Tech Talk: Revel in the crowd funding era
This article was first published by dmcityview.com There has never been a better period in all history than present day to be an idea guy. No matter if you have zero coding, engineering or sales skills, the information age is ripe for creative people to brainstorm game-changing ideas and find the right people and funding to make it happen. Sure, 40 years ago Steve Jobs co-created Apple Computers with no programming skills, but would Apple exist today without his Apple conspirator Steve Wozniak and seed funding from multimillionaire Mike Markkula? Think of all the Jobs-like geniuses who never came to pass because they weren’t surrounded by the right supporting cast? Today, two elements fuel the dreams of the would-be Steve Jobs among us: social networking and crowd funding. Before the advent of online social networking, it was practically impossible for unknowns to connect. Unless you, your friends or your colleagues could personally program computers, your dreams of tech inno...