There are two completely different ways of looking at crowdfunding. It is either a) the best thing to happen to start-ups since Red Bull; or b) while sometimes useful, it’s no serious substitute for other sources of money, including family & friends. Even bootstrapping. This may not endear me to some of my friends, but… Read More
Outgrow.me is one of several sites which have been launched to act as a “store” for crowdfunded products. And yes, you have to hand it to the designers who put this together – it is pretty cool. We originally keyed in on the site last year and brought it to the attention of our readers…. Read More
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Petaluma, California based Glasshaus Wine Company is offering a twist on the traditional wine club through a crowdfunded subscription model to finance its yearly production costs. Similar to community a supported agricultural models, supporters become members by purchasing annual wine ‘Shares’ prior to the wine being produced. Each share equals one case of Glasshaus wine… Read More
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In a post on the Indiegogo blog, the rewards based crowdfunding platform reviewed a feature to aid campaigners in attaining their funding goals. Users on Indiegogo can “Share This Campaign” by leveraging a unique url which is then tracked for the number of referrals brought back to the crowdfunding campaign via the dashboard. Indiegogo noted… Read More
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You have a standout idea for a new product but need to raise money for it. So, you wonder whether you should consider a campaign on the popular crowdfunding site Kickstarter. After all, Kickstarter’s results have been impressive. Since it was launched in 2009, about four million people have pledged nearly $600 million to help fund more than… Read More
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The video game industry has been permanently changed with the advent of crowdfunding. The big name and high dollar success stories continue to roll in. Star Citizen raised over $9 Million by combining a Kickstarter and self crowdfunding campaign. The Kickstarter project acted as a pretail / marketing initiative as well as a fund raising… Read More
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Are would-be entrepreneurs letting the funding-equals-success myth stand between them and true success? Too many startup founders crave the validation of big-name investors and end up buying into the idea that getting venture capital somehow means their business has a better shot. I became an entrepreneur to own my business and operate it in a… Read More
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After reaching more than $2 million in crowdfunding on Kickstarter, the Star Citizen developer kept donations open via its Roberts Space Industries website. It now has a pool of $9 million from both sources combined. That’s an increase of $1 million since mid-February. Star Citizen has now achieved all of its stretch goals. Cloud Imperium… Read More
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BancBox, a leading payment services provider, announces today the public launch of BancBox Crowd, the first independent escrow service for equity, debt and revenue share crowdfunding portals. Additionally, the company is announcing partnerships with leading crowdfund investing services 99Funding, SoMoLend, and Localstake. “The services provided by BancBox crowd have been instrumental in developing a seamless investment… Read More
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Greenland’s ice sheet is melting fast, and Jason Box can’t wait for a government research grant to get him there. To fund his 24th expedition, Box, a climatologist at the Geologic Survey of Denmark and Greenland in Copenhagen, is trying something new.Crowdfunding. Box, who had worked at Ohio State University’s Byrd Polar Research Center, hopes… Read More
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Welcome to a new era of crowdfunding, where the “crowd” part is more important than the “funding.” Before “smartwatch” became a household term, the makers of the Pebble watch had been rejected, repeatedly, by investors. When the project’s Kickstarter campaign exploded, VCs were suddenly desperate to invest, not just in the Pebble watch, but in… Read More
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It was a small story we ran just before GDC that kind of flew under the radar, so you’d all be forgiven (minus Kris, who authored the thing) for missing that a game just got funded through equity crowdfunding. That is to say, rather than through a Kickstarter model where backers simply receive rewards (or the… Read More
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When Gary Sohmers launched his 30-day Kickstarter campaign, he was optimistic about raising the $22,000 needed to fund his creation: video technology that lets a fan witness a celebrity sign a personalized autograph. But in late March, with 41 hours left and only $830 raised, he was in a different mood. “You hope all those… Read More
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Online clothing retailer Everlane has announced they are now shipping up North to Canada after their successful hybrid crowdfunding campaign. Everlane had launched a strategic crowdfunding campaign not only to raise funds via a rewards based program, but to also gage interest in expanding their business to Canada. Everlane posted an infographic on their site… Read More
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True entrepreneurs don’t just have a business idea, execute it, and then move into a cushy corner office. They must continue to innovate and come up with new plans to disrupt a market. Investors need to start considering what they are backing — the idea or the individual. The entrepreneur worth investing in has passion… Read More
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