Another great CrowdFundCast came out this week. This time around the folks at CrowdCheck talk SXSW, their upcoming Washington, DC event and more. Follow @CrowdFundCast
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For some time now, Boise Weekly has been following the story of The JOBS Act, a bill Congress passed to overhaul Securities and Exchange Commission regulations put in place after the Great Depression to help curb corruption in the investment industry. A key component of the bill eases restrictions on small investments to companies, the… Read More
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When you think of crowdsourcing, you usually imagine something like the Pebble smart watch or the Misfit Shine – gadgets that are hard to build in mainstream ways but take off by sparking a groundswell of support. But what about a crowdfunded Tesla museum? Or how about a grocery store that uses no packaging? Those… Read More
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I attended an interesting presentation at SXSW Interactive by Slava Rubin, CEO and cofounder of Indiegogo, a popular crowd-funding campaign. He basically hammered the point that crowd funding is not some kind of lottery. Instead, through careful planning and deliberate effort, Indiegogo can serve as a platform for anyone, anywhere, to raise money for any… Read More
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The annual SXSWconference here prides itself on being a place for “disruption,” but the only real disruption during a fairly pedestrian conversation between the founder of crowdfunded Ouya and the editor-in-chief of The Verge today were angry tweets followed by empty seats. Ouya founder Julie Uhrman got on stage with The Verge Editor-in-Chief Joshua Topolsky… Read More
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Razoo, a crowdfunding platform for causes, and SXSW Interactive Festival announced today a partnership to raise money online for two charitable causes March 8-12, 2013. The partnership reflects a commitment to furthering the community-oriented culture of SXSW by offering more opportunities to support forward-thinking causes. The two charities highlighted at SXSW 2013 are Architecture for Humanity… Read More
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Bryan Sivak, CTO and entrepreneur in residence at the Department of Health and Human Services has shared some insight into the operations of this significant bureau. They use crowdfunding internally to solicit support from the more entrepreneurial minded civil servants. Dubbed “HHSFairTrade” this information was released during a presentation at SXSW by Sivak and reported… Read More
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Online equity crowdfunding site for real estate Realty Mogul, has been awarded First Place at the HATCH start up pitch competition. HATCH is the official pitch competition at South By South West (SXSW) which took place earlier today in Austin. Only 12 companies from around the world were selected to participate in this highly competitive competition. The… Read More
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Seed&Spark, a crowdfunding and digital distribution platform made just for independent film, rolled out new social viewing and following features during SXSW 2013. More than 2,000 Seed&Spark users can now follow their friends on Seed&Spark and invite them to watch a movie from the Cinema section of the site. “I don’t know about you, but… Read More
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Kickstarter + Films = SXSW 2013 A film crowdfunded by Kickstarter just won an Oscar. Over $100 Million has been raised, for over 9000 film projects, on the Kickstarter platform over the past three years alone. So what is next? SXSW of course. Kickstarted films have generated 35 official SXSW film selections this year –… Read More
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Indiegogo, one of the world’s largest crowdfunding platforms, will host a pavilion showcasing six companies whose product development was funded on the Indiegogo platform at the second annual Startup Debut at SXSW on Sunday night, March 10, from 6-9 pm at Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar, 320 E. 2nd St., Austin, TX. Startup Debut will… Read More
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Crowdfunding is one of the more dominant topics of this year’s South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, which takes place March 8 through 17. The SXSW website lists 21 panels just with the word Kickstarter, including one panel with Amanda Palmer and the team behind her $1.2 million Kickstarter campaign (March 13 at 12:30pm)…. Read More
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Online equity crowdfunding site for real estate Realty Mogul, has been named one of the finalists to pitch at HATCH. HATCH is the official pitch competition at South By South West (SXSW) taking place in Austin, Texas, March 10th, 2013. After a highly competitive process with applicants from around the world, twelve companies were chosen to… Read More
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CarbonStory, currently in closed beta, will launch the beta version of its crowdfunding platform for climate change projects at SXSW in Austin, USA on March 10. The Singapore based crowdfunding portal stated, “We created CarbonStory to make a real impact towards fighting climate change”, said Andreas Birnik, Co-founder of CarbonStory. “CarbonStory is game changing because… Read More
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Jambase, a leading source of live music and concert information, and Get My Band, provider of a new crowdfunding platform for touring bands, have announced a partnership that gives fans the ability to bring their favorite bands to their hometown and lets bands use crowdfunding to tour profitably and play more live gigs. Jambase will integrate… Read More
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