Tagged: rockethub

February 11, 2013 @ 8:05 pm By Forbes  |  

Perhaps it was just a matter of time – but here’s a new development in the funding of academic research and technology commercialization. The University of Utah’s Technology Commercialization Office (TCO)—#1 in the country for startups launched by research organizations for three of the last five years—has… Read More

February 9, 2013 @ 3:42 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The Indiegogo Field Guide It isn’t quite fair to call this guide basic. This is one of the most comprehensive crowdfunding guides we’ve seen thus far. It isn’t a short read, but it provides some serious pro tips. There is even a checklist for project… Read More

January 28, 2013 @ 2:30 am By Forbes  |  

Can’t afford a new car? Try crowdfunding. This novel idea comes from Chrysler Group, which lays out the details in the latest ads for its 2013 Dodge Dart. A television commercial that began airing this week introduces the Dodge Dart Registry, a website that allows… Read More

January 21, 2013 @ 10:21 am By Charles Luzar  |  

When it comes to crowdfunding, social media tends to get all the attention as a means of marketing your campaign. However, email marketing can be an even more effective tool for acquiring contributors or investors when used correctly. There is a strong correlation with an… Read More

January 19, 2013 @ 2:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

I am a tech junkie constantly lurking the pages of the umpteen different tech sites hunting down the “next big thing”.  Crowdfunding has turbo charged the creativity and innovation in the tech world.  Now the market analysis is completed prior to product launch.  The customers… Read More

January 19, 2013 @ 6:58 am By Sys-con  |  

2012 was an amazing year for crowdfunding. Within the span of a three month period (March – May 2012), the largest crowdfunding sites including Kickstarter, Indiegogo, Grow VC, and Rockethub doubled their daily traffic and donation volumes. Between 2008 and 2011, Kickstarter’s issuers raised over… Read More

January 17, 2013 @ 10:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Dodge creatively redefines how to purchase the groundbreaking all-new 2013 Dodge Dart just as the brand redefined what a world-class compact car should be Registry launches with new 30-second ‘How to Change Buying Cars Forever’ TV spot debuting January 20 on Fox Network NFC championship broadcast ‘Dodge… Read More

January 9, 2013 @ 4:51 pm By Silicon Hills News  |  

Perks-based crowdfunding is nothing new, said Brian Meece, co-founder of Rockethub. In 1885, a fundraising effort to buy a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty raised $102,000 from more than 120,000 contributors. Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World, ran an ad in his… Read More

January 9, 2013 @ 3:00 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowdfund Texas featured a panel focused on forecasting crowdfunding’s success. The panel featured plenty of optimism, but was also peppered with words of warning for an industry in a holding pattern as rules and regulations move glacially toward completion. Dara Albright of the NowStreet Journal… Read More

January 8, 2013 @ 1:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

View the Presentation presented by RocketHub at the Crowdfund Texas event held in Austin on January 8th, 2013.   RocketHub: The Crowdfunding Success Pattern from CrowdfundInsider

January 2, 2013 @ 1:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

As I shake off the foggy end to 2012, it is the time of year when resolutions come to mind.  The more I sit in front of the computer screen, the greater I fear that I will begin to resemble a developer (no offense to… Read More

December 26, 2012 @ 12:00 pm By NYTimes  |  

When the Jobs Act became law in April, supporters proclaimed a new era for small businesses seeking to raise money. The “game changer,” as President Obama put it in the Rose Garden as he signed the bill, was a provision to allow small companies to… Read More

December 26, 2012 @ 11:57 am By NYTimes  |  

We have published a story about why the Securities and Exchange Commission has struggled to write the rules that will carry out equity crowdfunding for small businesses. One company that has been at the forefront of the effort to influence those rules is RocketHub, a… Read More

December 25, 2012 @ 2:17 pm By Death and Taxes  |  

Being a child actor is a dangerous game. Statistically it sure seems that if you make it big when you’re still small, you’re likely in for a rough ride. Just think of all the good examples that pop to mind: River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Corey… Read More

December 21, 2012 @ 6:11 am By JD Alois  |  

The University of Utah wants to be on the cutting edge of the crowdfunding” trend and is starting an effort to bring this new funding source to the world of academic research and technology commercialization. The University of Utah’s Technology Commercialization Office (TCO) kicked off the effort today… Read More

December 10, 2012 @ 7:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

RocketHub’s Crowdfunding Whitepaper may prove a little tedious for the typical entrepreneur, but if you’re looking for a deep understanding of crowdfunding’s status in the US it is required reading.  COO Jed Cohen and CFO Alon Hillel-Tuch were armed with their enthusiasm and this document at… Read More

November 19, 2012 @ 5:32 am By Santa Fe New Mexican  |  

A Santa Fe Institute researcher wants to test a remote tracking tool that could be used to gather data about isolated South American groups. Anthropologist Marcus J. Hamilton is enlisting the public’s help in raising money for the project through a crowdfunding site called Rocket… Read More

October 30, 2012 @ 10:57 am By JD Alois  |  

For the past week, Brian Meece was lecturing at college campuses across the country about the power of crowdfunding. He also took some time to give Handshake360° his thoughts on the importance of crowdfunding within higher education. Handshake360°: If you look at the crowdfunding portals… Read More