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Financial contributions from online investors, sponsors or donors to fund for-profit or non-profit initiatives or enterprises. Crowdfunding is an approach to raising capital for new projects and businesses by soliciting contributions from a large number of stakeholders following three types of crowdfunding models: (1) Donations, Philanthropy and Sponsorship where there is no expected financial return, (2) Lending and (3) Investment in exchange for equity, profit or revenue sharing.

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Crowd Funding – the Alternatives Don’t Stack Up
blog Crowdfunding

“Money never starts an idea. It is always the idea that starts the money”. But when the money hasn’t started rolling in or when it is required more quickly to get the idea off the ground, there are...

Andy TompkinsMay 20, 2013 05:34 am GMT147 views
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Crowd Funding – the Alternatives Don’t Stack Up
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Crowd Funding – the Alternatives Don’t Stack Up
blog Crowdfunding

“Money never starts an idea. It is always the idea that starts the money”. But when the money hasn’t started rolling in or when it is required more quickly to get the idea off the ground, there are...

Andy TompkinsMay 20, 2013 05:34 am GMT147 views
90
Crowd Funding – the Alternatives Don’t Stack Up
Cineama
site Crowdfunding / Donations, Philanthropy and Sponsorship

Cineama [in Italian] is a crowdfunding platform for movie and audiovisual projects.

Archenette EvangelioMay 20, 2013 05:29 am GMT130 views
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Cineama
Flipover
site Crowdfunding / Donations, Philanthropy and Sponsorship

A Social Crowdfunding and Crowdsourcing platform

Archenette EvangelioMay 20, 2013 05:07 am GMT150 views
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Flipover
Shekra
site Crowdfunding / Investing (Equity, Profit and Revenue Sharing)

Shekra stands for "Sharek Fekra" and is a specialized crowd funding platform in Egypt dedicated to bridging the gap between entrepreneurs and a wide spectrum of investors. Shekra is...

Archenette EvangelioMay 20, 2013 03:45 am GMT193 views
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Shekra
SliceBiz
site Crowdfunding / Investing (Equity, Profit and Revenue Sharing)

SliceBiz is offering is to leverage web/mobile (& offline) platforms to create a connection between startups looking for funding and business-savvy young professionals/middle class looking to...

Archenette EvangelioMay 20, 2013 02:48 am GMT245 views
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SliceBiz
Antrocket
site Crowdfunding / Donations, Philanthropy and Sponsorship

Antrocket.com is a reward-based crowdfunding web platform where people who need to raise money can create fundraising campaigns to tell their story and get the word out. Antrocket is also a place...

Archenette EvangelioMay 20, 2013 02:20 am GMT256 views
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Antrocket
SprinkleBit
site Crowdfunding / Investing (Equity, Profit and Revenue Sharing)

SprinkleBit is the first authentically social online investing platform designed specifically for the DIY investor. SprinkleBit allows you to follow, learn from and even copy experienced...

Archenette EvangelioMay 20, 2013 01:59 am GMT260 views
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SprinkleBit
Britain backs push for alternative small firm funding sources
article Crowdfunding

The CBI highlighted traditional but underused funding options, such as the retail bond market and private debt placements, but also promoted more innovative approaches such as online...

Samuel BennettMay 20, 2013 12:48 am GMT271 views
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Britain backs push for alternative small firm funding sources
Freakstarter and Cuban's Embrace of the Crowd: Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding Headlines
Crowd Creativity, Crowdfunding

Listen to our bite-sized podcast of the week's top crowdsourcing and crowdfunding headlines, in which we cover all the most important developments in the industries and the broader world of the crowd, and all in less than 10 minutes.

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Eric MackMay 19, 2013 02:47 pm GMT567 views
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WO Funding
site Crowdfunding / Donations, Philanthropy and Sponsorship

WO Funding stands for World's Online Funding. WO Funding is a platform that allows people to raise money for basically anything. From a new business idea, for a film, music, technology, or...

Archenette EvangelioMay 19, 2013 01:06 pm GMT395 views
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WO Funding
Krautreporter
site Crowdfunding / Donations, Philanthropy and Sponsorship

Krautreporter [in German] is a crowdfunding platform for journalistic projects.

Archenette EvangelioMay 19, 2013 10:11 am GMT468 views
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Krautreporter
Rob Ford cancels radio show; Gawker crowdsourcing to buy crack video
article Crowdfunding

The website, whose staff has seen the video, is using crowdsourcing to raise the money. As of 3 pm Toronto time on Saturday, it had $54,000 of the video’s $200K asking price. They’re using...

Claire MackayMay 19, 2013 09:57 am GMT343 views
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Rob Ford cancels radio show; Gawker crowdsourcing to buy crack video
GetStarted
site Crowdfunding / Donations, Philanthropy and Sponsorship

GetStarted.Ph is the crowdfunding community in the Philippines. We help bring to life creative, innovative, and inspiring projects. We commit and dedicate ourselves to building a strong, secure,...

Jericho Del PuertoMay 19, 2013 12:11 am GMT527 views
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GetStarted
Biayda
site Crowdfunding / Donations, Philanthropy and Sponsorship

Biayda.com is the first official reward-based, bilingual crowdfunding site in Turkey. As a social enterprise, apart from funding creative projects, biayda.com connects project owners with NGOs to...

Koray DinçalpMay 18, 2013 01:52 pm GMT363 views
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Biayda
The Future of Crowdfunding Panel @ Startup America LIVE SXSWi13
video Crowdfunding

Startup America chairman Steve Case, Sen. Mark Warner, Crowdfund Capital Advisors' Jason Best, SoMoLend's Candace Klein, and IndieGoGo's Slava Rubin talk about the benefits and...

Luis Enrique MoralesMay 18, 2013 03:59 am GMT543 views
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The Future of Crowdfunding Panel @ Startup America LIVE SXSWi13
New SEC chief Mary Jo White begins job with pressure to tackle rules
article Crowdfunding

Another bill is scheduled to reach the House floor that would reinforce the need for the agency to do thorough cost analyses of any rules it’s considering. White is scheduled to testify before...

Tonya Van Dijk May 18, 2013 03:13 am GMT513 views
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New SEC chief Mary Jo White begins job with pressure to tackle rules
Crowdfunding Expert Kendall Almerico's Message To Crowdfunders: Keep It Simple Stupid!
document Crowdfunding

"Remember the KISS rule: Keep It Simple, Stupid. Simple, short, but informational is crowdfunding gold." Almerico said. "Generally you have less than 5 seconds to grab someone’s...

Fritz SchaeferMay 18, 2013 02:32 am GMT461 views
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Crowdfunding Expert Kendall Almerico's Message To Crowdfunders: Keep It Simple Stupid!
VentureHealth Launches New Model for Funding Healthcare Innovations
document Crowdfunding

"Venture capital for early stage life sciences companies has dried up in the last few years, and promising companies are always looking for investors. VentureHealth has the potential to...

Fritz SchaeferMay 18, 2013 02:08 am GMT510 views
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VentureHealth Launches New Model for Funding Healthcare Innovations
Mark Cuban Loves Crowdsourcing: The Crowded Room #24
Cloud Labor, Crowd Creativity, Crowdfunding

Dallas Mavericks owner and outspoken investor Mark Cuban has been speaking out a lot lately about the value of the crowd, and now he's putting one of his investments where his mouth is and crowdsourcing his team's uniforms. That, plus the delights of Freakstarter and all the week's top crowdsourcing and crowdfunding headlines in our 24th installment of the Crowded Room.

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Eric MackMay 18, 2013 12:42 am GMT771 views
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The Future of #Crowdfunding in #CraftBeer Industry
blog Crowdfunding

Based in Milwaukee, WI, CraftFund, LLC is the craft beer crowdfunding platform. Crowdfunding represents an alternative source of capital that is more consistent with breweries' brand and...

CraftFund, LLCMay 17, 2013 06:21 pm GMT560 views
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The Future of #Crowdfunding in #CraftBeer Industry
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