"Crowdfunding is booming—its overall market size is anticipated to reach $500 million by the end of 2012, with growth fueled by the JOBS Act taking force in January 2013. This legislation will expand campaign “perks” received in exchange for individual donations to include equity ownership in startup businesses. Extreme crowdfunding success stories like Pebble—which exceeded its funding goal to raise $10.3 million in wristwatch pre-sales on Kickstarter—have stoked the hope of entrepreneurs and has democratized the funding of ideas."
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