On the hate for how the game was sold..........Sorry boys - crowdsourcing/crowdfunding is here to stay and will only become more prevalent - particularly in tech. Banks just don't give loans like they used to. There would be no JJP without the paying up front model aka crowdsourcing. So to those of you who hate the selling model I guess you'd prefer there were no more pinball companies? Used to be people had to pay for everything with 100% cash too, the full amount - including things like your house. Times and trends tend to change and evolve. Gotta keep up.

Gartner is pretty respected - see below. If anything give Jack some credit for being ahead of the curve.

http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2603215

By 2017, more than half of consumer goods manufacturers will receive 75 percent of their consumer innovation and R&D capabilities from crowdsourced solutions. Near Term Flag: Consumer goods companies that employ crowdsourced solutions in marketing campaigns or new product development will enjoy a 1 percent revenue boost over noncrowdsourced competitors by 2015.

Engineers, scientists, IT professionals and marketers at consumer goods companies are engaging crowds much more aggressively and with increasing frequency using digital channels to reach a larger and more anonymous pool of intellect and opinion. Gartner sees a massive shift toward applications of crowdsourcing, enabled by technology, such as: advertising, online communities, scientific problem solving, internal new product ideas,