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Susan Wilson
Founder and CEO, The Judgment Group
She recognizes the value of focusing on the details. "I used to get bored and wanted to do the next great thing."
Next up: a website that enables debtors to make payments and negotiate settlements online. "An individual will pay more when they're negotiating with a computer than they do negotiating with an individual,"
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The camp has been paid for, so this is charity. You're not funding her going there.
This kind of thing is disgusting tbh hth
Her favorite game is Dragon Age II...
Prior to The Judgment Group, Susan was a founding member and the Executive Vice President of a technology startup that raised $12 Million in venture capital, became kinkos.com, and was sold in 2000 to the copy giant Kinko’s for $100 Million.
Also just to show how absurd this is
http://leadersportfolio.com/archives/1872
$100 million dollars.
"Please give me $1k to cover the costs of my child learning to make a bad video game "
Please keep in mind, we started this campaign to raise about $900 because Kenzie was going to camp and her brothers were asking why she was going to RPG camp b/c it's not like she was going to be able to make a good game. Together, Kenzie and I decided to do this campaign to prove to them that she was smarter than they thought and she deserved their respect. There's an age gap (the boys are 15 & 16 and Kenzie is 9) and a gender gap and it's at a critical point right now. So I saw this as an opportunity but certainly not a sure thing. It could just have easily gone the other way. Unlike her brothers, Kenzie had the guts and courage to put herself out there (which also means being judged which can hurt sometimes).
Whatever happens, I hope this lady's daughter doesn't get any shit for it. She did nothing wrong here.
I imagine many will do the same but I can't see them pulling it
Her bullshit "reasoning" for starting this Kickstarter:
It's not about the money at all to them. It's about "proving those pesky brothers wrong!"
ROCK STAR REWARD LEVEL: At this level, you get everything from the previous levels plus a personal apology from her brothers and the satisfaction of knowing that you've not only started a career, you've also helped to fund future courses in computer programming for her along with more (and better) games!
I guarantee the mum's goal was to use this to launch that shitty looking "Keep up" thing as a brand.
I guarantee the mum's goal was to use this to launch that shitty looking "Keep up" thing as a brand.
Pledge $10,000 or more
ROCK STAR REWARD LEVEL: At this level, you get everything from the previous levels plus a personal apology from her brothers and the satisfaction of knowing that you've not only started a career, you've also helped to fund future courses in computer programming for her along with more (and better) games!
Limited (5 of 5 remaining)
Estimated delivery: Jul 2013
I just realized this is all some child labor level shit, forcing apologies and games to be made.
In addition, we’ve participated in crowdfunding initiatives through DonorsChoose. Kiva, Women 2.0, IndieGoGo, Kickstarter, Women for Women International, and Heifer International.
Not the first case like this on kickstarter : http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...kes-to-kickstarter-to-fund-pie-in-the-sky-mmo
Some Kickstarters do 'ave 'em: here's a crowd sourcing plea from a lottery-winning millionaire for $1.1 million dollars to make an MMO.
Said millionaire is Ellwood Bartlett, an "ideas man", lifelong gamer, former accountant and Wiccan high priest.
Bartlett won $27 million (after tax) in September 2007.
The MMO he wants to make has lofty goals but no apparent foundations. There's no development studio, no track record, no business plan.
All there are, are ideas.
Ideas like servers being variant worlds rather than replicas. "One will be a mostly water and all avatars will have underwater breathing," wrote Bartlett. "Another will be a volcanic world and your avatar will have a high resistance to fire." And you can travel between them for "Universal Quests" and PVP.
Ideas like creating your own avatar race from a set of body parts. "If you want elf ears, human hands and arms, orc trunk, dwarf legs and a human head you may do so," promised Bartlett.
Ideas like linking PayPal and Amazon accounts to pay for in-game items.
Ideas like allowing mounts from level 1, and flying mounts anywhere. "You can't get a horse and expect it to fly," Bartlett explained, "but you can get a horse with wings and fly."
Ideas like one-on-one PVP that may work like a fighting game and use an "arcade stick". "We will have to see."
Ideas like buying land to build on, to make "small towns" - even guild towns - with taverns, armour shops, weapon shops and more.
Ideas like no level cap.
Ideas like space travel and space battles.
And more.
This is the internet. It has happened many, many times before.I don't think anyone would be stupid enough to attack a child though.
I agree.I don't think anyone would be stupid enough to attack a child though.
I can see how this woman is rich. She's smart as hell.
She links an LLC that is taking direct donations to help fund female entrepreneurs. They are accepting $10 donations.
http://www.fundher.com/
That's what I'm thinking too now
The rewards for it are plastered everywhere
I wouldn't be surprised the Brothers were the one who created that Keep Up graffiti style after mom told them to get into it
The last reward tier is just fucking awful
This is the internet. It has happened many, many times before.
In the so called "glory days" of /b/, people would raid innocent children's MySpace accounts and post their docs for all to see.
Not to beat that dead horse too much, but that's how a lot of people felt about Sarkeesian's KS in the first place, considering she was already making videos without additional funding. But alas ... that is a story for another day.Seeing this topic is just getting me frustrated and annoyed. Not with the replies here but with the Kickstarter itself.
I included that in my explanation when I reported it as a secondary note. Funding can't go towards an awareness campaign as stated by Kickstarter. While it's likely more correct, as someone else noted, to call it a branding the writing so far definitely makes it sound like an awareness campaign.
I really should get off NeoGAF for the night. Seeing this topic is just getting me frustrated and annoyed. Not with the replies here but with the Kickstarter itself.
Prohibited uses of Kickstarter:
No charity or cause funding.
Examples of prohibited use include raising money for the Red Cross, funding an awareness campaign, funding a scholarship, or promoting the donation of funds raised, or future profits, to a charity or cause.
No "fund my life" projects.
Examples include projects to pay tuition or bills, go on vacation, or buy a new camera.
Prohibited content.
There are some things we just don't allow on Kickstarter.
I wouldn't be surprised if people attack both of them.there's no reason at all for the child to be attacked because the mom is a far better target. although of course, she could frame it like they're attacking the child easily.
$10K for an apology from the brothers.
I'm starting to hope Anonymous begins looking in Kickstarter's direction.
there's no reason at all for the child to be attacked because the mom is a far better target. although of course, she could frame it like they're attacking the child easily.
No need for that. After receiving all of Gaf's complaints, I'm sure they'll remove the project and possibly ban her from the website for constant abuse.
Haven't been around the internets for long, have you?
Smart or shameless?
Shameless and reported.Smart or shameless?
Not to beat that dead horse too much, but that's how a lot of people felt about Sarkeesian's KS in the first place, considering she was already making videos without additional funding. But alas ... that is a story for another day.
She's a scammer. Reading her Twitter feed is disgusting. Spamming this KickStarter to Women's groups.Her company seems kinda gross with the 50% fee on the amount they collect for their clients.
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$30,000 goal and it comes to OUYA!
but seriously,it sucks she's using her daughter :/