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by alexpenny 4994 days ago
I think they thought this through. They probably realized they couldn't own all of crowd funding. Wouldn't it be weird seeing a "Fund my new convenience store" on kickstarter. Instead they do own creative projects, which is brilliant because that's where innovation happens.
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1877926324/plenty-a-groc...

It's not the only one...

Kickstarter's new policy is about them not wanting to act as an online store, not about taking away the "fund my new convenience store" vs creative projects. Its more about them not wanting to be used by anyone (creative projects included) as if they are there to basically be a selling platform. At least thats how I viewed it.

You're right about the new policy.

A Better example would have been.. http://gofundme.com/

Noble projects but the company isn't as successful with general crowdfunding vs kickstarters creative market.