Kickstarter is an ingenious site where reative minds can seek crowdsourcing funds for a project - a new gizmo or widget, an indie film or an artistic endeavor, a book, or a furniture design. The project needs a clear plan, a start and end date, and if you don't raise the needed funds, everyone's pladge is returned. What's in it for donators? If they give above a threshold amount set by the instigator, they get a first production run of the new product at a discount. Or an invitation to an advance showing of the artwork. Or a tee-shirt. And the reward of backing a good idea.
The site describes the basic idea and lists the rules of how the site works through paypal funding.
http://m.post-gazette.com/living/garden/on-kickstarter-designers-dreams-materialize-1176718?p=0
http://www.helium.com/items/2028382-entrepreneurs-are-using-kickstarter-to-fund-their-dreams
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