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A Piece Of PR Advice From Kickstarter Co-Founder Yancey Strickler

Quora is quickly becoming one of my favorite social networks, and it’s because of little nuggets like this from Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler. He explains that crowdfunders should be careful with how they ask for money on sites like Kickstarter. In the crowdfunding world, the… Read More

Kickstarter Cofounder Derides Stretch Goals

Kickstarter cofounder Yancey Strickler recently took to the Kickstarter blog to express his concern over the ever-increasing use of stretch goals in rewards-based crowdfunding. Stretch goals are funding goals set outside the scope of the primary funding goal. For example, a video game might have… Read More

Considering crowdfunding? Burst the bubble first!

It could fund your project, boost our companies, create jobs and maybe even save our entire economy: crowdfunding. Advertised as the go-to digital cash machine if the bank doesn’t get you the money you need, crowdfunding is well on its way to become a major… Read More

Indiegogo No Place For Video Games? Frontiers Heads To Kickstarter

Polygon posted an interesting article last night about the crowdfunding efforts of AAD Games. It is related to a June 10th blog post from the game deveoper entitled “The Story of A Guy Who Discovered that IndieGoGo Isn’t Good for Gaming Campaigns and Abandoned it… Read More

WATCH: VOA Interview On Crowdfunding Basics

VOA posted this short 5 minute overview on crowdfunding to their YouTube channel. The video includes an interview with a project creator from Washington selling bite-sized cake popsicles online. In searching for a way to fund her idea she came across crowdfunding. Watch below…

Crowd Collaboration Leads To New Stretch Goal For DropShades

DropShades are currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter. The shutter-style sunglasses were designed to react to the music playing around them. The campaign page explains… DropShades are the world’s best audio responsive party glasses that “dance” to the beat of the music. Using a tiny microphone connected… Read More

Crowdfunding Podcast & Video Series By Richard Bliss

Richard Bliss is a successful Kickstarter alumnus, having launched three successful Kickstarter projects in the past. He consulted on a handful of other successful projects. He’s a crowdfunding expert, speaker and the producer of two series everyone in the space should know about. Bliss’s viewpoint… Read More

22 Crowdfunding Sites (and How To Choose Yours!)

It’s not just Kickstarter anymore. Crowdfunding used to be pretty simple. Artists, inventors, and filmmakers posted their ideas, and funders chipped in a few bucks to make something happen. Kickstarter, the site that triggered the crowdfunding movement, was the cornerstone. In three years, the site… Read More

10 Business Law and Tax Law Steps to Improve the Chance of Crowdfunding Success

Imagine the following. You’re just out of college or you’ve just quit your job as a game developer for a big company. You and two of your friends have a great idea for a video game, and you want to finance development of your game… Read More

Hybrid Vigor – Interview Update With The Impaler

Hybrid Vigor stirred the imaginations of film-lovers and crowdfunders the world over in the summer of 2012 with a Kickstarter campaign for the ages and a nod as Indiewire’s Project Of The Week. Filming is underway and on schedule. The Impaler Speaks has featured two previous interviews with creator Brandon Fowler, which… Read More

Kickstarter For Dummies Hits Shelves

This week the folks behind the For Dummies® series of self help and reference books announced a new title focusing on crowdfunding site Kickstarter. From the press release… Today, the world’s bestselling reference series, For Dummies® announces Kickstarter For Dummies (Wiley, 978-1-118-50543-4, May 2013, US… Read More

7 strategies to make your crowdfunding campaign a success

Crowdfunding can be an effective tool for accomplishing your startup goals. Whether you’re looking to jumpstart your marketing efforts, expand your customer base, or reach out to friends and family for funding, crowdfunding provides a platform to rally support around you and your company. Having… Read More

Crowdfunding 101: “Linsanity”

Project: Linsanity  Funding goal: US$117,000 Amount raised: $167,916 Kickstarter backers: 2,102 Key takeaway: Have a plan and identify potential “super fans” “Plan, plan, plan” is the main piece of advice coming from Linsanity producer Allen Lu, who oversaw the Kickstarter campaign for the Sundance documentary selection which tracked Asian-American basketball star Jeremy… Read More

Introduction To Crowdfunding, Part 2

These tips were compiled by Ella van Leeuwen, Margit Laurs and Melvin Loggies, Master students Entrepreneurship & New Business Venturing at the Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University), Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Content shared in partnership with Symbid. Check back next week for the third part of the… Read More

Life After Kickstarter: 5 Costly Lessons From A Kickstarter-Backed Designer

KICKSTARTER BACKERS PLEDGED $212,265 TO MAKE JON FAWCETT’S FLEXIBLE IPOD DOCK A REALITY. HERE’S WHAT CAME NEXT. For Jon Fawcett, Kickstarter success came with an unusual soundtrack: an air horn. The din started on May 7, 2012, the day Fawcett and his colleagues at Fuse Chicken,… Read More

13 ways to get your journalism project crowdfunded

While handwringing over financial support for journalism is nothing new, it’s been especially fraught recently. From the Nate Thayer/Atlantic dustup to the possibility that the Tribune papers may be sold to the Koch brothers, everyone in media seems worried about funding the Fourth Estate. One hopeful sign for… Read More

Introduction To Crowdfunding, Part 1

These tips were compiled by Ella van Leeuwen, Margit Laurs and Melvin Loggies, Master students Entrepreneurship & New Business Venturing at the Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University), Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Content shared in partnership with Symbid. Raising capital through traditional financing methods has become harder… Read More

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