Kickstarter is “a new way to fund ideas & endeavors” Its a micro financing site where people can pledge money on different projects that people have set-up. You can pledge as little as 1 dollar and you might even get something in return, most times its a mention in the credits sometimes its a party when the project is launched.
Motivated people have started all kinds of projects, everything from creating a communal book, to getting funding to spend time building an offline wikipedia iPhone app. Project owners can leave updates for everybody about their project, or offer to communicate solely to their backers.
The whole system is neat and clean with the premis that if your financial goal is not met in your set timeframe, dollars to days if you will. Nobodys credit card gets charged. It’s up to the individual project owner to get people interested enough to pledge enough money so the project can move forward before their cut off date.
If you have a project that needs some micro funding I would suggest you head on over to kickstarter and sign up.
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words cannot describe how much i love this! yay to you for blogging about it
Kickstarter is gaining momentum and I think it has a lot to do with the simplicity of the experience from both sides; people looking to pledge even a small amount of money as well as the creatives promoting their projects.
I just posted my first digital arts project called “Organic Industry” and I am excited to watch it spark to life over the next couple of months.
Check it out: http://bit.ly/XOTSp
Hi,i have a dream of owning petrol/gas station.I’ve struggled to acquire a place and the national environment management authority have given me go ahead.My problem is that i cant afford to raise capial which is about $40,000.Please advice/assist me.Yvonne,Kenya.
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