Kickstarter offers a group funding model for businesses and projects of all types. Basic information from the website is listed here. Click on the link and enter your city, e.g. "Okeechobee, FL" to view projects that are seeking or have received funding in your area.
What is Kickstarter?
Kickstarter
is a funding platform for creative projects. Everything from films, games,
and music to art, design, and technology. Kickstarter is full of
ambitious, innovative, and imaginative projects that are brought to life
through the direct support of others.
Since
our launch on April 28, 2009, over $350 million has been pledged by more
than 2.5 million people, funding more than 30,000 creative projects. If you
like stats, there's lots more here.
How does Kickstarter
work?
Thousands
of creative projects are funding on Kickstarter at any given moment. Each
project is independently created and crafted by the person behind it. The
filmmakers, musicians, artists, and designers you see on Kickstarter
have complete control and responsibility over their projects. They
spend weeks building their project pages, shooting their videos,
and brainstorming what rewards to offer backers. When
they're ready, creators launch their project and share it with their community.
Every
project creator sets their project's funding goal and deadline. If people
like the project, they can pledge money to make it happen. If the project
succeeds in reaching its funding goal, all backers' credit cards are
charged when time expires. If the project falls short, no one is
charged. Funding on Kickstarter is all-or-nothing.
Can Kickstarter be
used to fund anything?
We
allow creative projects in the worlds of Art, Comics, Dance, Design,
Fashion, Film, Food, Games, Music, Photography, Publishing, Technology, and
Theater.
Everything
on Kickstarter must be a project. A project has a clear goal, like making an
album, a book, or a work of art. A project will eventually be completed, and
something will be produced by it.
Kickstarter does
not allow charity, cause, or "fund my life" projects. Check out
our project guidelines for details.
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