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This is really inspiring to see.

I give my respect, admiration, to the empowerment Kickstarter is enabling in the world. People say they do crap like empowerment all the time.. Kickstarter seems to say very little themselves, all I hear is the success stories.

It's a delightfully simple concept: Put a great idea out there and let it be loved and supported.

Ideas that wouldn't have seen the light of day are, fuelled by early adopters and pioneers.

Being on the web for almost 2 decades makes everything look the same, or at least kind of blur together over time.

For me, with information and innovation; since Gutenberg, the web really was the second big thing.

Maybe enablers like Kickstarter are part of the third leap for our world where they are creating change in the real world from innovation.

I've rarely seen something successful on Kickstarter I didn't want to buy. Normally I can't decide as quickly on items in the retail market that compete with it.

The continued popping up of Kickstarter stories and dreams becoming a reality have made me think about all those things I wondered about.

Could they become a reality? Where could I start learning about how to kickstart something successfully? (I Might be a search or two away but the feeling of possibility is great.)



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