Can something like Kickstarter work in India?

Yes i do agree. This is a great initiative. I believe this will work well in INDIA. Not only in terms of money. Also in terms of right tools, resources etc.. But little bit worried as some can also misuse this as all the details will be transparent in this.

Okay, someone's gone ahead and done it. Check out: #-Link-Snipped-# - a kickstart like website where projects and startups can get crowdfunded. What's your opinion on this?

I hope that IgniteIntent is successful over the long run. Its success will encourage many people to innovate.
Kickstarter has some seriously awesome projects related to electronics.

This thing sounds similar to the "entrepreneurship development organizations" which frequently visit my college.

not just me, but none of my friends who have entrepreneural spirit trust these, for the reason that those people may either steal their ideas, or else leak it out to somebody far more powerful, for a fee

I do agree wit zaveri.. Whats your thought Kaustubh?

#-Link-Snipped-# and #-Link-Snipped-# - Ideas themselves are worthless. It might sound harsh - but let me tell you - everyone has world changing ideas. The real 'key' is the 'execution'. Executing an idea with the same passion, patience and zeal is not everyone's cup of tea.

Unless you've 'invented' something - be assured that your idea has already popped up in at least 1000 minds before but they chose to do nothing about it.

I'd never worry about someone stealing my idea. It's all about who works to bring it to reality. Even if people steal ideas - they won't act on it.

Big corporations are busy solving their own problems and are working on ideas that are bigger than yours.

My intention is to bring the focus on 'execution' than worrying about someone copying idea.

@Kausabh: I do agree with you at some point. But we had very good examples in our past history. This happened with big giants as well(Microsoft, Apple and even with facebook(I believe)).

Vinothmathaiyan@Kausabh: I do agree with you at some point. But we had very good examples in our past history. This happened with big giants as well(Microsoft, Apple and even with facebook(I believe)).

They executed faster than others. All I'm saying is that faster execution is the key - the one who does it faster gets it all.

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you said that "Even if people steal ideas - they won't act on it."

can you elaborate on this.

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you said that "Even if people steal ideas - they won't act on it."

can you elaborate on this.

See, there is no shortage of ideas. The shortage is of people who can follow an idea to an extent of bringing it to reality. I might steal and idea and begin working on it - but I won't have the will to dedicate my energies, time and money to bring that idea to reality.

Is sharing videos online a great idea? Obviously not. It's a simple idea that YouTube founders decided to follow and built YouTube.

This is one would prove very useful for students who want to execute their final year projects & need funding to implement their projects directly into market.

Yes, in today's era there is nowhere shortage of ideas, all you need is to implement it nicely so that it results in great execution. Going along with crowdfunding as an idea has suddenly widened its space. You can also check out for Impact Guru as one of the fundraising platforms. #-Link-Snipped-#

Yes, It will definitely work in India. In fact, there are many platforms for the same.
like
<a href="https://www.ketto.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Crowdfunding India - Best Crowdfunding Platform & Website - Ketto</a>
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you are absolutely right @#-Link-Snipped-#
There is no deficiency of ideas in india there are several crowdfunding platforms are developed and helping peoples to raise funds.checkout: #-Link-Snipped-#