Manufacturing  July 19, 2013

Young inventor exceeds goal on Kickstarter

BOULDER — Daniel Haarburger is 2-for-2 when it comes to blowing away his crowdfunding goals on Kickstarter.com, with his latest venture, the Handleband.

The Boulder native and Stanford University senior computer science major’s next venture is helping others navigate the ins and outs of crowdfunding.

Haarburger, 21, set his crowdfunding goal for Handleband at $12,000. But the campaign exploded. By the time it ended in the wee hours of Friday, July 12, he had gained $120,213 in pledges.

The Handleband is a rubber mount that is designed to securely attach a smartphone to a bicycle’s handlebars. Haarburger came up with the idea after…

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