When independent film producer Joe Avella sought funding last year for his Master of Inventions movie, he looked beyond the usual suspects – he turned to the crowd.
Avella and his filming cohorts posted a video plea for money on Kickstarter, one of dozens of websites where inventors and others with new products, ideas and projects can seek donations from family, friends and anonymous people in the ether.
Crowdfunding is a viable funding alternative for inventors who are serious about developing and commercializing their ideas. Crowdfunding, by its Darwinian nature, also serves as a viable means test. Ideas that have popular appeal get funded; ideas that suck, die a merciful death. And as the saying goes, it’s better to fail early.
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