How does a Kickstarter work?
I'm sure you've seen Kickstarter projects all over the internet, whether it be because of a rush of people claiming it to be the next big thing or seeing other people pushing their project. However, what is Kickstarter? How does a Kickstarter work? What are these campaigns that have been popping up everywhere? Well firstly let's start off with what Kickstarter is, what it does, and how it came to be. Kickstarter was created in 2009 by Yancey Strickler, Perry Chen and Charles Adler to "help bring creative projects to life". The idea being if you have an idea for a project but don't have the funding required to do so you can use Kickstarter as a way to find the people that would want that project. The best part however about Kickstarter is it's an "all or nothing" kind of platform, meaning if you don't meet your set goal by the set deadline then none of the money goes anywhere and all pledges are canceled. The basis of this comes from Per...