General News

June 12, 2013 @ 5:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Hartford Enhances Management Liability Offerings For Small And Midsize Businesses, includes Crowdfunding under the Jobs Act. The Hartford has enhanced its private company management liability offerings with Private Choice OvationSM, a comprehensive package policy with updated and expanded coverage options designed to address the most important emerging exposures… Read More

June 11, 2013 @ 7:00 am By Polygon  |  

Chris Roberts is feeling good. He has persuaded over 150,000 people to kick-in $10 million for a product that doesn’t exist and won’t be completed until the end of 2014. But it’s not the pile of cash that’s lighting him up, not even the opportunity… Read More

June 10, 2013 @ 8:30 am By MCVUK  |  

The PS4 and Xbox One will be showcased at E3 after years and years of R&D. By contrast, in three weeks the Android-based Ouya console finally goes on sale to the public – a year ago it didn’t even exist. Propelled by record-breaking crowdfunding, it… Read More

June 9, 2013 @ 12:15 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Kickstarted, the crowdfunding documentary currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, has released a video on YouTube running down the top 5 most controversial crowdfunding campaigns. Can you guess which campaign is number one? Kickstarted has raised just $21,000 of an $85,000 goal to date with a little… Read More

June 8, 2013 @ 10:31 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Two design students at Chicago’s IIT Institute of Design had to come up with an original product for a class project. They then had to try to crowdfund the project on Kickstarter. Fast forward a little over a year and that very product has now… Read More

June 8, 2013 @ 7:26 am By Journalism UK  |  

At US investigative non-profit ProPublica, the public is able to be very much involved. In editorial, for example, the community is encouraged to feed into investigation research, supported by the launch of an online page centred on opportunities to ‘Get Involved’. And when it comes… Read More

June 6, 2013 @ 4:21 pm By Variety  |  

Kickstarter has leveled the playing field for artists in need of funding. But the influx of pros like Zach Braff has many wondering how crowdfunding will be transformed by showbiz (and vice versa). Over the past four years, Kickstarter has earned a reputation as the place where creators… Read More

June 6, 2013 @ 4:10 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

As we’ve reported previously, The White House invited a select group of crowdfunding entrepreneurs to be recognized as “Champions of Change” on June 4th, 2013. The White House has since released a video of the event on YouTube. Watch below…

June 6, 2013 @ 9:39 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Would you believe that after all of the noise the Dodge Dart Registry made when it launched in January of 2013, it resulted in two sales? Two. This is one of the revelations from a report on BrandChannel.com, a news outlet that covers brand marketing… Read More

June 6, 2013 @ 8:49 am By Slashgear  |  

Your every moment, documented. That’s the Memoto concept, a tiny wearable camera that snaps a shot every thirty seconds to digitally augment your memory. Early doubts as to whether enough people would want to record each waking moment were quickly squashed when the Memoto Kickstarter saw 11x the… Read More

June 5, 2013 @ 9:39 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Earlier this week Forbes contributor Devin Thorpe interviewed three professors regarding their recent report on patterns in crowdfunding markets. Serious academic research in the nascent field of crowdfunding is limited, but Gordon Burtch of the University of Minnesota, Anindya Ghose of New York University and Sunil Wattal… Read More

June 5, 2013 @ 7:39 am By Newswire  |  

Crowd Funding Leader, Alon Hillel-Tuch was born in the land of dairy products and agricultural fields, which is the beautiful and wonderful land of Holland. He was raised in one of the high profile cities in the world according to tourism that is Amsterdam. He… Read More

June 4, 2013 @ 8:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Venture for America Fellowship Program has Announced Fellow Innovation Fund to Support Projects in Detroit, New Orleans, and Other Cities.  Venture for America will be partnering with crowdfunding platform RocketHub.   Venture for America, a  program that helps recent grads become entrepreneurs,  will be offering… Read More

June 4, 2013 @ 2:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

The White House honors Andrea Seabrook today as one of twelve people who are Crowdfunding “Champions of Change.”  Andrea founded DeCodeDC which is a public radio show and podcast with an unwavering commitment to integrity and exceptional journalism, DecodeDC focuses on Washington’s dysfunction, corruption, and negligence… Read More

June 4, 2013 @ 8:55 am By TechDirt  |  

The attempts to limit the press during the Bradley Manning trial have been somewhat ridiculous. The press hasn’t been allowed to record anything, even though someone clearly did so surreptitiously. Furthermore, there’s been no plan for an official court transcript of the proceedings either. About a month ago, the… Read More

June 4, 2013 @ 2:11 am By Mashable  |  

Microsoft launched a new way for college students to pay for Windows PC purchases on Tuesday — a Kickstarter-style crowdfunding program. The tech giant’s new “Chip In” program lets friends and family crowdsource donations toward purchasing a Windows PC for a college student. The program… Read More

June 3, 2013 @ 9:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bruce Lipnick, Founder and CEO of Crowd Alliance, to participate in the Champions of Change Ceremony Hosted by the White House The White House Champions of Change Program highlights the stories and examples of citizens across the country who are “Building an America to Last”… Read More

June 3, 2013 @ 7:23 pm By Entrepreneur  |  

In 2010 Sherwood “Woodie” Neiss was trying to raise capital for his latest business concept, a data-polling app for smartphones. He had a track record as CFO of FlavoRx–an award-winning medicine-flavoring company he co-founded in 1999 and sold eight years later–and his new idea had won him a… Read More

June 3, 2013 @ 7:02 am By MarketWatch  |  

The tax mysteries surrounding “crowdfunding” projects. You know you’ve really made it when you become a category on “Jeopardy!” On May 28th, the first Double Jeopardy! category was “If Early Investors Used Kickstarter.” What the heck is Kickstarter.com — and what’s all the fuss? This… Read More

June 3, 2013 @ 3:11 am By The Gulf Today  |  

SHARJAH: Maraya Art Centre – an initiative by the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) – will be hosting an interactive evening focused on the global phenomenon that is revolutionising project financing – crowdfunding. Taking place on June 5, the event is being held in… Read More