The Kickstarter Economy.

The article profiles online company Kickstarter, which is one of the most successful companies on the Internet to promote and facilitate crowdfunding. Kickstarter founders Yancey Strickler, Perry Chen, and Charles Adler, explain how crowdfunding through Kickstarter and other similar websites helps entrepreneurs who cannot get funding from venture capitalists or angel investors. Other topics discussed include how the company benefited from the U.S. Congress' Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, the company's contribution to documentaries and graphic novel publishing, and charts documenting how Kickstarter chooses which projects it will promote.