The rise of social media has given us a gift in the form of crowdfunding. If you’re not familiar with the concept, crowdfunding is the raising of funds from a group of people (the crowd), usually online, to back any imaginable project, product, or cause you can imagine.
It is now the way for businesses to make it big from scratch. In 2013, Forbes estimated that crowdfunding collectively raised $5 billion worldwide. The numbers keep growing yearly, and these are a few of the biggest sites to check out if you want in on the fun.
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