Strategy

September 25, 2013 @ 7:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kiva, the microfinance crowdfunding platform for social good, has announced a partnership with San Diego based EarlyIQ’s due diligence  platform to evaluate loan applications on the Kiva Zip platform.   As the small business credit crunch has continued unabated in recent years, Kiva Zip will help… Read More

September 24, 2013 @ 2:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Front Up Rugby, a rugby inspired fashion label for men, has grown into one of the United Kingdom’s leading and most respected clothing brands.  The company was started in 2008 by entrepreneur Jon Allen who saw a gap in the market for a youthful and fashionable rugby… Read More

September 23, 2013 @ 11:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Gridiron Thunder “Awesome Indie Football Game for OUYA” started with big expectations and much fanfare but slowly devolved into controversy and question.  The game was participating in OUYA’s Free the Games Fund and set to receive additional funding. The crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter set a… Read More

September 23, 2013 @ 9:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today we shared with you an excellent description of the changes in General Solicitation coming from Kiran Lingam at SeedInvest.  The document focused on demo days and was a good read.  Kiran has returned to produce a document for those of us with limited… Read More

September 23, 2013 @ 3:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

The below infographic comes from Staff.com which is a global employment site that connects companies with remote staff.  Catering mainly to US, Canada, Australia and UK markets – they decided to put together some estimates on what it costs to begin a small business in… Read More

September 23, 2013 @ 10:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinciding with the relaxation in general solicitation, or advertising  for certain private placements, equity crowdfunding platform SeedInvest has released a White Paper on the regulator change addressing the new playing field.  The document is titled “Living with the New Reg D and its impact on Demo… Read More

September 22, 2013 @ 1:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter has continued to add to their list of vertically curated pages on their crowdfunding platform.  Over the past months we have seen several cities launching their own curated pages to focus on what their communities have to offer in the way of budding entrepreneurs… Read More

September 21, 2013 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Update: Since publishing, KIND* Shave Oil has changed its name to TICO* Shave Oil, and can now be found at www.ticoshaving.com. This past Wednesday KIND Shave Oil ended their crowdfunding campaign having beat their $15,000 goal.  KIND had decided to go the self-crowdfunding path as we… Read More

September 20, 2013 @ 10:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Ouya FreeTheGames fund has been a debacle of sorts. First Gridiron Thunder came under fire for a set of large donations early in the campaign. Then Elementary, My Dear Holmes was suspended by Kickstarter for another collection of seemingly dubious contributors. Finally, a campaign for Dungeons the… Read More

September 20, 2013 @ 8:20 am By JD Alois  |  

The University of California today launched Promise for Education, a six-week crowdfunding campaign that will bring together students, faculty, alumni, celebrities, influencers and supporters to raise money for UC student scholarships.  Promise for Education allows individuals to make a personal promise – run a marathon, adopt a pet,… Read More

September 19, 2013 @ 10:01 am By JD Alois  |  

The Owlet Smart Baby Monitor was rejected by Kickstarter and decided to go the Selfstarter route to crowdfund their product.  The goal was to raise $100,000 and as of today – with several days left in the campaign – the project stands at over $140,000… Read More

September 19, 2013 @ 9:49 am By JD Alois  |  

The book ” Equity Crowdfunding: Transforming Customers into Loyal Owners by author Jonathan Frutkin, has been released as an audio book. Frutkin, a principle in the Phoenix, Arizona based Frutkin Law Firm, provides insight into how business owners can turn their customers into loyal customers… Read More

September 17, 2013 @ 4:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Anyone interested in hearing about how equity crowdfunding may benefit your business has the opportunity to hear investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube share their wisdom next week 3PM to 5PM on Thursday, September 26th in London. Co-Founder Luke Lang and Investment Manager Michael Wilkinson will be… Read More

September 17, 2013 @ 8:04 am By Samuel Guzik  |  

September 23, 2013, represents an historic milestone for the U.S. securities industry. For the first time since the enactment of federal legislation in 1933, companies will be allowed to publicly solicit investors and advertise the sale of securities without registering the offering with either the… Read More

September 16, 2013 @ 9:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Company Aims to Be Leader in Crowdfunding Receivables Financing. Led by entrepreneur John Spiers, Rockies Venture Club investors and others, Denver based P2Binvestor, a crowdfunded receivables financing platform, has announced it has raised a Series A investment round of $1.2 million in a combination of equity and warrants…. Read More

September 16, 2013 @ 10:08 am By Charles Luzar  |  

TubeStart just launched a few weeks ago as a crowdfunding platform geared specifically toward YouTube content creators. The platform hopes to close the revenue gap many YouTubers are left with once YouTube and owner Google takes 45% of advertising revenues. TubeStart CEO Josef Holm recently… Read More

September 16, 2013 @ 9:24 am By JD Alois  |  

The Tower Records store on Sunset Strip in Southern California is under the threat of the wrecking ball.  While records seem novel when everyone downloads their music directly to their smartphone these days, this iconic Tower Records Store continues to have many fans and is… Read More

September 14, 2013 @ 12:08 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Pax Dickinson had a bad week. Dickinson was the CTO of popular news site Business Insider. It turns out that over the years he has amassed a collection of posts on Twitter that some found offensive, and it seems it finally caught up to him… Read More

September 13, 2013 @ 1:53 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

On the BoardGameGeek forums, a member preparing a crowdfunding campaign for a new tabletop game posed an interesting and simple question: How much art should be complete before the launch of the campaign? Here are a collection of thoughts shared in the thread. (You can… Read More

September 11, 2013 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tech is very hot in the crowdfunding world these days.  Devices like the ōllo clip, Pebble Smartwatch and Ouya game console have proven the power of crowdfunding a product – from concept to shipped reality.  Many successful hardware products are conceived and engineered in the… Read More