It seems there is a much lower barrier to entry these days when developing the next big electronics product. As I wrote about here people are paying attention to the activity and innovation that is happening at new crowdfunded start-ups. A new crowdfunding sight called CrowdSupply is aiming to improve the reputation of the products coming out of this channel by pre-screening the participants on its site.
I have mentioned that some companies are turning their production delays into a way to engage with customers, but other times products never actually ship. The CrowdSupply model, which just got its second round of funding, will work to select those most likely to succeed and enable those companies to get access to capital through the crowd.