[dogma1138]

It’s worse there have been a few “PR” agencies looking for “talent” in a few maker spaces and hacker spaces in London. I know of 2 people who are somewhat known but still very minor in the maker space community being contacted directly to join a team/advise on Kickstarter projects all of which seemed like and over promising scam or some cheap Chinese custom gadget you can get on Aliexpress.

There is now effectively a new business where “PR” firms fun the marketing cost in favor of 50% or sometimes more of the campgain and pretty much after that they cut the cord and go to fund their next scam.