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Posted by Alan Maclachlan
I wasn't able to find much, but here are the first blog posts from Instagram and DesignCrowd describing their goals and pitching their ideas:
http://blog.instagram.com/post/8755272623/welcome-to-instagram
http://blog.designcrowd.com/article/1/fire-up-and-disrupt-the-market
I also saw a slide presentation for a campaign launched by VectorBloom Technologies describing their experience with using crowdfunding for their game Big Top Ballet:
http://www.slideshare.net/vectorbloom/why-thecrowd
Hope this helps!