DocumentCode
303
Title
Crowdfunding Technology Innovation
Author
Riedl, John
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Volume
46
Issue
3
fYear
2013
fDate
Mar-13
Firstpage
100
Lastpage
103
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computer
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9162
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MC.2013.89
Filename
6489963
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