Posts Tagged ‘Leadership’

Crowdsourcing, Part 2: Innovation in the Arts

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 by mnapier

Indiegogo is another crowdsourcing site that caters primarily to the arts. Fund a film, a fashion line, a new band’s CD, or a cause. What is truly amazing about this site and others, like Kickstarter, is that they show what a relatively small amount of money can accomplish. Look over the list of recent successful funding drives at this site. Most are just a few thousand… Continue reading

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Crowdsourcing, Part 1: How do Jellyfish Generate Investment?

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 by mnapier

The website Kickstarter.com represents one of the truly innovative developments in innovation. Do you have a great idea? A book, a work of art, some interesting new product? Yet your dilemma is that it is not a large enough opportunity to warrant interest from a venture capitalist or a secure enough one to attract a traditional bank loan. So post it on Kickstarter and see if the world will… Continue reading

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