General News

February 11, 2013 @ 4:04 am By ArcticStartUp  |  

It seems like crowdfunding is half of what I’m writing about these days, but it is an industry in its infancy that’s really starting to pop in the Nordics. By now you might think you have every crowdfunding platform figured out, but Lund-based startup,Crowdme, is… Read More

February 11, 2013 @ 1:28 am By ConcordMonitor  |  

An ailing spouse loses his job and struggles to find work. An aging vehicle falls into disrepair. Heating bills pile up. A child with special needs demands constant care. The nation is awash with post-recession tales of personal and financial misfortune. What makes Joanne Murray-Bowne’s… Read More

February 10, 2013 @ 5:38 pm By HITC Tech  |  

Not all games on Kickstarter are what they appear, as a title aimed at US College Football fans was recently pulled from the crowd funding site after potentially fraudulent claims were exposed. Boasting a backing from well-known Atlanta Falcons running back Jamal Anderson, the project claimed that… Read More

February 10, 2013 @ 5:31 pm By StarTribune  |  

How about an authentic New Yawk bagel to go along with those three shots of caffeine? “Triple Espresso,” the long-running, locally born-and-raised stage comedy, has set its sights on an off-Broadway run — if backers can raise $300,000 through a Kickstarter campaign launched Saturday afternoon…. Read More

February 10, 2013 @ 11:40 am By GeekOSystem  |  

Thursday I wrote about a Kickstarter campaign that was trying to raise money for Death Star research, and I called it the crowdfunding site’s jump-the-shark moment. My concern was that if Kickstarter starts letting stuff like that through, it would soon be overrun with nothing… Read More

February 10, 2013 @ 2:39 am By TheNextWeb  |  

In 2011 the leading French newspaper Liberation published an extensive report on the Greek economic crisis as well as what happened to the global financial markets following former Prime Minister George Papandreou’s decision to call for a referendum. The referendum asked Greek citizens to vote… Read More

February 9, 2013 @ 4:09 pm By Forbes  |  

At the end of a long trip last week, I took a taxi from a BART mass transit station in San Francisco’s East Bay back to my house a few miles away. As the law requires, I could only choose the first cab in line at… Read More

February 9, 2013 @ 4:08 pm By Kauffman Foundation  |  

February 9, 2013 @ 3:51 pm By CrowdCheck  |  

Crowdfunding offers the ability for early-stage companies to seek investments from friends and neighbors in their social networks, fellow alumni, and others who have similar affinities.  These connections may help reduce fraud that comes in the form of outright theft from investors.  But selling securities… Read More

February 9, 2013 @ 3:03 pm By Dodd-Frank.com  |  

On February 5, 2013, the SEC released FAQs regarding Section 201 of the JOBS Act, which offers a new limited exemption from broker-dealer registration. In addition to directing the SEC to adopt rules lifting the ban on general solicitation in Rule 506 offerings to only accredited investors (provided… Read More

February 9, 2013 @ 3:00 pm By Time Business & Money  |  

Crowdfunding is a promising way for startups to raise money from small investors, but there are a number of issues you need to be aware of before you take the plunge. Last year’s JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act promises to make it easier to… Read More

February 9, 2013 @ 2:45 pm By David S. Rose for Forbes  |  

Q4 statistics from Gust, which powers a majority of the organized early stage financing world, show that entrepreneurs around the world have gotten the message: “products talk; Powerpoints walk”. In an economy with ever-decreasing startup costs for new companies, 91% of ventures seeking their initial… Read More

February 8, 2013 @ 4:57 pm By Calgary Herald  |  

You only have to wait a few years before the “new fad” in financing strategies appears. Some of these fads become legitimized and stick with us, becoming trends and others – well they’re fads… If you are in the Energy sector, this isn’t as big an… Read More

February 8, 2013 @ 3:12 am By psfk  |  

Rodrigo Niño, CEO at Prodigy Network, is well aware of the importance of innovation in the real estate sector. He has achieved major milestones in his career in the industry and has a reputation across the globe as an expert. After experiencing major success with projects… Read More

February 7, 2013 @ 3:37 pm By Mimoona  |  

I remember it as if it were yesterday, “Hey Arik, Mimoona is on the news”, my wife said over the phone. I wasn’t expecting it only 14 hours after we went live with our crowdfunding platform, we worked long and hard for this moment. My partner, Nadav,… Read More

February 7, 2013 @ 4:26 am By Entrepreneur  |  

If you are growing a skin-care business, networking with execs at consumer products giants could open some valuable doors. But how to make those connections? A new partnership between niche crowdfunding platform CircleUp and Procter & Gamble could help entrepreneurs build those links. The goal of the partnership is… Read More

February 6, 2013 @ 5:38 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowdfunding has become increasingly popular in the United States, especially since the passage of the JOBS Act.  With the anticipation of equity crowdfunding and growth of perk-based crowdfunding, in general, the number of registered websites containing the word “crowdfund” has increased by a tenfold, reaching… Read More

February 6, 2013 @ 5:25 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

February 6, 2013 @ 5:22 pm By O'Reilly Radar  |  

In our first science-as-a-service post, I highlighted some of the participants in the ecosystem. In this one, I want to share the changing face of funding. Throughout the 20th century, most scientific research funding has come from one of two sources: government grants or private corporations…. Read More

February 6, 2013 @ 11:34 am By Charles Luzar  |  

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