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Government 2.0 is essentially about using technology to realise a more open, transparent and consultative form of government. The term derives from Web 2.0, which refers to technologies that...
Government 2.0 is a key means for renewing the public sector, offering new tools for public servants to engage and respond to the community, empower the enthusiastic, share ideas and further...
Whether you are seeking angel funding, venture capital, CrowdFunding, bank funding or CrowdInvesting, this guide will make sure you avaoid the 7 dumbest mistakes when raising finance for your...
When asked about the difference of crowdfunding and social payments, Julia Kaltenbeck said: "Crowdfunding is an alternative revenue model for projects in the planning stage, to finance an...
It has been argued that funding was particularly difficult to obtain for small businesses in respect of their size and lack of available historical data creating information asymmetry for potential investors. Hence, traditional financing methods like bank loans, business angels or VCs are out of reach for these small companies. Moreover, bootstrapping does not allow businesses to grow fast due to its focus on cash generation, often at the expense of maximizing value creation. As a result, crowdfunding can become a viable fundraising method obtainable for small entrepreneurial companies or project-based initiatives.
The appeal and international celebrity of Marilyn Monroe was also a key selling point that SAVE-THE-DRESS used to enlist the participation of prominent sponsors, including New York's Sanctuary...
Adbacker has deemed itself the first platform for launching self-financing, self-spreading online campaigns aimed at helping those with salient messages spread the word, without breaking the...
Mutuzz [in French] is a Web 2.0 company that uses crowdfunding, to promote digital creation.
c-crowd is a new crowdfunding platform for Switzerland.
Mutuzz is a Web 2.0 company that uses crowdfunding in order to promote digital creation.
Eric Blattberg of Crowdsourcing.org recently spoke with Sherwood Neiss about the JOBS Act: its conceptualization, the subsequent legislative process, its ultimate passage, its potential benefits and drawbacks, its media and public reception, and much more. The second part of that discussion is available after the jump.
According to Ubaldo Huerta, founder of yagruma.org, "The key is for an artist to include a short video (maximum 2 minutes) aimed at potential sponsors explaining the project in person and...
This report sets a new standard for comprehensive, reality-based assessment of the crowdfunding industry, based on data gathered from 308 funding platforms worldwide and analysis from massolution's industry-leading brain trust. Like the widely-cited 2012 report, it digs deep and does the math to show who is crowdfunding what, where, how, and when - and what will happen next. But unlike its predecessor, this report also includes three original research chapters by top academics in the field: an analysis of crowdfunding dynamics and how it can be applied to generate viral “third-level acceleration” from the differing motivations of strong-tie vs weak-tie friends; a detailed, 15-country overview of the legal frameworks that surround crowdfunding worldwide, including relevant laws, government agencies, and possible reforms; and an analysis of direct crowdfunding, which questions the very need for platforms for non-investment funding models.
In addition to providing a practical, quantitative understanding of crowdfunding today and a high level synthesis of how its recent innovations will play out in the future, this report also includes surprising insights that can only come out of detailed research. For example, you'll learn which crowdfunding model (donation, reward, lending, equity, or royalty) has had a much better record of reaching its funding goals than all the others, how social vs. environmental raises differ widely, and how the financing of crowdfunding platform startups does not reflect the crowdfunding models they support.
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Last year it became clear that Crowdfunding is becoming big business. With the rise of Crowdfunding platforms all over the world, it seems valuable to take a closer look at the future of the industry and the way Crowdfunding can contribute to a healthy entrepreneurial climate. In my opinion it all comes down to what all these platforms actually deliver to project owners or nascent entrepreneurs.
Every change in a system encounters resistance, especially those changes which make the most sense. In our new information economy, where value is derived from the richness of our networks and the novel ways in which we find to organize information and connections, a matching capital formation mechanism makes sense. So it is no surprise that crowdfunding, an organic response to service capital needs within our new economy, is growing exponentially. And it's quite anticipated that it should meet resistance.
The resistance to crowdfunding comes in the form of the "fraud bogeyman." Apparently, this phantom stalks only unregistered investments, waiting to emerge from the shadows and steal all of our money. Of course, fear is a potent tool (for better or for worse), and wherever it's sold, one can usually quickly find a lack of real arguments. For example, inherent in a fraudster's ability to steal all of our money via crowdfunding, is someone who invests all of his or her money in one business. And yet, I cannot find a single person who thinks that doing so is a good idea. (If you find such a mythical person, please have them write a blog post about it, and forward me a link!)
The fraud bogeyman has been appearing in a number of places recently, including big media sites and small blogs alike. The number of concurrent mentions of the words 'portfolio' or 'diversification' in the same articles ... ZERO. As usual, fear, uncertainty and doubt are delivered in a vacuum, without any relativity or context. How does anyone lose all of their money on fraud when they're diversified? That's an inconvenient question, of course.
Double Fine Productions, the San Francisco-based video game developer behind Psychonauts and Brütal Legend, today broke a number of crowdfunding records in its wildly successful effort to fund a new point-and-click adventure game.
Using Kickstarter, the game development studio raised $950,000 USD in the 24-hour window following the project posting — well over its initial goal of $400,000. At the outset, Double Fine allotted one month of time to reach that funding goal. At the time of writing, the total amount raised stands at $1,001,988 from 26,000 backers.
The UK's Crowdcube has been around for a full year now and during those twelve months the Crowdfunding platform has raised over £2.3 million for 11 UK businesses.
The deafening roar of debate over the crowdfunding provisions in the JOBS act dominated this week, but there was also plenty of other crowdsourcing news going down worldwide.
President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act — and the provisions within it to legalize crowdfunding for equity in the United States — at around 2:40 PM EDT time today.
Net-net, truly successful crowdfunders are those who not only are able to rally their personal network around their idea, but can push past that network and galvanize a true audience for their...
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.
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