March 5, 2013 @ 11:09 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

ReadWriteWeb recently teamed with TriNet to publish this white paper that examines the current startup climate. Six venture capitalists offered their takes on where things were headed. Crowdfunding received “honorable mention.” From the paper… Conditions are starting to change in ways that promise a major… Read More

March 5, 2013 @ 9:34 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

This infographic explains the process of an equity crowdfunding raise from start to finish on Growthfunders. Hat tip to Growthfunders.

March 5, 2013 @ 10:17 am By Charles Luzar  |  

March 4, 2013 @ 10:27 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Want an SEO-focused crowdfunding URL? Have $18,000 burning a hole in your pocket? You can throw a bid for crowdfunding-website-reviews.com on Ebay. From the listing… This site is a PR3 with a US Alexa rating of 89,000 The site is currently earning over $400 a… Read More

March 4, 2013 @ 2:53 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

A recent entry on whiteboardmag.com tells a crowdfunding horror story where a German company called Smarchive had difficulties getting VC investment after a successful crowdfunding round. From the article… (Smarchive founder) Steffen Reitz: “Back in the time, I thought that crowdfunding was nice and good… Read More

March 4, 2013 @ 12:23 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Open source software is extremely important to technology, innovation and entrepreneurship. Numerous companies (including Crowdfund Insider) may not exist if it weren’t for excellent open source software being available to the public. Since open source software is free by definition, developing it can be a… Read More

March 3, 2013 @ 7:10 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

According to All Games Beta, game developer Yu Suzuki is considering crowdfunding a third installment of his wildly popular and forward-thinking Shenmue game franchise. If he goes through with the plan, it may join the growing list of video game projects that have raised large amounts of… Read More

March 1, 2013 @ 6:13 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Amanda Palmer famously raised almost $1.2 million on Kickstarter, the biggest music crowdfunding campaign in history. Recently she gave a TED talk that outlined how her experiences as a street performer taught her the art of asking. It can be a daunting thing to reach… Read More

March 1, 2013 @ 7:52 am By Charles Luzar  |  

EarlyShares is partnering with Varsity Networks, a networking portal that provides online services to help over 9,000 high school sports teams manage information and stay connected. The partnership is intended to facilitate the online donation capability for VN’s 350,000+ members, through the creation of Boosters Unite…. Read More

February 28, 2013 @ 4:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

I recently had an opportunity to tour the inner workings of ProHatch’s crowdfunding system, and the approach they’ve taken to raising money may be more in line with how entrepreneurs start and build businesses. As of right now ProHatch is a donation-based platform, but they… Read More

February 27, 2013 @ 4:15 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Celery has launched a payment tool that allows anyone to take pre-orders for a product they plan on creating. Credit cards are not charged until the product is ready to ship. You can see an example page here. According to their web site, Celery is… Read More

February 21, 2013 @ 7:32 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Product launches on Kickstarter are the best, aren’t they? It is amazing to see the things people come up with. The following two campaigns on Kickstarter live up to this and then some. They’ll blow your mind! Mycestro, The Next Generation 3D Mouse Ah, the… Read More

February 21, 2013 @ 8:29 am By Charles Luzar  |  

February 20, 2013 @ 3:59 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

According to sources in the crowdfunding industry who were present for yesterday’s meetings in Washington, there is reason for cautious optimism in regards to Title III implementation. The message from the industry was clear; We’ve examined the problem domain and we’re ready to go, but… Read More

February 19, 2013 @ 3:27 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

February 19, 2013 @ 11:25 am By Charles Luzar  |  

After today’s press conference at the National Press Club one thing is clear. Crowdfunding industry stakeholders want movement toward implementation of the JOBS Act and they want it soon. SoMoLend CEO Candace Klein spoke to a concern that tumult in the SEC’s leadership could delay… Read More

February 19, 2013 @ 11:10 am By Charles Luzar  |  

During today’s crowdfunding press conference at the National Press Club, Doug Ellenoff of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole mentioned a rather hilarious acronym he’s built for the crowdfunding community. He shared that crowdfunding is CREDIBLE… Caps on the amount an individual can invest inherently protect investors Registration… Read More

February 18, 2013 @ 2:27 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

February 18, 2013 @ 10:04 am By Charles Luzar  |  

MEDIA ADVISORY: The State of Equity-Based Crowdfunding…Primed, Capitalized and Waiting on the SEC Members of the Media are Invited to Attend a Press Conference at the National Press Club on February 19th Prior to Briefings at Capitol Hill, The White House, and the SEC Washington,… Read More

February 14, 2013 @ 6:34 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Let’s Start Some Good: What’s Next in 2013 by StartSomeGood Have a crowdfunding offering you’d like to share? Submit an offering for consideration using our Submit a Tip form and we may share it on our site!