10 Simple Kickstarter Campaigns You Should Have Thought Of

Let's face it â€" had you known you could make $60,000 on potato salad, you would have quit your day job a long time ago.

Kickstarter's latest success story has the Internet simultaneously rolling its eyes and pounding its fists. Because anyone could have thought of that, right?

But that's not the only crowd-funding projects with big that aren't exactly "lightbulb-over-the-head-amazing" if you catch our drift. We've gathered ten of the best examples below.

Go ahead, let that jealousy fester.

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Topics: crowd-funding, Gadgets, kickstarter campaign, potato salad, Small Business, Watercooler, Work & Play