kickstarter - Twine funding successful

[john_s]

Two folks with a great idea + how to get financing = success story

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/supermechanical/twine-listen-to-your-world-talk-to-the-internet

and in case you wonder how kickstarter works...

http://www.kickstarter.com/profile/supermechanical

[john_s]

Here are some more thoughts around the same subject that I found interesting and worth to share:

http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/04/mark-zuckerbergs-6-ingredients-for-success/?grcc=33333Z98 .

" success = ambition + vision + execution + persistence + luck + timing; with the first four being things you can control and the last two being externalities that you cannot."