Kickstarter Success✔ Demo

The idea of raising unlimited funds for your project is inviting. However, the pass / fail model of Kickstarter means that if your goal is not met, you lose all donations. With so much at risk, you need a campaign that is like a college genius – most likely to succeed.

Have you ever lost time and money on a failed fundraising campaign? Crowdfunding is a growing source for the entrepreneurial minded fundraiser. One of the crowdfunding gurus is Kickstarter. According to statista.com, about 17 million people have pledged monetary support of Kickstarter projects. However, Kickstarter reports that 11% of projects finish without ever receiving a single pledge.

Before I introduce the team, let’s look at the Kickstarter problem. Sure, the idea of raising unlimited funds for your project is inviting. However, the all-or-nothing model of Kickstarter means that if your goal is not met, you lose all pledges – even if you are very close to meeting your fundraising goal. This problem was important to our team because we felt that most campaigns were failing not because of a lack of effort, but because of other factors such as viability in terms of some campaign variables that we will address.

The Kickstarter Success Predictor App Development team consisted of 1 Team Lead: David Betts, 1 Backend Developer: Shomari Roberts, 2 Frontend Developers: Ismail AlKamal and Brian Clayton, 2 Data Scientists: Charlie May and Sara West, and 2 UI Developers: Teresa Franxman and myself - Shenica Graham. Read team bios.

We are a group of Lambda school students. We decided to collaborate and develop an app that would help end failed Kickstarter campaigns. Being able to predict the likelihood of campaign success or failure before investing time, money, and other resources, gives an edge up on the Kickstarter process that would help campaign owners eliminate failure.