Last week I had the opportunity to sit in on a CMJ Music Marathon panel about "Being Your Own Label". One of the panelists was Yancey Stickler, the Cofounder of Kickstarter, a "funding platform for artists, designers, filmmakers, musicians, journalists, inventors, explorers..." The site gives an opportunity for people to present their ideas while giving others the chance to fund these projects. Ideas are first submitted and approved by the site creators. The projects vary from books, art projects, films, design, activism, and music.
Among these projects is the Designing Obama text I talked about a few weeks ago.
Another interesting project that has reached success is Joseph Wain of NYC's Icons for iPhone apps. With 94 backers, he has met his goal of earning $500 and beyond, earning $1,820.
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