Web's Largest listing of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding events
Web's Largest Directory of Sites2,358 crowdsourcing and crowdfunding sites
Eric Migicovsky recently appeared at the LeWeb conference in London. We share two videos from the conference, in which Migicovsky talks about his watch, the Kickstarter campaign, as well as a variety of other interesting topics related to crowdfunding.
In a historic day for the crowdfunding industry, the Pebble Smartwatch project today smashed the $10 million barrier on Kickstarter — raising three times more than Double Fine Adventure, Kickstarter’s previous record-holder, and 100 times more than the project’s original funding goal of $100,000.
Eric Migicovsky posted a video of the prototype on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, and through May 18 he received $10,266,845 from 68,929 backers — by far the most money ever collected...
At last check the Pebble Smartwatch has rounded up over $8 million on Kickstarter with two weeks left to go in the campaign. That's a figure that shatters all previous crowdfunding records on Kickstarter and most other platforms.
Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky will be sharing their success story at the next Crowdfunding & Cocktails Event in Palo Alto on May 9th. The gathering is part of the SoHo Loft series of Capital Creation and Crowdfunding events. (You can see a little of Crowdsourcing.org's coverage of the last Crowdfunding and Cocktails event in Manhattan here.)
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be highlighting some of the most successful, interesting, and innovative crowdfunding campaigns of 2012. This week’s category is most-funded campaigns, and we’re kicking the series off with the most successful project to date – the Pebble smart watch.
Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky turned to Kickstarter, posting a video of a Pebble prototype and its various possibilities—including mail and messaging, music controls, exercise data tracking and...
Signed into law by President Obama on April 5, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act legalizes crowdfund investing in the United States. When the Securities and Exchange Commission’s nine-month legislative review process concludes, entrepreneurs across the country will be able to solicit and collect investments for their startups and small businesses via the Internet. But is the JOBS Act a beneficial piece of legislation for the average American? The bill’s ardent supporters argue it will democratize finance for the 99 percent and ameliorate the United States’ sputtering economy, while its loudest critics claim it will pave the way for another financial crisis. Whether the JOBS Act improves or depresses the American economy, it will fundamentally alter the country’s business ecosystem. It is, as President Obama called it, a “game-changer.”
The Kickstarter model, which Paul Dombowsky plans to replicate, gets around such limitations by offering no equity.The money is technically a donation, although some entrepreneurs like Eric...
Pebble Technology, led by Vancouver native Eric Migicovsky, utilized the online funding platform Kickstarterto launchdevelopment of the first “smart watch.” The project quickly made headlines,...
Eric Migicovsky and his team of six developed Pebble and launched an amazingly successful Kickstarter campaign that raised $10.6 million — its goal was $100,000. Pebble has myriad useful...
The $3.7-million – as of press time, and counting – that backers have pledged for his Pebble watch on Kickstarter.com in the six days since it was listed has set a record for the crowdfunding site...
The team had a little over a month to raise the money before their Kickstarter pitch expired. To Migicovsky's complete shock, $100,000 was raised in just two hours. It took 28 hours to exceed...
Every so often, we stumble across a crowdfunded project so cool we need to learn more about it — then share our newfound knowledge with everyone we know. That’s why we’re starting this semi-regular “Crowdfunding Spotlight” feature, where we speak to the people behind the most audacious and exciting crowdfunding campaigns. In this inaugural spotlight article, we speak with Ari Atkins, co-founder of Unplugged Instruments and designer of the Unlimited Electric Guitar.
Rumblings of problems with Pebble's ability to meet its own fulfillment deadlines are getting louder. The 85,000 people who collectively chipped in millions to the company's record-setting Kickstarter campaign for a "smart watch" that can sync up with a smartphone are still waiting for the rewards they were promised.
Pebble, the company behind the eponymous smartwatch, announced on Thursday that it secured $15 million in Series A funding from VC firm Charles River Ventures.
Recent changes to U.S. legislation mean private companies will soon be able to solicit investment from "the crowd." On April 5, President Barack Obama signed the Jumpstart Our...
There are many different crowdfunding platforms and strategies, each with its own distinct advantages. General-purpose sites offer exposure: *Kickstarter is probably the best-known....
One of the loudest voices calling for change is the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA), which has launched a public campaign to urge change to securities laws to permit equity investing...
More gadget makers will follow in Pebble Technology's footsteps by using crowdfunding site Kickstarter to raise money to make their products, according to Eric Migicovsky, the company's...
Funding Launchpad adviser Brian Tsushiya added his passionate voice to the conversation on “ The Kickstarter Recession ” : "The most successful projects on kickstarter are ALL commercial...
Founded in 2010, the industry website, Crowdsourcing.org, is a neutral organization dedicated solely to crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. As one of the most influential and credible authorities in the crowdsourcing space, Crowdsourcing.org is recognized worldwide for its intellectual capital, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding practice expertise and unbiased thought leadership.
