Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Turn Your Ideas Into Reality With Crowd Funding

By Cary Harwin


Crowd funding or collective financing is an excellent way to fund your special project, especially if you have an idea that is technically innovative. You may own your own business or you may be researching a special thesis at your university. This kind of fundraising is advantageous for several reasons.

Crowd funding is about people pooling their resources to support special projects. There are many important things that this kind of financing can be used for. It allows someone to receive the funds they need without having to borrow a lot of money or mortgage their future.

It can be difficult to get the grant money that you need for important research. It also is time consuming and you may have to jump through a series of hoops to have a chance. Group financing makes the process easier and simpler and it can be done online.

With the majority of crowd funding sites focusing on the arts, there has been a significant need to bring the crowd funding process to other sectors of the economy. With the recent launch of FundaGeek.com, this effective fund raising technique can now be applied to technical innovation and basic research. The crowd funding process is ideal for gathering support from large groups of like-minded backers.

The Internet and social networks continue to grow at an amazing pace. For example, your idea can sweep through this media and go viral. It is possible to get all of the financing that you need, a little bit at a time, from many different people.

Once potential backers are presented with this information, they will decide whether or not to extend financial support. While there is no guaranteed return in any new venture, donors will be rewarded ultimately by the success of their targeted enterprise. These funds are actually supportive pledges in exchange for rewards (gifts) being offered.

One of the newest crowd funding sites, FundaGeek.com has a unique approach to funding for basic research. Typically project funds are only dispensed when the project reaches its funding goal. If the goal is not reached, no funds are made available. Basic research projects on the other hand, are funded at the level of the pledges regardless of whether the funding goal is reached.




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