Celebrities don’t like spending their own money… In 2013-14 there was that Veronica Mars movie, it was put on Kickstarter even though the star and director are both well off, not movie star money but well off, they could have funded that movie if they wanted to make it. They ended up with 6 million in funding, only recovered about half of that when it released, it’s a risky gamble if you are using your own money instead of other peoples.
Which is kind of the original point of Kickstarter. It was meant to be used to fund projects that don’t necessarily have great commercial prospects, but still have an audience that would like that thing to exist. That’s why you don’t invest in something on Kickstarter, you back it. Investors expect ROI; backers do it for the public good.
Celebrities don’t like spending their own money… In 2013-14 there was that Veronica Mars movie, it was put on Kickstarter even though the star and director are both well off, not movie star money but well off, they could have funded that movie if they wanted to make it. They ended up with 6 million in funding, only recovered about half of that when it released, it’s a risky gamble if you are using your own money instead of other peoples.
Which is kind of the original point of Kickstarter. It was meant to be used to fund projects that don’t necessarily have great commercial prospects, but still have an audience that would like that thing to exist. That’s why you don’t invest in something on Kickstarter, you back it. Investors expect ROI; backers do it for the public good.