3 Things to Consider Before Backing a Kickstarter Project

Delta Media in latest news 0 comments 12 MAY 2016

Kickstarter has gone from a small crowdfunding platform to one of the juggernauts of the field since its creation in 2009. It’s accepted over $ 2.35 billion in project support from over 10 million backers on almost 300,000 projects. But is […]

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