{"id":62,"date":"2013-11-13T23:09:58","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T06:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/piechnik\/?p=62"},"modified":"2013-11-13T23:18:22","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T06:18:22","slug":"future-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/piechnik\/2013\/11\/13\/future-adventures\/","title":{"rendered":"Future (ad)Ventures"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amanda Palmer (http:\/\/www.thatericalper.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

While reading through Corina Bizim’s blog on crowd-funding<\/a>, I was immediately reminded of a TED talk<\/a> I recently viewed. Corinna wrote about connecting consumers to producers through crowd-funding. Who better to decide which projects are developed than those who are using them. The idea is that anybody can pose an idea to the internet community . If people approve, they put their own money towards the project. This transparent model has successfully led to the invention of many innovative products.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Internet provides a platform through which an entrepreneur can reach an audience. The publics role in product development is minimal. Their input allows for the creation of better products. The power of crowd-funding \u00a0is in the relationship between the inventor and investor. Only ideas that inspire and resonate with the investor are funded. The Internet connects innovators to a larger audience than possible in the past. In the video, Amanda Palmer says that innovators need to “ask without shame”. The Internet is a place to ask for the resources necessary to translate an idea into reality. Gone are the days when entrepreneurs are at the mercy of venture capitalists. Rather, it is a story, idea, or adventure, communicated to the world via the Internet, that will become actualized. This is a new and better way of entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n

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