Unless you’ve been living under a rock or on a deserted island in the last few years, you’ve probably heard of crowdfunding. This new collaboration economy has allowed people to raise hundreds, thousands, even millions of dollars to turn dreams into realities. The 2013 Crowdfunding Industry Report by Massolution revealed the crowdfunding industry raised $2.7 billion in 2012, across more than 1 million individual campaigns globally. What's more, it's estimated that crowdfunding put $65 billion into the economy in 2014, according to crowdfunding platform Fundable.
