How Kickstarter Became a Lab for Daring Prototypes and Ingenious Products

A group of modern makers kick-started a website for passion projects and patrons.
Photo Gus Powell
Every day 80 projects are launched on Kickstarter— founded by (from left) Yancey Strickler, Charles Adler, and Perry Chen— and every week $1 million is pledged.
Photo: Gus Powell