Strategy

December 7, 2013 @ 3:37 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

BackerKit is an online service aimed at streamlining the process of Kickstarter campaign fulfillment after a successful raise. The team @ BackerKit graciously shared the following post with Crowdfund Insider. The post lays out a “hacker’s guide to crowdfunding” and gives tips on things like how… Read More

December 3, 2013 @ 2:08 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

We’re growing increasingly fond of Quora as a resource for crowdfunding tips and insights from the likes of future Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler and Yan Budman, Director of Marketing at Indiegogo. Here are a selection of Quora questions and answers we found interesting this week…… Read More

November 29, 2013 @ 9:38 am By Charles Luzar  |  

IgnitionDeck is an increasingly-popular Wordpress plugin aimed at powering crowdfunding campaigns. For prices starting at $79, crowdfunders can buy a license for IgnitionDeck and crowdfund on their own Wordpress-powered standalone web site, skipping the traditional success fees of popular crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter. IgnitionDeck is… Read More

November 27, 2013 @ 9:51 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The crowdfunding campaign for Play-i is in its final hours. The campaign launched seeking $250,000 to fund and prove a market for an interactive, cost-effective set of robots – named Bo and Yana – that would aid in teaching young children the basics of programming…. Read More

November 26, 2013 @ 11:58 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Soon-to-be Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler knows a thing or two about crowdfunding. Recently he took to Quora to answer the following question: what are common elements among unsuccessful Kickstarter campaigns? See his answer below… Read Quote of Yancey Strickler’s answer to Unsuccessful Kickstarter projects, what… Read More

November 26, 2013 @ 11:00 am By Charles Stack  |  

Angel investing involves accredited investors (millionaires) investing directly in the private stock of early stage companies. Millionaires are rare—they make up 1.5% of the world and 4% of the US. As most entrepreneurs quickly learn, angels are very, very rare. Only 3% of all accredited… Read More

November 25, 2013 @ 11:47 am By Rose Spinelli  |  

Anybody who knows my work probably associates me with my regular yammerings about the importance of good storytelling to make your crowdfunding campaign memorable enough that others want to contribute or share it. A good story may not be enough to take you to the… Read More

November 19, 2013 @ 11:30 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In a recent interview with WENN, Spike Lee underscores an important strategy for crowdfunders, celebrities and regular joes alike. He credits “good karma” with helping him find crowdfunding success on Kickstarter… I’ve invested in at least eight or nine projects since I got on Kickstarter…. Read More

November 19, 2013 @ 10:19 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Fajr Capital Advisors and Crowdfund Capital Advisors have released a report (embedded, bottom of article) to “highlight crowdfund investing as a powerful new tool to fuel the development of a vibrant entrepreneurial culture in Muslim majority markets.” Crowdfund investing builds communities, encourages risk sharing, democratizes… Read More

November 19, 2013 @ 9:54 am By JD Alois  |  

SSX Ventures has launched their LATAM Incubated One BV, a publicly-traded investment vehicle organized to invest in companies graduating from Latin America’s top incubators, including Wayra, NXTP Labs, 21212 and 500 Startups. LATAM will raise investment capital via an Initial Public offering on the Startup Stock Exchange (SSX)… Read More

November 14, 2013 @ 1:11 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Pranay and Paul are two high school friends that teamed up to bring The Apollo Technical Pen and Drafting Scale to Kickstarter. To say the effort has been successful would be an understatement, as the campaign has tripled its goal with a month left to go,… Read More

November 10, 2013 @ 8:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

JJ O’Brien is making apparel for a “life less ordinary” and he is self-crowdfunding his fascinating design using Crowdhoster by Crowdtilt. This former finance guy who has a Stanford MBA,  just wanted a cool costume for burning man (of course) and has turned this need… Read More

November 9, 2013 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo recently hosted a Hardware Bootcamp for crowdfunders looking to raise funds for their manufactured product.  Production and operations management is really, really hard.  Even if you have a solid background in operations and tons of experience organizing a supply chain it is a lot… Read More

November 8, 2013 @ 10:25 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Shroud of the Avatar is taking an approach to crowdfunding that some may find familiar. First, Lord British and his team raised just short of two million dollars on Kickstarter, but that wasn’t the end of crowdfunding for the game. They later launched a standalone… Read More

November 7, 2013 @ 10:33 am By JD Alois  |  

HM Treasury has published an Infographic on the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS).  Described as the “Little Sister” to the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), the incredibly powerful incentive for investors to help fund small businesses is experiencing some very positive results.  Only launched in 2012,… Read More

November 5, 2013 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Republic Project  acquired by Digital Generation for $14.5 million, becoming the first equity crowdfunded company to exit in the US Equity crowdfunding platform MicroVentures  announced the successful acquisition of a crowdfunded company with the news that Digital Generation (DG), a publicly traded company, purchased Republic Project, a… Read More

October 31, 2013 @ 8:45 am By JD Alois  |  

In what might be a first for a British university, a new researcher will have the chance to practice what they preach by crowdfunding their own salary.   The researcher will effectively be among the first to understand how the research landscape might change in the… Read More

October 29, 2013 @ 9:36 am By JD Alois  |  

ProHatch, a strategic crowdfunding and consulting ecosystem for both donations based and rewards based crowdfunding, has released a new suite of Business and Crowdfunding Advisory Services. ProHatch’s Advisory Services team specialize in transforming commercial and social value into sustainable & investable opportunity. “While Crowdfunding and the… Read More

October 29, 2013 @ 8:37 am By JD Alois  |  

What a difference a few weeks have made in the STANTT crowdfunding campaign.  The apparel / tech startup launched a crowdfunding campaign in August this year which closed just short of their goal.  The concept was unique then – just as it is today. The… Read More

October 28, 2013 @ 3:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

First Time Public Funds Have Been Used to Support UK Business in this Manner.  Council Looks to Boost Economic Growth. A United Kingdom county council is investing in a small business through equity crowdfunding site Seedrs in a pilot project designed to support local entrepreneurs. Lancashire… Read More