This document discusses how the crowdfunded Veronica Mars Kickstarter campaign paved the way for other projects. It achieved record-breaking funding and had an unorthodox release, acting as a "poster child" for crowdfunding campaigns. The campaign's financial outcome could dictate the future of how crowdfunded projects are renewed, revived, or redistributed through alternative platforms. The Veronica Mars Kickstarter demonstrated how crowdfunding can help fund revivals of cancelled shows or lead to new releases of existing films and TV series on alternative platforms like Netflix.