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November 9, 2012 @ 1:12 am By Charles Luzar  |  

An organization affiliated with Occupy Wall Street has a crowdfunding idea aimed at reducing or eliminating crushing debts for private citizens. Most Americans are accustomed to carrying debt, and when bad things happen in life sometimes that debt can become a serious burden.  When debtors… Read More

November 7, 2012 @ 10:01 am By Charles Luzar  |  

$400,000 in donations from 5,000 people in just 8 days.  Crowdfunding portal GoFundMe continues to have a big impact on the lives of Hurricane Sandy victims.  Their dedicated Hurricane Sandy relief page has been busy. Some of the stories people are sharing are just heart… Read More

November 6, 2012 @ 8:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding is really just another moniker for funding projects. Really. In the Internet era of Social klout and a mobile populace, technology is available to leverage social / mobile into funding for whatever the imagination can capture and sell to the virtual masses. Efficiencies have… Read More

November 5, 2012 @ 8:15 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

  It is becoming clear that Hurricane Sandy has had an astonishing impact on the eastern seaboard of the US.  Dozens are dead.  New York officials estimate that up to 40,000 people were left homeless by the storm.  The FEMA trailers made famous in the… Read More

November 5, 2012 @ 8:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

The recently released document put together by a cadre of European academicians has quickly become a must read for the policy leaders of the domestic Crowdfunding industry. Matthias Klaes, Professor of Commerce from Keele University in the UK opens the discussion by quoting Schumpeter and… Read More

November 1, 2012 @ 7:00 am By JD Alois  |  

This is a common theme of discussion at CrowdfundInsider.  The forthcoming launch of Crowdfunding scheduled for 2013 and how exactly this will impact the funding of Entrepreneurs and Economic growth.  This movement without a doubt has the potential to disrupt traditional forms of finance for… Read More

October 31, 2012 @ 1:30 pm By Sherwood Niess and Jason Best, Crowdfund Capital Advisors  |  

Here’s a Halloween tale sure to leave you awake at night. It’s the tale of Zombie Capital… the scourge of the American economy, sucking the very life out of the public equity markets. (Okay, we all know zombies normally eat brains, but for the sake… Read More

October 29, 2012 @ 8:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

The ECN – European Crowdfunding Network was collaborating with a number of actors accross Europe in putting together a Crowdfunding Industry White Paper. The paper is focusing on policy recommendations and industry background, including impact data. Now “A Framework for European Crowdfunding” is finished and will be… Read More

October 29, 2012 @ 6:00 am By JD Alois  |  

In an article from the Harvard Business Review, Alvaro Rodriquez Arregui states, “For there to be a sizable number of new enterprises and for these to grow and thrive; they need funding, and this funding usually comes from venture capital (VC).” We applaud Sr. Arregui… Read More

October 26, 2012 @ 3:59 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

A few weeks back I wrote about how risk shouldn’t stop crowdfunding from becoming available in the United States.  However, any responsible investor should consider risk before participating in any investment.  Investment without pragmatism is just gambling, after all. What are the legitimate risks involved… Read More

October 20, 2012 @ 10:12 am By JD Alois  |  

(Staff Translation) Crowdfunding: Fund Collection via the Internet. Many small donations become one big one. This innovative idea, known for financing cultural and start up projects is being adapted to real estate by the Munich organization Betterterms. Via the crowdfunding platform “Kapitalfreunde.de” private donors are… Read More

August 24, 2012 @ 1:46 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

New York City (August 23, 2012) – In a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission today, the Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates recommended that the SEC consider rules that would keep a crowdfund investor’s right to rescind a crowdfund investment be kept as close as possible to the… Read More