Crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Kiva let you invest small amounts of money to support budding entrepreneurs. In this clip from The Economist’s Ideas Economy event series, Jessica Jackley, chief executive of ProFounder, discusses how crowdfunding not only promotes entrepreneurship, but also connects people around the world.

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