If you’re looking for “the next big Wow,”…take a look.  The start-up world just started to look a whole lot MORE like the arts!

Recent national legislation means that every for-profit start-up in every city or town can assemble an inner-circle of supporters and enthusiasts who are funding it with small amounts of money.

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/04/26/4444577/the-national-crowdfunding-association.html

So look around, pick the ideas that get you most excited, and stake your claim.

And if you’ve ever participated in a Kickstarter or Indie-Go Go campaign, go ahead, call yourself an “early adopter.”    It won’t be an embellishment, and I’m not just saying that because I write grant proposals.