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I looked at the website and the about page has the following, "Pioneering entrepreneur scholarships, FundHer is raising $1 million via crowdfunding."
Dungeon's and Dragons. Who wants that for their child? Plus this has all the gloss of pushy pushy parents.
I hate it when an adult writes content as if they were their child. It's pretty obvious that this is being written and organized entirely by the mom, and I'm guessing the kid has minimal involvement besides wanting to go to camp and wanting to make a video game. It's great that the kid wants to make games, but having the mom "pretending" to be the kid just rubs me the wrong way.
There's something very awkward about all this. People criticizing this here, people who will criticize the game (expectations). The huge amount of money raised for her age (she really shouldn't have got that much money). The text written by her mother...
Also the very professional looking video. I'm all for getting 9 year olds into coding but I would've liked to have seen any funds raised above the target go towards paying for other kids to attend the camp.
While this project technically adheres to this policy: > Everything on Kickstarter must be a project. A project has a clear goal, like making an album, a book, or a work of art. A project will eventually be completed, and something will be produced by it. IMO, it veers far too close to this policy: > Kickstarter does not allow charity, cause, or "fund my life" projects. Of course, there is plenty of good to be found…
I'll be surprised if Kickstarter doesn't pull it.
Looks like a free advertising stunt for RPG Maker. I'm very weary of this. This paragraph: I play games on my computer, PS3 and KindleHD all the time and it's fun but I REALLY WANT to create my own games to play. Ultimately I want to learn to program really cool stuff, but since I'm 9 I'm starting with RPG Maker because it lets me create something awesome without having to know how to actually program everything. I'l…
"A graduate of Georgetown University, I'm completing my final year of Harvard Business School's 3-year ExecEd OPM Program. I'm honored to have been named to FORTUNE's List of Top Ten Most Powerful Female Entrepreneurs (2009) and I'm particularly proud to be part of Ernst & Young's prestigious Winning Women Program.
Specialties Entrepreneur in Residence, Georgetown University Ernst & Young Winning Women Fortune's Most Powerful Women, 2009 Maryland's Top 100 MBEs, 2008 Forbes Business Competition Finalist, 2008 2008 Debt Buyer of the Year Finalist Top 25 Woman Owned Companies, 2008 Featured in Inc. Magazine, June 2008 Top 50 Collection Professional, 2007 WBE Certified Minority Woman-Owned Business Partner for SmartGirlsRock.com scholarship program Stevie Awards Finalist: Most Innovative Company & Use of Technology, 2007"
Yeah... this family really, really doesn't need a Kickstarter campaign to send their kid to a camp. I am absolutely appalled if they take the $10,000+ that they make from this, instead of using it for something like helping disadvantaged kids attend the same camp.
This woman knew exactly what she was doing when she set up this campaign. She pulled all of the right strings.
I hate it when an adult writes content as if they were their child. It's pretty obvious that this is being written and organized entirely by the mom, and I'm guessing the kid has minimal involvement besides wanting to go to camp and wanting to make a video game. It's great that the kid wants to make games, but having the mom "pretending" to be the kid just rubs me the wrong way.
I can see where you're coming from - it does sound weird. If it makes you feel more comfortable you can think of it as if the daughter spoke of what she wanted to say, and the Mom cleaned up the grammar.
Think about it. A woman named as one of FORTUNE's top ten most powerful female entrepreneurs needs to fundraise to send her kid to camp? Really? Give me a break. There are millions of children living and dying in poverty but hey, this upper-class white girl needs a new laptop and maybe a pony, so let's all empty our wallets. I feel sick.
The point I find interesting is that FundHer.com (the mother's company/cause) is the website on the campaign and not one specifically for Mackenzie's project. I looked at the website and the about page has the following, "Pioneering entrepreneur scholarships, FundHer is raising $1 million via crowdfunding." > http://www.fundher.com/#!about/aboutPage
Sorry to be so cynical, but this looks super sketchy.