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Microphilanthropy, Crowdfunding & Start-Up (REVV 2011)

document Crowdfunding, Distributed Knowledge

MICROPHILANTHROPY, CROWDFUNDING & START-UP: The Beginning of Connected Capital?

WHO’S HERE? PAUL OSTERLUND (ABUNDANCE FARMING), JOSH TETRICK (33 NEEDS),
KRISTIN WOLFF (THINKERS+DOERS) & YOU

 Crowdfunding:
The
collec2ve
coopera2on,
a7en2on
and
trust
by
people
who
network
and
pool
their
money
and
other
resources
together,
usually
via
the
Internet,
to
support
eﬀorts
ini2ated
by
other
people
or
organiza2ons.

“Crowdfunding is a collaborative funding model; many people give smaller amounts of money to make big things happen.“ Slava, IndieGoGo

Source:
h7p:// www.smartermoney.nl/? p=35#plaIorms

=
Fund
my
business
=
Fund
my
crea2ve
project
=
Fund
my
social
venture

=
Fund
my
personal
cause
=
Fund
my
personal
project
or
ac2vity
=
Fund
my
need

 $80M
pledged
to
date
($35M
on
Kickstarter)
(Source:
@RobertAndrews,
Jan
2011)
 Pulls
new
funders
into
market
 Fills
a
gap
in
investment
market
(under
$10K)
 Creates
rela2onships
between
investees
+
investors,
and
investees
and
each
other
(but
also
creates
challenges)
 Leverages
‘alterna2ve
currencies’
 “Jury
is
out”

Josh Tetrick: 33 Needs

 WHY 33 NEEDS?
 WHAT DO GOOD PROJECTS DO THAT HELPS THEM SUCCEED?
 WHAT DOES “SELFLESSNESS IS PROFITABLE” MEAN?
 STATE OF CROWDFUNDING?
 ADVICE TO ASPIRING PROJECTS, ENTREPRENEURS, INNOVATORS?

  Springboard Innovation began CXc on-line seed-funding for social innovators in April ’09.
  Designed to enable a new breed of citizen social innovators; providing start-up funds for

new and proven social ventures, from ‘investors in sustainable change’ @ $5 per share.
  Funding ﬁnancially sustainable social enterprises; nonproﬁts with a plan for self-suﬃciency.
  Infrastructure supporting the 5th Space:
Mission

Money

NON-‐PROFITS

Social
Entrepreneurial
Ventures

BUSINESS

CommunicaEon
Inﬂuence

InformaEon
Research

GOVERNMENT

Knowledge
Beneﬁt
Many

ACADEMIA

www.thechangexchange.org/
  CXc soon to release new engineering, images, proﬁles for listers…new funding partners.
  CXc invites listers to apply - new start-up ventures, those replicating successful models,
and established non-proﬁts adding a sustaining strategy…and now B-corporations.
  Submit your proﬁle summary
  Review CXc legal agreement
  Q & A / discussion…

Contacts:
paul@springboardinnovation.org
amy@springboardinnovation.org

 http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/ 2011/03/02/134194007/crowdfunding-cuts-out-most-ofthe-middlemen
 http://destinationdiy.org/episodes/episode33.html
 http://mashable.com/2009/07/29/crowdfundingsuccess/
 http://www.blackweb20.com/2011/03/02/ crowdfunding-an-alternative-for-minority-startups/
 http://gigaom.com/2011/02/18/kickstarter-crowdfunding-hits-1m-a-week/
 http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/ can_we_crowdfund_our_lives.php

Flickr Friends: Money (epSos.de); Shadow portrait (humber15); the rest are mine.

Follow REVV2011 or use #REVV201 on Twitter to share comments.

 “Inchvesting” in Loveland
 http://buyaframe.lemonadedetroit.com/
 Alan Rosenblith’s Symbionomics Film
 Jean Russell’s Thrivability Project
 Mr. T’s Classroom in Talent, OR

Summary Presented to Springboard Innovation's Revisioning Value Conference, March 7-8, 2011

Description Paul Osterlund's presentation covers various topics on crowdfunding. But the best part about it is the long list of websites and organizations who in one way or another have resorted to crowdfunding. Look into this presentation and you'll surely learn a lot!

Tags: connected capital, crowdfund, Crowdfunding, Crowdsource, microphilanthropy, portland, projects, revv2011, springboard social innovation, startup

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Yad Faeq Jan 23, 2013 07:29 pm GMT

Awesome presentation.

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