Title :
Crowdfunding Technology Innovation
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Abstract :
Sites like Kickstarter fill an important funding role, supporting small, low-risk projects that would otherwise struggle to get the attention of venture capitalists or angel investors.
Keywords :
innovation management; investment; angel investors; crowdfunding; kickstarter; low-risk projects; technology innovation; venture capitalists; Crowdsourcing; Internet; Investments; Social network services; Kickstarter; crowdfunding; crowdsourcing; microfinance; social computing;
