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Escape the City, which has two main communities, based in London and New York, claims to be the first U.K.-based web startup to have raised half a million pounds. “We are really thrilled to...
National Geographic Magazine photographer Gerd Ludwig shares the following crowdfunding tips: Introduce yourself and speak to your audience - using video. Treat your potential donors with...
David Brooks, founder of community-outreach group Revolution United,has been seeking new ways to engage and empower his community. His movement shares the ideals of numerous other feel-good...
To change this, Zmâla has turned to Emphas.is, a crowdfunding platform dedicated to photojournalism and documentary projects. "This a way for the team to guarantee its printing costs and,...
In a bid to build on the incredible talent and creativity in the MENA area, Aflamnah focuses on projects for the Arab world created by Arabs, or by individuals or organizations that care about...
Crowdfund Capital Advisors, an advisory, implementation, and education firm, recently released a white paper focusing on crowdfunding and its potential impact on the economy both in the U.S. and abroad. The authors' purpose is exploring “how governments can unlock the power of crowdfund investing by enabling companies to leverage the social Web to encourage community financing, community engagement, and business innovation.”
Watsi is a non-profit organization and crowdfunding platform that lets users fund medical treatments for people in developing countries who may not have the chance to seek proper treatment...
There is a greater dimension to crowd funding than sending a rock band on tour however. Some website specialise in raising money for disaster relief, foreign aid and charities.This is more than...
Based on the concept of crowdfunding, FundMyTravel allows students to start a campaign on the site and then share it with family and friends who can make donations.The service is open to students...
For anyone deciding to use crowdfunding to get their projects off the ground, a question ultimately arises: “What will help me fund it successfully?” The debate is on, and we’ve had a chance to talk about it with Matt Finlin. Matt is a young film director who has successfully funded his amazing documentary Below New York on Kickstarter last summer. As Matt himself calls it, Below New York is a “love letter, a personal essay” to New York and its great subway artists. Matt requested for $3000 to finish the shooting and the production of the documentary and within a little over a month the amount was gathered.
Natalia Garcia had a dream to travel to 12 world cities to see how it would be possible to live in a place designed for people – and not for cars. Natalia is a journalist and cyclist from São Paulo, Brazil. And Sao Paulo, is a really terrible place for cyclists and pedestrians. So, she decided to turn her idea into reality, and left her job at Editora Abril to launch the project Cidades para Pessoas (Cities for People), a dream that materialized through crowdfunding.
Hello, I come from Poland (Europe). I am planning to launch my business and I would like to raise money through crowdfunding. Is it possible to raise money through US sites like Kickstarter if I...
The creation of the Crowdfunding Professional Association was officially announced during our most recent weekly crowdfunding live chat held earlier today. A full transcript of the live chat will be available in the coming days. Meanwhile, here's the official announcement that was distributed worldwide following the conclusion of the live chat.
Fractured Atlas, an arts non-profit that offers fiscal sponsorship to its members, is helping artists crowdfund their projects by partnering up with crowdfunding platforms IndieGoGo and RocketHub. By offering tax deductions for the donations, the non-profit aims to entice larger contributions in tough economic times.
Developed with a mission to help more people volunteer abroad, Volunteer Forever offers a unique platform built around community engagement. The website features reviews of volunteer organizations...
David Drake writes in once again to explain how foreigners without a Social Security Number may be able to crowdfund in the future.
"The Crowdfunding Cruise Symposium will cover a wide range of topics of interest to those who are following the crowdfunding industry," explained Mr. Dobyns. "Current issues such as...
Regulatory compliance and fraud detection are a big deal for crowdfunding platform operators. We recently caught up with ciValidator's Jeff Crump, who was kind enough to answer a few questions about his business.
One region which hasn't seen crowdfunding take off in a big way is Middle East and North Africa. We profile Shekra, an Egyptian crowdfunding platform that hopes its Shariah-compliant model can appeal to investors.
We recently spoke with Smart Money Entrepreneurs founder and CEO Jeremy Andrews to find out more about the platform's crowdfunding model, which will allow entrepreneurs to raise funds from the crowd before the SEC makes rules mandated by the JOBS Act.
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