Anybody who knows my work probably associates me with my regular yammerings about the importance of good storytelling to make your crowdfunding campaign memorable enough that others want to contribute or share it. A good story may not be enough to take you to the… Read More
Read more in: Strategy | Tagged memes, rose spinelli, ted, tips
This is the first in a new category of blog posts for The Crowdfundamentals in which we detail and review crowdfunding platforms. When I first read about Pave.com, the site that pairs “prospects,” people usually fresh out of college and freighted with hefty students loans,… Read More
Read more in: Investment Platforms and Marketplaces | Tagged education, pave
In advance of my “crowdfunding speed consulting” session with the film students I talked about in my previous post, I did a bit of homework hoping to help students work through an issue they encountered: How do you make a great video pitch about your film without giving… Read More
Recently I had the pleasure of addressing a talented group of film students who attend a media arts college in Chicago. They were assigned the task of running a crowdfunding campaign to pay for a portion of their “capstone” film. This is a progressive school…. Read More
Entertainment is a great mirror for capturing the cultural mood. I can think of several current television shows that reflect our anxieties about the future and our lack of trust for formerly sacrosanct institutions. My current favorite is season two of ” Enlightened,” the HBO… Read More
Read more in: Opinion
After journalist Noreen Malone’s controversial essay in The New Republic entitled “The False Promise of Kickstarter: Fund Me, I’m Useless” made its way through all the usual crowdfunding channels, a predictable kerfuffle ensued among crowdfunding enthusiasts that basically cast Malone as a bit of a… Read More
Read more in: Featured Headlines, Opinion | Tagged fail, kickstarter
Happy Halloween! My blog page has been hinky lately. For example, I could see my most recent posts but others would see old tread I’d written weeks before. So as I happily reposted a new entry on various sites I’d discover later that what was… Read More
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