The Fidget Cube
The Fidget Cube became the 10th most funded project of all time. That was because of a few factors:
- The fidget spinner is a product that we can relate to because most of us feel the need to fidget.
- A well-produced satirical video went viral
- It was a novelty of an entirely new kind of product.
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