RocketHub founder Brian Meece on crowd funding June 12, 2012.

When Brian Meece first launched RocketHub he thought he and a few friends would use the platform to raise money for their artistic projects.

When Brian Meece first launched RocketHub he thought he and a few friends would use the platform to raise money for their artistic projects.

In the two years since Meece and his two co-founders started the crowd funding site, it has grown immensely.

In the two years since Meece and his two co-founders started the crowd funding site, it has grown immensely.

In the two years since Meece and his two co-founders started the crowd funding site, it has grown immensely.

Digital crowd funding isn’t a new phenomenon—sites like Spot.us and SellaBand.com have been around since 2008.

But in the last year sites like RocketHub and its biggest rival, Kickstarter, have popularized the concept and pushed it towards the mainstream.

But in the last year sites like RocketHub and its biggest rival, Kickstarter, have popularized the concept and pushed it towards the mainstream.

But in the last year sites like RocketHub and its biggest rival, Kickstarter, have popularized the concept and pushed it towards the mainstream.

RocketHub gives a real time estimate of how much a project has raised.

Tech startups like Brydge, which raised $697,000 on Kickstarter to fund its iPad keyboards, are also big fans of the format.

Now a lot of scientists, academics, entrepreneurs and philanthropists have started to use the site.

Now a lot of scientists, academics, entrepreneurs and philanthropists have started to use the site.

Now a lot of scientists, academics, entrepreneurs and philanthropists have started to use the site.

“It’s been a really great fit for us and it has differentiated us in the market.”

Three things Meece says a successful crowd funded venture needs:

Interest: Something that captivates emotion, something that gets people excited and tells a story, led by a real person with passion and authenticity.

Interest: Something that captivates emotion, something that gets people excited and tells a story, led by a real person with passion and authenticity.

Community: Some sort of community that can validate it.

Often projects are initiated within their own communities and they find new communities online but they’re really validated and they get that first traction within their own community or core audience.

Often projects are initiated within their own communities and they find new communities online but they’re really validated and they get that first traction within their own community or core audience.