May 8, 2013 @ 3:45 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Zach Braff took an opportunity to address his critics and wax poetic on the larger crowdfunding space during a 17 minute interview with the team behind Kickstarted. Kickstarted is a documentary on crowdfunding currently being prepared for a Kickstarter campaign itself. Of note is Braff’s assertion that the launch day of his campaign for “Wish… Read More

Read more in: Offerings  |  Tagged documentary, interviews, kickstarted, kickstarter, video, wish i was here, zach braff

January 12, 2013 @ 2:15 am By GigaOm  |  

If you’re an avid Kickstarter backer, or even have seen Kickstarter’s latest 2012 stats, then you’re well-versed in the power of crowd-funding. Kickstarter recently said that 10 percent of the films at Sundance are Kickstarter-funded, and in 2012 over 2 million people pledged close to $320 million to successfully fund over 18,000 Kickstarter projects on the site. Can… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, General News  |  Tagged green, kickstarted, mosaic, solar

January 8, 2013 @ 6:32 am By Wired  |  

Over the past three years, I’ve spent a good deal of money on Kickstarter projects — mostly (but not exclusively) board games. I’ve grown pretty accustomed to getting updates about delays in delivering the rewards. For me, as a blogger and reviewer, I’m constantly receiving something in the mail anyway, so these delays generally don’t bother me… Read More

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January 5, 2013 @ 7:40 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

Mark Cuban speaking on the NextMarket podcast declares that Crowdfunding site Kickstarter should be a requirement for every start up; “Kickstarter should be a requirement for every startup. It’s a way for you create demand and sell the product without giving up any equity. That is a compliment to what an investor might do. In terms… Read More

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December 27, 2012 @ 8:59 pm By Core77  |  

It seems like every day the editors at Core77 receive at least a dozen pleas from designers who have elected to get on the hamster wheel of crowdfunding. In fact, it’s become so ubiquitous, we’ve dedicated a whole category to kickstarting designs. Undoubtedly, 2012 is the year that crowdfunding went mainstream, but now that it’s firmly… Read More

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December 16, 2012 @ 3:10 pm By Iceland Review Online  |  

Earlier this week, I launched a project on the crowd funding platform, Kickstarter. I’ve never done anything like it before, so I was understandably nervous. Crowd funding means that the online community financially support a project to get it up and running. If I don’t meet my target, I don’t get any of the funding…. Read More

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December 16, 2012 @ 12:39 pm By Forbes  |  

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Now, even the earliest stage startup can rise to visibility or be forever lost by their first media spotlight, so it behooves us all to know the rules early. Most entrepreneurs I know admit… Read More

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