded project collapsed
(credit: Cyrus Farivar) Kickstarter has posted its post-mortem on how Europe’s most-crowdfunded project suddenly collapsed, marking the first time the company has hired a reporter to examine a failed...
View ArticleKickstarter publishes inside story of how Europe’s most-funded project...
Kickstarter has posted its post-mortem on how Europe’s most-crowdfunded project suddenly collapsed, marking the first time the company has hired a reporter to examine a failed project. In a 13,000-word...
View ArticleKickstarter paid a journalist to investigate its biggest failed project —...
The crowdfunding website Kickstarter hired a journalist at the start of December to investigate Zano, one of the site's biggest — and most notorious — failures. Mark Harris, whose work has appeared in...
View ArticleKickstarter has had 100,000 successfully backed campaigns — here are some...
Kickstarter is celebrating its 100,000th successfully funded project — a photography project about the Falklands War — by releasing a host of statistics about...
View ArticleCrowdfunding in Wales: The 'high-risks' and rewards
Welsh backers could be forgiven for going cold on crowdfunding after the Zano mini-drone project - which raised £2.3m - failed to take off. The Zano, developed in Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, crashed...
View ArticleInside Dragon Innovation, a Kickstarter for Product Makers
A new crowdfunding service promises a lot more handholding for entrepreneurs. It seems to happen over and over again: A budding entrepreneur creates a Kickstarter campaign to create a new product....
View ArticleZano struggles to achieve lift-off
27 August 2015 Last updated at 00:00 BST Europe's most successful Kickstarter project is finally ready to deliver the tiny drone that won more than £2.3m in backing last November. That's the good news....
View ArticleKickstarter Lawsuit May Set Precedent on Future Successful Campaigns
It appears that Kickstarter backers will have the protection of the legal system if successfully crowd-funded projects go sour — at least if Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has anything...
View ArticleKickstarter Funded 2,064 Publishing Projects in 2014
Kickstarter funded 2,064 publishing projects and 158 journalism endeavors last year. The crowd sharing company revealed some stats from 2014, revealing that 3.3...
View ArticleTorquing Group Taps Lantronix xPico Wi-Fi Embedded IoT Enabling Solution to...
(Source: Lantronix Inc) ZANO Aerial Photography and HD Video Capture Drone Powered by xPico Wi-Fi Module; Lantronix and Torquing to Showcase New Nano Drone at 2015 Digital Experience Event and CES...
View ArticleZano drone maker says sorry for $3.5M Kickstarter failure
The company behind the failed Zano drone Kickstarter project on Thursday apologized to its more than 12,000 backers while explaining how the $3.5 million was spent. It also refuted any allegations...
View ArticleHow to promote your Kickstarter campaign with social media
You must promote your Kickstarter campaign using social media properly in order to ensure its success. There are three phases, pre-launch, launch and post-campaign, which require different promotion...
View ArticleKickstarter Funds Bumper Crop of Projects in 2013
Kickstarter seems to be on a tear, but it may not be going gangbusters fast enough to maintain its lead in the crowdfunding category. It already has a number...
View ArticleWashington state files suit over unfulfilled Kickstarter rewards
The state of Washington has filed a lawsuit against Altius Management, the company behind the successfully-Kickstarted Asylum Playing Cards. Despite exceeding its initial goal of $15,000 by more than...
View ArticleUnsung Story is a $660,000 Kickstarter Disaster
In January of 2014, a company called Playdek launched a Kickstarter promising a spiritual successor to one of my favourite games, Final Fantasy Tactics. It made $660,126. I really wish I hadn’t backed...
View ArticleCrowdfunding Concerns: Should We Keep Funding Kickstarter Games?
Kickstarter has done a lot of great things for the gaming industry; it provides the space and capability for indie developers to create their dream projects. Thanks to crowdfunding, these Kickstarter...
View ArticleKickstarter takes transparency to the extreme with ‘unusual’ investigation
Kickstarter has hired a freelance journalist to look into one of its failed projects, a nano-drone company that raised about $3.5 million from 12,000 people and never brought a product to market....
View ArticleZano's mini-drones ready for launch
27 August 2015 Last updated at 00:00 BST Europe's most successful Kickstarter project is finally ready to deliver the tiny drone that won more than £2.3m in backing last November. That's the good news....
View ArticleFTC files first ever complaint against a Kickstarter project (Brookings...
(Source: Brookings Institution) Crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter have exploded in popularity over the past few years. As the number of funded projects has grown so have the number of projects...
View ArticleCrowdfunded handheld drone project Zano suffers setbacks
27 August 2015 Last updated at 09:50 BST These days, one of the best ways to get a new gadget off the ground is to appeal for backing on a crowdfunding site. That is what a small firm based in west...
View ArticleZano cashes in on craze for selfies
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View ArticleHere's How the 3rd Most Funded Kickstarter Literally Became the Coolest
Invention and innovation is what makes America great. The ability to see a problem, work towards resolving it and sharing the resulting product with all of mankind is why I fell in love with...
View ArticleTrouble on Kickstarter as two massive projects hit the rocks
Coolest starts selling its fancy beer cooler on Amazon to ‘keep the lights on’, while Zano just goes bust...
View ArticleKickstarter: how crowdfunding is booming in Britain
Entrepreneurs turning to web users to finance business ideas but many investors have yet to make a return on their money...
View ArticleZano drone makers detail spending and apologise
The company behind the failed mini-drone Zano has provided some details of how more than £2.3m in funding was allocated. Torquing Group was criticised for a lack of communication over the Zano after...
View ArticleIt’s over for the Zano drone, Europe’s most heavily backed Kickstarter campaign
The Zano mini-drone promised so much when it landed on Kickstarter at the end of last year, its claims of personal aerial photography and HD video capture helping it to become Europe's most heavily...
View ArticleLaser razor kicked off Kickstarter
A crowdfunding campaign for a razor blade which its US creators claimed could remove facial hair with a laser beam has been suspended by Kickstarter. The device had attracted more than $4m (£2.6m) in...
View ArticleKickstarter launches probe into failure of Europe’s most heavily funded project
Kickstarter has taken the unusual step of commissioning the services of a tech writer to probe the collapse of Europe's most heavily backed campaign to date. More than 12,000 people put up $3.5m for...
View Article$3.5 million Kickstarter drone Zano folds after delays and resignations
With more than £2.3 million ($3.5 million) in funds from 12,000 backers, Kickstarter-backed autonomous drone Zano seemed like it had a bright future. Alas, it was not meant to be. Torquing, the company...
View ArticleAfter raising $3.6 million, Europe’s most successful Kickstarter project has...
Kickstarter projects have gained a reputation for overpromising and underdelivering. But one high-profile campaign—considered Europe’s most...
View ArticleZano mini-drone project shut down by Torquing
The beleaguered Zano mini-drone project, which was Europe's most successful Kickstarter idea, has been shut down by the company behind it. Torquing Group released a statement to backers of the project,...
View ArticleBritish 'nano drone' Zano reaches £2m of Kickstarter crowdfunding
Pembrokeshire-based startup aims to make aerial photography and video more accessible: ‘It’s intelligent. It swarms. It takes selfies...’...
View ArticleZano drones struggle to achieve lift-off
Europe's most successful Kickstarter project is finally ready to deliver the tiny drone that won more than £2.3m in backing last November. That's the good news. The bad news is that the Zano drone...
View ArticleWhen crowdfunding projects go wrong
What happens when a crowdfunded project goes wrong? And do those who back ideas on platforms such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo have any rights when they do not deliver on their promises? That is what...
View ArticleZano - the blame game continues
The fallout from the collapse of Europe's biggest Kickstarter project continues. The crowdfunding platform has been heavily criticised by Zano backers, who believe they were duped into spending £2.3m...
View ArticleKickstarter hires journalist over Zano take-off failure
The crowdfunding site Kickstarter has hired a journalist to investigate the demise of a mini-drone project that failed, despite record funding. More than £2.3m was pledged to the Zano project by more...
View ArticleConsortium: The Tower dev promises "radical plan" to save its Kickstarter
Consortium: The Tower kicked off its Kickstarter last month, with a goal of 450,000 Canadian dollars—about $328,000. Despite the relatively positive critical reception that the original Consortium...
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