“Those almost 10,000 early investors on Kickstarter participated in one of history’s most lucrative funding rounds from the perspective of the people receiving the funding: a $2.4 million early-stage investment in what would become a $2 billion business in a year and a half, in return for 0.0% equity.”
-- WSJ's Corporate Intelligence on Oculus's crowdsourced 2012 fund-raiser.
Caveat Emptor, baby!
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