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Tag: elevation

$13 million man: Coolest Cooler marks a turning point in Kickstarter history

Rick Turoczy on August 29, 2014

It kind of struck me when I heard someone talking about it on the radio, this morning. And the DJ didn’t really even mention Portland. And he had to explain what Kickstarter was. But he was highlighting how a project had just surpassed the all-time funding record for Kickstarter. And that it was a cooler. Not any cooler mind you. The Coolest Cooler. Read More

Aptly named: Elevation iPhone dock takes Kickstarter to $1 million heights

Rick Turoczy on February 11, 2012

Today, the biggest tech story in Portland isn’t a Web site, an iPhone app, or an open source project. In fact, for the first time in a long time, it’s a hardware story.

Meet the Elevation iPhone dock. A project led by Portland’s Casey Hopkins. And the first Kickstarter project to crack the one million dollar ceiling. Read More