A few weeks back I came across a post about a new service called Kickstarter. It looked pretty cool and I noted it as something I wanted to write a post about it to share with my readers here in the local area. I always like to share things I find that would help someone from the community succeed in their ventures. As we know, money is hard to come by these days for any kind of project. Enter Kickstarter
Kickstarter is a new way to fund ideas and endeavors.
We believe that…
* A good idea, communicated well, can spread fast and wide.
* A large group of people can be a tremendous source of money and encouragement.
What is cool about Kickstarter is it allows you to, in essence, crowdsource to get the money to start your project. There are already micro loan services like Kiva, but Kickstarter is doing that for entrepenuers ready to venture out and make their ideas come to life.
For instance a few of the ideas, or projects, listed on Kickstarter are
or there is a guy trying to …
Allison on one hand has already raised her pledges of $2000. Project submitters set an amount that they need and a date they need it by. People who pledge to help only have to pay if the goal is met. There can also be incentives along the way to entice people to help support the project.
I am sure that this can be useful for some of our friends in the local community. And what do you know .. just today I received notice from Alice Marshall, a local PR Professional and author of Presto Vivace on her goal of using Kickstarter to write a book ! Here is a little bit about her project.
The book I propose would be entirely about the reputation of voting machine technology. Others have written about the merits of the voting machines; I do not propose to address that aspect of the story. I am solely concerned with the reputation meltdown of the machines. When they were first brought to notice, they enjoyed widespread confidence. Now they are seen as insecure at best and the instrument of conspiracy at worst. How did such a thing come about? This article I wrote for the Daily Dog will give funders a sense of my approach.
Now I think $30k is a bit ambitious, especially in such a short time period, but I am rooting for her and hope she makes her goals. Lets all follow her on her journey.
But nonetheless, Kickstart is a great idea to help get your local community involved in helping out their own. What about you all, do you see any kind of future in this ?
