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- I havent backed any I am new to this whole kickstarter thing... I guess you could call me a Kickstarter baby!

I just backed an independent film, a political thriller called Tiger Lily. Being an independent filmmaker myself, I'm more likely to back those type of projects than anything else.

So far, we've supported 13 kickstarter campaigns. Since we're trying to get the company off the ground as a company in skateboarding, 11 are related to the skateboarding industry and 2 are related to products for filming. We're mainly interested in skate related products or products that can potentially help similar companies.

Actually i backed 10 projects with the personal account and 3 with the company accoutn all related to Movie, anime and games.

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Gianpaolo

I have backed 6 projects. 2 of them were successfully funded and 4 were unsuccessful. I back mainly because, I appreciate the initiative of these creative people, and I would like to support them.

Pebble watch was what got me into Kickstarter. Since then I've backed 10 projects. I think the aggregate feeling I get from a project on 3 fronts: creativity, passion, and utility determines if there's enough impulse to back a project. Some projects totally blows my mind regardless of whether I need the rewards or not. Some I simply have no connection with in my realm, but the genuine presentation from the creator and the feeling that it will, on the net, bring goodness to the world will nudge my mouse towards the "pledge" button.

I backed 16 Projects so far. I mainly look at the effort invested even if the project is not really up to my liking or something I might be interesting in. However, when someone puts a lot of hard work and effort into something, I just feel like rewarding the person.

Julian.

I've only backed 3 projects to date. And those I've been selective of because not only do I have limited funds to do so, but I sincerely won't back a project unless I honestly believe in/want the product/service it's promoting.

My favorite so far has ben the "Dia de Los Muertos" playing card deck...these things were GORGEOUS and now that I finally got my own "Night Deck" reward, they're not leaving my possession until death.

I've backed 11 projects, 10 of which were successful.

Six of them were art related. With three of those I was both legitimately interested in the reward and wanted to see the project creator succeed. Two of those were for unconventional comic books (a medium close to my heart) and I think it's pretty cool to see my name printed on the inside cover.

One was for an app, Gmail for the Mac. It wasn't an expensive cost and I thought I would give it a try. I can get Gmail on my phone and access the page on my computer, but I like the idea of an app.

One was an idealist pledge. The Bluelace Project made these high quality blue shoelaces for people to wear in support of American manufacturing.

One was for a film my cousin was co-producing. I haven't received the reward yet, but I'll get the film on DVD and my name is in the credits. I find that getting my name on something tangible is a big thing.

The last was a pledge Passion Planner. I only got the PDF download of it, but I like the idea. If I'd been less broke I'd have sprung for a physical copy. On the surface it seems like it was very successful (>$600k) and was started by a young entrepreneur so it feels good be part of someone else's success.

I've backed around 40. In some cases it was because I wanted the product. In many, it's because the creator was doing something new, interesting, and I wanted to help a little.