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Data: How it Took One Week to Raise Enough to Save Wardenclyffe
Infographic from indiegogo.com gives a closer look at the numbers for the record-breaking fundraiser.
Over $450,000 raised in 24 hours from over 100 countries and 20,000 people...those are just some of the fascinating numbers from the record-breaking "Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum" fundraiser on indiegogo.com .
Indiegogo, the campaign site which hosted the fundraiser by web comic creator Matt Inman, provided an infographic with an in-depth look at the numbers once the goal was surpassed at $873K.
There was an average of $100 donated per minute, with donations coming from all 50 states and 102 contries. The most common contribution amount was $25, and the largest single contribution was $35,000.
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Inman told Mashable.com (read more), “We’re just going to let it run to see what happens. The more the merrier. I didn’t think [$850,000] was realistic. I figured we’d just give it a shot.”
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