Kickstarter
2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement May 13, 2015 by Alejandro "Alex" Velez · said 23 times in 12 episodes since 2015 · across every show →
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May 13, 2015 bullish
Back to the Roots raised $500k in pre-orders before manufacturing Water Garden
“We had a 100,000 dollar goal, ended up doing 250,000 dollars in 30 days of pre-orders. We took that momentum, took it over to our website, another quarter million dollars. So this is half a million dollars of pre-orders without even creating the damn thing.”
Jan 19, 2026
Robinhood's founder ran a failed Kickstarter to document building the startup
“Vlad from Robin Hood, when Robin Hood was getting started, he put up a Kickstarter. Saying, hey, I'm going to try to build this company that's going to change the way the financial markets work. And if you guys fund 10,000 dollars, we'll film it. Because how c…”