See: Fred Turner (2006), From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism. http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/F/bo3773600...
http://www.kickstarter.com/start Kickstarter projects can of course be for-profit, or be launched by for-profit companies. But Kickstarter cannot be used to solicit investment or start a for-profit company.
See: Fred Turner (2006), From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism. http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/F/bo3773600...
http://www.kickstarter.com/start Kickstarter projects can of course be for-profit, or be launched by for-profit companies. But Kickstarter cannot be used to solicit investment or start a for-profit company.