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January 8, 2013 @ 4:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Below is a brief summary of the crowdfunding statistics Kickstarter released today.  2012 was certainly a stellar year for this young company which turned 3 years old in April.  We are looking forward to 2013: 2,241,475 pledged a total of $319,786629 for 18,109 successfully funded… Read More

January 8, 2013 @ 2:28 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

This morning at #CrowdfundTX there was a panel discussion on the state of the crowdfunding industry.  I have to give credit where credit is due. Chris Camillo moderated the panel, and he led his questioning with perhaps the most important question of all. “What is… 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 7, 2013 @ 8:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding industry event, Crowdfund Texas, will take place  on Tuesday, January 8th in Austin, Texas.  Organized by the Crowdfunding Professional Association (CFPA), Start Up Texas / Start Up America and Chris Camillo (Crowd of Angels). The day long event will feature a wide range of topics… Read More

January 5, 2013 @ 7:30 am By JD Alois  |  

In recognition of the growth and success of 2012, UK Crowdfunding site Crowdcube has announced a group of Award Winners for the year.  Listed below, in no particular order, are the award winners for 2012: Pitch of the Year: Escape the City Escape the City, a… Read More

January 4, 2013 @ 7:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

I recently had the chance to send some questions along to Stephen Temes, co-founder of EarlyShares.com.  I found his top reasons why entrepreneurs may want to consider crowdfunding when it comes to raising capital. His four key reasons are as follows: Alternative Access to Capital “Given… Read More

December 30, 2012 @ 5:05 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Today we’ve rolled out an update to our crowdfunding web site directory.  Now our news is integrated with our directory.  Each web site we’ve captured gets their own independent directory web page, and if we’ve gathered any news on that web site it will be… Read More

December 28, 2012 @ 6:42 am By Dominique Litmaath River  |  

As confidence in banks and the economy by Spanish residents continues to plummet industries within the creative space are turning to crowdfunding as an alternative to traditional financing to provide much needed investment in projects.  Small businesses have woken up to the bleak reality in which they can… Read More

December 27, 2012 @ 7:47 am By Kristin Voinovich  |  

I read an exceptional article back in November written by Daniel Gorfine and Ben Miller.  Daniel is Director of Special Projects & Legal Counsel for the esteemed Milken Institute and Ben is Co-Founder of Fundrise – a direct investment platform for local real estate and… Read More

December 26, 2012 @ 6:13 pm By CFI Editor  |  

I was just reviewing the Kickstarter numbers which they put together in an excellent section of their site called, appropriately, Kickstarter Stats.  These are some pretty impressive crowdfunding numbers.  I was curious as to how they have done in years prior so I looked at… Read More

December 23, 2012 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Growthfunders the UK Based Equity crowdfunding portal launched an E-petition this week to push Her Majesty’s Government to help kickstart the UK economy. The entire text of the missive is below:   We need to fill the void in the capital market with an innovative… Read More

December 21, 2012 @ 8:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Fully Crowdfunded project POP by design house Edison Junior achieved their Crowdfunding dreams on September 1st of this year.  The original goal for funding was a $50,000 target – the proceeds of which were to take to market their product POP also known as Portable… Read More

December 20, 2012 @ 6:37 am By JD Alois  |  

There was an article published on Business Insider recently by James Pethokoukis from the American Enterprise Group talking about how public policy is stifling entrepreneurs in the United States.  He had some pretty interesting information to back up this statement. First lets look at some… Read More

December 19, 2012 @ 8:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Quirky the crowdsourced / crowdfunding site has a great Gift Guide posted on their site.  ‘Tis the Season to get Quirky – right?  This was too cool to pass on.  You must check it out for those last minute gifts here.  And yes – no… Read More

December 17, 2012 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

As reported in the Telegraph, Andrew Haldane a Bank of England Senior Director is on record stating; “I see opportunity knocking for finance,” he added. “Hopefully, the growth of peer-to-peer lenders and those involved in crowdfunding will help solve the problems we have with lending… Read More

December 12, 2012 @ 10:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

In an article published today on WSJ.com (Subscription), the author highlights the woes of a small businessman – in dire need of capital to expand with nowhere to go. Scott Schroeder owns a small electronics assembly business in Oregon.  His business experienced a recent surge… Read More

December 12, 2012 @ 1:55 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

As an investor, where can you get more info on the prospects of investing in film? EarlyShares will release their own educational site soon. @crowdfundinside EarlyShares.com & soon @earlyshares University will have courses to explain the process #CrowdFilmChat #Crowdfilmchat — EarlyShares (@EarlyShares) December 12, 2012… Read More

December 12, 2012 @ 7:01 am By JD Alois  |  

I recently got around to listening to Brian Knight’s excellent CrowdFundCast podcast that he produces periodically.  His latest podcast discusses the SEC Small Business Forum, which we’ve covered previously. Sarah is an accomplished attorney with vast experience with the securities and finance industry.  She spent… Read More

December 12, 2012 @ 6:10 am By JD Alois  |  

In an article on The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Blog – called the Impatient Optimists –  the erstwhile “Bill and Melinda” have selected the 5 “Tech Savy”ways to give this Holiday Season.  And as we all know – no Holiday Season could be complete… Read More

December 11, 2012 @ 4:50 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Naval Ravikant, co-founder of AngelList, recently sat down with PandoDaily founder Sarah Lacy for a PandoMonthly fireside chat.  It is an intriguing view into the complexities of entrepreneurship in the context of today’s market. Naval shares his opinion that the process of starting a business… Read More