Brenda Brundage joins the Art of the Kickstart to share her success story taking an innovative idea for runners and athletes everywhere. No pockets? No problem. RooSport revolutionizes the world of fitness and shows the strength of determine entrepreneurs can create.

The RooSport Campaign

Success Quote

"Luck is the dividend of sweat. The more you sweat the luckier you get." -Ray Kroc

Links

* RooSport

Influential Books

* Patent It Yourself: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Filing at the U.S. Patent Office

* How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

* How to Win Friends & Influence People

Connect with Brenda

* @theroosport

Kickstarter Love

* Potato Salad

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Social entrepreneur and visionary scientist Topher White joins the Art of the Kickstart to share the powerful hybrid model to building a successful business based off global issues. His mission to reduce deforestation in global rainforests while building a viable business is motivational and serves as a strong lessons for inventors everywhere.

The Rainforest Connection Campaign

Success Quote

"Happiness is only real when shared." -Christopher McCandless from Into the Wild

Links

* Rainforest Connection

* Hacker News

* David Attenborough

Influential Books

* The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Connect with Topher

* @topherwhite

* Topher's LinkedIn

Kickstarter Awesome

* Pono Music

* Amanda Palmer

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In our second ever episode of the Art of the Kickstart a team of recent college graduates are working to way we view work and improve health and fitness of all office workers. It is pretty freaking cool.

The Cubii Campaign

Success Quote

"If I had asked people what they wanted before I invented the car they would have said a faster horse." -Henry Ford

Links

* Fitness Cubed

Influential Books

* The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future

Connect with Shivani

* @Shivani_Jain

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Welcome to the first ever episode of the Art of the Kickstart. In today's premiere of the podcast all about helping inventors and entrepreneurs build amazing crowdfunded businesses through Kickstarter. In today's interview Peter Pottier, an engineer from Brooklyn breaks out his new and innovative solution to bicycle safety in a busy city. Hope you enjoy.

The MyBell Campaign

Success Quote

"Many people die at 25 and aren't buried until they are 75." -Benjamin Franklin

Links

* MyBell.co

* SXSW

Influential Books

* The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything

* Zero to Maker: Learn (Just Enough) to Make (Just About) Anything

* Social Machines: How to Develop Connected Products That Change Customers' Lives

 

Connect with Peter

* @PeterPottier

Kickstarter Love

* Oculus Rift

* Odin Android Projector

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