James Portnow, Seattle-based game designer and co-creator of Extra Credits, a web series on pro-social game design.
Raised over $125,000 from over 4,000 people.
James and Extra Credits were featured at SXSW, Gamasutra, and the homepage of Reddit.
Meghan Sebold, Brooklyn-based social entrepreneur and designer.
Raised $5,000 for a sustainable clothing line that uses the textiles and talent of Ghana, West Africa.
Her fashion line, AFIA was featured in EcoSalon, TreeHugger, Refinery29, and is now available in boutiques across NYC.
Aram Bajakian, NYC-based avant-garde guitar player.
Raised $4,000 from fans and strangers to fund his album.
Lou Reed heard Aram and chose him as his new guitarist while Aram's album is now released by John Zorn's Tzadik record label.
Darko Lungulov, Serbia-based award winning international filmmaker.
Raised $9,000 from movie buffs for feature film project Here and There.
Film won "Best New York Narrative" at Tribeca Film Festival, featured in Variety, L.A. Times, New York Times, and was a top-10 indie box office theatrical release.
When Last We Flew, NYC-based Off-Broadway theatrical production team.
Raised $7,000 from theatre fans for the premiere Off-Broadway run.
Show sold-out at NYC Fringe Festival, won a GLAAD Media Award, and was featured in New York Times, Bloomberg, and American Theatre Magazine.
Regan Wann, Kentucky-based small business owner.
Raised $5,000 to expand her tea shop business.
RocketHub campaign featured in the Wall Street Journal exposing her business to millions.
Laura Boyd, NYC-based portrait and landscape photographer.
Raised $6,000 architectural photography project on location in Paris.
Photos featured in Artsicle Photography Show in the heart of Chelsea, NYC via LaunchPad.
Joshua Reuben Lewis, NYC-based singer-songwriter.
Raised $7,500 to record his first album.
Showcased at The Gibson Showroom and made A&R connections at Sony, Warner Music Group, and EMI via LaunchPad.
Paul Davis, Berlin-based fashion designer.
Raised $8,000 from fans and strangers for a new fashion line.
Clothing line featured at Berlin Fashion Week.
Caira Conner, Tennessee based NYU Master of Science.
Raised $2,000 to study Brazilian land and infrastructure development.
Featured in Americas Quarterly, completed innovative research, and submitted successful academic thesis.
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Any contribution of $5 receives: We'll send you a password that will let you access the project blog so you can follow us as our experiment unfolds. We'll also print your name on the thank you page of our project website and send you a pdf copy of our research paper upon publication. 3 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $10 receives: the above, plus we'll mail a thank you postcard depicting a duck from our study to your home. 16 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $25 receives: the above, plus a package of 4 postcards featuring beautiful ducks from the northeastern United States. 8 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $50 receives: the above, plus a custom-printed "Duck Force" mug. 6 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $75 receives: the above, plus a USB flash drive loaded with films from this experiment.
Any contribution of $100 receives: the above, plus a “Duck Force” project T-shirt. 6 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $250 receives: the above, plus a dozen homemade duck shaped butter cookies lovingly baked by Diane. 3 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $500 receives: the above, and one of us will give a talk about our research to a group of your choice. (If you're further than 175 miles from Amherst, MA, plan for travel fees)
Any contribution of $1,000 receives: the above, and we’ll cook you and a friend a duck dinner with organic vegetables while entertaining you with amusing conversation. (If you live outside Western Massachusetts, plan for travel fees -- either to get us to you or you to us.)
Started by Diane Kelly October 31st, 2011
Patricia Brennan and Diane Kelly are biologists at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where they study the evolution of copulatory systems in mammals, birds, and reptiles. Stories describing their work on reproductive anatomy and function have appeared in a variety of venues, including Nature News, Scientific American, Discover magazine, and the New York Times.