Strategy

February 14, 2013 @ 6:29 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

WHAT: The U.S. Small Business Administration will host a series of webinars in recognition of the seventh annual National Entrepreneurship Week.  The emphasis will be on how the next generation of small business owners can leverage crowdfunding as an alternative finance option to start and… Read More

February 13, 2013 @ 6:55 pm By Myriam Raja  |  

Cine Pak Facebook Page So there it was – my idea neatly written out on a blank piece of paper in front of me. It seemed simple enough at the time; to travel over to my native country Pakistan and run a series of free… Read More

February 12, 2013 @ 6:14 am By Mashable  |  

Ram Malasani, CEO and founder of the 22-person company Securifi, isn’t the typical newbie entrepreneur you’d expect to find on Kickstarter, a wildly popular website where people can pitch projects and receive small pledges of financial support from anyone. But with weeks still left to go… Read More

February 11, 2013 @ 6:18 am By Develop Online  |  

Introversion’s Prison Architect has raised an impressive $1 million through crowdfunding. The title is based around the concept of building a prison while at the same time attempting to keep the inmates from running riot and escaping.  More than 30,000 people have pledged funds 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 9, 2013 @ 3:16 am By MetalUnderground  |  

Man Must Die has checked in with the following announcement about starting a crowd funding campaign to record a new album: “Be a huge part of the next Man Must Die CD, Lets make this album together. It’s been a couple of years since we… Read More

February 7, 2013 @ 8:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

February 7, 2013 @ 3:23 pm By FundersandFounders.com  |  

Getting Funded Online infographic by annavital. This infographic is courtesy of Funders and Founders 

February 6, 2013 @ 5:51 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Hat tip to the CfPA for posting this!

February 6, 2013 @ 8:32 am By Nathaniel Hansen  |  

I get A LOT of requests to help with kickstarter campaigns. Through trial and error on over a dozen kickstarter projects, hours of lectures at Emerson College, and countless meet ups, phone calls and emails with artists and innovators, I’ve refined a “best practices” list that… Read More

February 5, 2013 @ 8:11 am By WSJ.com  |  

A tectonic shift is under way in how companies raise money—and it will have a profound impact on U.S. investors and markets. According to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s most recent estimates, businesses have been raising more funds through private transactions than through debt and… Read More

February 2, 2013 @ 10:48 am By WSJ.com  |  

The common wisdom says that the American heartland is finished after a disastrous series of economic decisions outsourcing the manufacture of America’s physical goods. The pundits say the American dream is dead and this next decade will see the further decline. It may be that… Read More

January 29, 2013 @ 6:44 am By Law360  |  

Law360, New York — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to issue final rules later this year related to the JOBS Act’s so-called crowd funding statute, which allows businesses to raise up to $1 million per year from individual investors. Here’s a list… Read More

January 28, 2013 @ 2:30 am By Forbes  |  

Can’t afford a new car? Try crowdfunding. This novel idea comes from Chrysler Group, which lays out the details in the latest ads for its 2013 Dodge Dart. A television commercial that began airing this week introduces the Dodge Dart Registry, a website that allows… Read More

January 25, 2013 @ 7:07 am By JD Alois  |  

A Crowdfunding Science event will be held by Science/AAAS Custom Publishing Office. Titled “Crowdfunding Science: Appealing to the online community for research money” this event is scheduled to be held on January 29th. A brief description is below: With federal and state funding for science… Read More

January 23, 2013 @ 3:54 am By SiliconIndia  |  

Bangalore: As software developers around the country optimistically approach the new year and plan out budgets for building new products,  continued economic challenges are an unfortunate reality of the software industry. Crowdfunding with FundaGeek represents an excellent opportunity to supplement current funding sources for software… Read More

January 22, 2013 @ 6:17 pm By Develop  |  

Are crowdfunded projects being given a free ride away from criticism? Before I get into this, let me start by saying that Kickstarter has been a revelation for the game industry, and a positive one. Developers are able to get their niche projects off the… Read More

January 21, 2013 @ 7:52 pm By NYDailyNews  |  

Noha Waibsnaider is savoring success: sales at her eight-year-old Gowanus-based food company, Peeled Snacks, doubled last year. Her kid-friendly, organic dried fruit snacks, already carried at Starbucks, Whole Foods and Fairway, are now heading to groceries nationwide. But when Waibsnaider thought about raising money to… Read More

January 21, 2013 @ 1:03 am By ABC.net  |  

Kickstarter has become one of the main hubs on the internet for crowdfunding, raising almost US$320 million last year from over 2.2 million people around the world. The United States-based website recently published figures showing that 18,109 projects have been successfully funded, with supporters giving… Read More

January 20, 2013 @ 8:49 am By BusinessInsider  |  

If your startup is looking for an Angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of Angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. Or does it? Actually numbers and locations are just the beginning. The… Read More