The clock is ticking. Hunched over the computer screen, a backer of a popular crowdfunding site hits the refresh button every few seconds to check whether his latest investment, an online game, has hit its target funding amount.
Does this sound like a healthy dedication to helping entrepreneurs start companies? The experts believe otherwise; they argue that this is an addiction not too dissimilar to Internet poker or online shopping.
“I admit there’s something seductive about kickstarting a game,” one user confessed on a community forum dedicated to the topic of “Kickstarter addiction”.
To read the original article: Are crowdfunding investors addicted to the rush of the startup? | MedCity News
