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Local Lift

Kickstarter For Local Businesses

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Peter Boyce
@badboyboyce · Rough Draft Ventures
Huge congrats to Eric & Broderick! Great platform for empowering local communities and small businesses.
Erica Swallow
@ericaswallow · Lover of life, Planet Earth
So happy to see team Local Lift making waves. Keep it up!
Ellen Chisa
@ellenchisa · VP Product, Lola
@rrhoover - I think this is an interesting space - although not the first attempt at it. Smallknot (http://smallknot.com/) has been doing a very similar thing for several years. Similarly, lots of Kickstarter support does come from local areas. We (loosely using "we" since I've left) encourage creators to reach out to their local communities. One I saw/like… See more
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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
Someone pitched a similar idea as this at Lean Startup Machine ~1 year ago (cc @to, @uxceo). It's an interesting idea and because it's focused on specific locales/economies, each campaign has an opportunity to saturate a connected group of people more so than a typical, mass-market Kickstarter campaign. Curious what @ellenchisa thinks of this.