Kickstart your Idea.

This post is a little late, the greater portion of a day, but it covers a very interesting website I've found, and that everyone should check out.

The website is called Kickstarter and its a website where you can market your entrepreneurial idea, and ask for start-up money from the denizens of the internet. It presents an awesome alternative to raising capital via loans, as the capital raised can be paid back in favours, and comes from several local backers, who are actually interested in your project, rather than a blank and faceless bank.

How does it work? Well, I encourage you to check it out, but what it seems like to me, is one of those advertisements for Public Broadcasting, which ask for your donations, and offer rewards at each pledge level: it's a wonderful idea, which I hope to see blossom into a thriving community of idea making, and backing, individuals.

So take a gander, and back a project. In most cases, a dollar will get you a nifty mention, and bigger pledges often get you bonuses like prototype versions of the game, or early-release privileges. This is the meritocracy Confucius was talking about. I love the internet.