Dien Rice
August 17, 2011, 02:29 PM
I just came across this...
Jellyfish are gooey-looking aquatic sea creatures...
And they can look good in a fishtank!
http://www.gadgetreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/jellyfish-tank.jpg
At least, a lot of people seem to think so...
Someone is trying to start a business creating and selling desktop jellyfish tanks...
They have tried to raise money on "Kickstarter" (a money-raising website for creative ventures)...
They were looking for $3,000 to get started. So far, they've received $59,315 (as I write this) with still 26 days to go!
People get different benefits for pledging different amounts.
161 people - the greatest number of people by far of the different categories - pledged $350. For this, they become one of the first to get their own desktop jellyfish tank!
Maybe this is a new (and perhaps legal) way to do a "dry test" for a product... They have effectively "pre-sold" 161 desktop jellyfish tanks (and made $56,350 in jellyfish tank "sales") which have not been created yet!
Lots of food for thought here...
Best wishes,
Dien
P.S. Some relevant links are
http://www.gadgetreview.com/2011/08/retro-jellyfish-tank.html
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1497255984/desktop-jellyfish-tank
http://www.kickstarter.com
Jellyfish are gooey-looking aquatic sea creatures...
And they can look good in a fishtank!
http://www.gadgetreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/jellyfish-tank.jpg
At least, a lot of people seem to think so...
Someone is trying to start a business creating and selling desktop jellyfish tanks...
They have tried to raise money on "Kickstarter" (a money-raising website for creative ventures)...
They were looking for $3,000 to get started. So far, they've received $59,315 (as I write this) with still 26 days to go!
People get different benefits for pledging different amounts.
161 people - the greatest number of people by far of the different categories - pledged $350. For this, they become one of the first to get their own desktop jellyfish tank!
Maybe this is a new (and perhaps legal) way to do a "dry test" for a product... They have effectively "pre-sold" 161 desktop jellyfish tanks (and made $56,350 in jellyfish tank "sales") which have not been created yet!
Lots of food for thought here...
Best wishes,
Dien
P.S. Some relevant links are
http://www.gadgetreview.com/2011/08/retro-jellyfish-tank.html
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1497255984/desktop-jellyfish-tank
http://www.kickstarter.com
