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    The document discusses the need for an innovation renaissance driven by increased democratization of information, design resources, and digital fabrication technologies. These developments are empowering more ordinary people to fund ideas through new crowdfunding approaches, bypassing traditional banks and venture capital firms. Examples are given of projects that received over 100% of their funding goals. The document also discusses how digital tools are now enabling automatic design alterations, virtual testing and evaluation of designs and prototypes, improving innovation performance. In under 3 sentences.

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    The document discusses the need for an innovation renaissance driven by increased democratization of information, design resources, and digital fabrication technologies. These developments are empowering more ordinary people to fund ideas through new crowdfunding approaches, bypassing traditional banks and venture capital firms. Examples are given of projects that received over 100% of their funding goals. The document also discusses how digital tools are now enabling automatic design alterations, virtual testing and evaluation of designs and prototypes, improving innovation performance. In under 3 sentences.

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    A presentation from Kern Evolved 2013 by Dr. Alex Bandar from the Columbus Idea Foundry.

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    The Need to Make:

    A Renaissance in Innovation
    Alex Bandar Columbus Idea Foundry

    The Imminent Innovation Renaissance


    How Democratization of Information, Design Resources, and Digital Fabrication is Empowering Ideation
    Alexander R. Bandar, Ph.D.

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    Old Way to Raise Funds


    Bank / VC rm with money + & nancial interest

    New Way
    Ordinary people with money & passion

    People with ideas

    Person with idea

    Goal: $5500 Received: $9150 166% funded CIF

    Goal: $15,000 Received: $33,892 225% funded Highly Liquid

    Goal: $2500 Received: $22,352 894% funded ReFab Studio

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    Initial Design

    Automatic design alteration

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