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by system_32 4343 days ago
Why do they need a kickstarter? They have the money for an entire team and are hiring more.
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macNchz 4343 days ago
That was my first thought. Crunchbase shows they raised $10.5m at the end of January(1). Now they need $100k of crowdfunding to build this thing? Disingenuous at best.

[1]http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/hello-inc

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ernopp 4343 days ago
the kickstarter is surely to find & take orders from an audience for the soft launch
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msutherl 4343 days ago
1. Advertising

2. Taking orders

3. Easy capital

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