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by arandomJohn 5155 days ago
Invest? Hardly. If it is an investment then I'm a VC and should have a stake in the resulting company.

Frankly, I think that Kickstarter should head towards this model and fund companies and give equity rather than being an oversized tip jar for projects. I could imagine a Kickstarted financed feature film that paid the investors. They could call it The Producers...