Having great ideas is easy. Putting them into action is another story. What if students used crowdfunding in order to finance their professional projects?Kickstarter
has become an efficient tool for promoting and launching great projects. The platform accepts and posts 75% of their applicants' ideas. Nearly half of these end up raising enough pledges to receive full funding. Crowdfunding (and others like it) is thus changing the way small creative projects, startups or products are developed. About 28,000 projects were successfully funded on the website in the past four years, whereas the average funding goals were low at below $5,000. The infographic made by OnlineBusinessDegree.org explains why students and recent graduates with fresh ideas but low budgets should give crowdfuning a try:
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