General News

May 1, 2013 @ 7:26 pm By USAToday  |  

Pooling money for a cause online gets a new spin as small donors help lay the foundation for major municipal innovations, galvanizing communities. When money for the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal ran short, publisher Joseph Pulitzer launched a call for donations in his New York… Read More

April 30, 2013 @ 10:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Steve Case, Jobs Act / Crowdfunding supporter, is participating in the Milken Institute Global conference, talks about the importance of entrepreneurship. He also mentions immigration reform which is a current topic in congress.

April 30, 2013 @ 7:53 am By The Crowd Cafe  |  

Investment crowdfunding is going to disrupt and re-shape early stage capital markets. But not only for the reasons you’ve likely heard. There’s more to it. Crowdfunding is the product of not one, but two, strands of disruptive DNA. The first we’ll call technical disruption, the… Read More

April 29, 2013 @ 5:09 pm By VentureBeat  |  

Crowdfunding has once again become a hot topic in the financial world, given the recent one-year anniversary of the JOBS Act on April 5. The JOBS Act legalized equity- and debt-based crowdfunding in the U.S. However the SEC has missed congressionally mandated deadlines to complete… Read More

April 29, 2013 @ 12:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Events Will Bring Together Small Businesses with Lenders and Experts in Chicago, Atlanta and Seattle Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. has announced that registration is open for its Access to Capital: Money to Mainstreet Event which will be held Wednesday, May 22, 2013 “With over… Read More

April 29, 2013 @ 7:00 am By The Telegraph  |  

Morrissey is able to sell out 20,000 capacity venues and stop meat being sold where he plays, but he hasn’t been able to get a record deal since releasing his 2009 album Years of Refusal. So Amanda Palmer, singer-songwriter and half of American band The… Read More

April 29, 2013 @ 4:57 am By BDaily  |  

Peer-to-peer lending models are filling the gap left by banks, suggests a new report from innovation charity, NESTA. ‘Banking on Each Other’ looks at the emerging field of peer-to-peer lending to business and the processes that drive borrowers and lenders to use the platforms. Data… Read More

April 28, 2013 @ 11:11 am By The Gazette  |  

Alexander Steele still has no idea who gave him $2,000 to help launch his business of hand-crafting guitars and ukuleles. Using the website Kickstarter.com, Steele needed only a month to raise $15,000. That was enough for him to quit his job so he could build… Read More

April 28, 2013 @ 10:07 am By Miamia Herald  |  

Like most entrepreneurs, Lester Mapp is a busy man and if you’ve ever heard of an iPhone bumper made of material used in the aerospace industry, you know why. Mapp, of Aventura, developed the AL13, a bumper case for iPhone 5 and 4/4S. “I got… Read More

April 27, 2013 @ 6:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter has been invited to particpate in the Ideas City StreetFest.  And what exactly is IDEAS CITY? IDEAS CITY explores the future of cities around the globe with the belief that arts and culture are essential to the vitality of urban centers, making them better… Read More

April 27, 2013 @ 10:07 am By JD Alois  |  

According to a post on Invest Georgia, equity crowdfunding is already legal in the state of Georgia via the Invest Georgia Exemption which was enacted in December 2011. As stated on the post; Georgia-based, private companies can sell equity (shares of stock or debt) to Georgia based… Read More

April 27, 2013 @ 8:09 am By JD Alois  |  

In an interesting dissertation authored by Alexey Moisseyev from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, College of Business Administration, he tackles an ongoing assumption pertaining to crowdfunding success.  His research on crowdfunding, titled  EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON CROWDFUNDING PROJECT RESULTS, tackles these assumptions head on… Read More

April 27, 2013 @ 2:04 am By Variety  |  

Speaking at an MPAA, Microsoft and Time event called the Creativity Conference Friday, former President Bill Clinton talked up crowdfunding as a potentially important avenue for filmmakers and others to “make more messages that we want to go viral.” Clinton, delivering the keynote address, singled… Read More

April 26, 2013 @ 8:54 pm By BusinessWeeek  |  

The SEC announced a lawsuit on Thursday against a business in Spokane Valley, Wash., accused of defrauding 21 investors of about $400,000. The agency’s news release leads with charges that the company fooled investors “with claims to raise billions of investment capital under the Jumpstart… Read More

April 26, 2013 @ 7:39 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Street recently interviewed Chris Camillo and he was able to share some of his thoughts about how to pragmatically approach investment crowdfunding as an everyday investor. Mr. Camillo is an angel investor and author of the book Laughing at Wall Street. Watch the interview… Read More

April 26, 2013 @ 7:25 am By MiBiz  |  

Crowdfunding has the potential to revolutionize how small businesses raise capital, but it generates an old worry: the possibility for fraud. But crowdfunding advocates say not to worry. The public nature of the investing model should help investors quickly identify and put a stop to… Read More

April 26, 2013 @ 7:23 am By Business2Community  |  

In its purest form, crowdfunding creates options for companies and organizations looking for ways to raise capital — a significant variable in an economy with close to 8 percent unemployment and slow GDP growth. According to the Mass Solution Crowdfunding Industry Report, these campaigns raised $2.7… Read More

April 26, 2013 @ 7:11 am By Grand Rapids Business Journal  |  

Although many aspects of crowdfunding regulation are still pending federal approval, the developing social fundraising system can offer growth opportunities for startups. Crowdfunding was the main topic recently for the Western Michigan chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth at its breakfast series, at Kent Country Club… Read More

April 26, 2013 @ 7:06 am By Worthplaying  |  

After a failed Kickstarter campaign earlier this year, Ambient Studios decided to try out fan funding on its own by offering its god/strategy/action game through pre-purchase ( $10), but apparently did not manage to secure enough funding to keep the project/studio alive. Hi all, It’s time for a sad… Read More

April 26, 2013 @ 6:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Joseph Barisonzi, CEO of CommunityLeader, Inc. announced today that the company has secured the capital resources to provide financing for the development and launch of qualified crowdfunding portals. “Our complete portal solution provides a community-focused business professional or organization everything they need to launch a… Read More