Kickstarter

Have any of you ever used a crowd sourcing site like kickstarter to finance your business? I've always liked the idea of kickstarter but need to read up on their requirements. My understanding is that you can't use kickstarter to actually start a business. I don't know how true this is because I've come across many questionable kickstarter campaigns that looked like individuals trying to start companies. But, I think most of the successful campaigns were for genuinely creative product ideas that simply needed capital to get their idea manufactured.



Any thoughts?