Weekly Blog Post: The Ticket Sketch

The Ticket: Sketch Outline

Concept:

A group of friends are walking around a park during the day. They are talking and cracking jokes like they usually do. As they continue walking they stumble upon a lottery ticket. They pick it up and check the numbers on one of their smart phones. It's the winning ticket. They all debate on how they'll split their newly found fortune. After bickering for a while the group decides to divide the money equally upon themselves. They continue walking and each of them talks about what they would do with their share of the money. The person who has the ticket in his pocket is so into the conversation, that he doesn't notice one of the other friends trying to take the ticket out of his pocket.

Two research paragraphs

From funding new inventions to movies to new business, crowdsourcing covers it all. This up and coming form of fundraising is rapidly growing. The days of going around town asking for donations are long gone and in it’s place is the crowdfunding. Crowdfunding allows for individuals with an idea to reach out to the millions of possible funders over the internet.

Crowdsourcing is arguably the best way to reach out to potential business partners and customers when trying to launch or expand an idea or product. One reason that support this claim is that when other see the idea some entrepreneurs will invest start up money. Another reason is that customers can give feedback on the product to make it strive. One might say that crowdsourcing is risky as people may imitate your product.