Tagged: bill clinton

July 1, 2016 @ 1:55 pm By Robin Sosnow  |  

Political campaigns may have a symbiotic relationship to crowdfunding. In a sense, politicians have been crowdfunding political donations for years, even before the term was generally known. Since then, many have used actual internet-based crowdfunding campaigns in their fundraising. President Barak Obama has high hopes… Read More

December 18, 2015 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, crowdfunding platform Catapult announced the appointment of Janet M. Morgan as its first CEO. Morgan joins Catapult during a strategic growth phase focused on scaling the organization for greater impact on gender equality. Since its launch in 2012, Catapult has mobilized funds and support… Read More

December 11, 2015 @ 8:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Microfinance platform Kiva announced the launch of Kiva NYC this week to provide access to capital to small business owners in New York City.  Every dollar lent to a small business owner in NYC will be matched up to $1.1 million provided by the MetLife Foundation, Deutsche… Read More

October 29, 2015 @ 12:35 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

  “This is a documentary for those who miss Dr. Maya Angelou’s voice, and for future generations who need to hear her impactful words. Help us memorialize Dr. Angelou––her work, her life, her legacy.” If readers haven’t yet had the opportunity to read Dr. Maya… Read More

September 25, 2015 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Building some more hype for its Kickstarter success, Floating Record, Chicago-based startup Gramovox announced that former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, had the opportunity to see the device in action. Floating Record is described as a high-performance turntable that plays records vertically through… Read More

June 15, 2015 @ 8:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Leading peer to peer lending platform, Lending Club, has formed a partnership with the Opportunity Fund, an entity that targets community based lending.  Announced that the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI America), the agreement is designed to help provide capital for small businesses in California. Former… Read More

March 9, 2015 @ 3:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Setting out to create a documentary about the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation, Wilma Mankiller, executive producer of The Walking Dead, Gale Anne Hurd, has teamed up with director/producer Valerie Red-Horse and Valhalla Entertainment to launch a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. According to its description, Mankiller celebrates a leader who… Read More

June 16, 2013 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Leaders from six Sioux Indian Tribes, along with former President Bill Clinton, recently announced a new wind power initiative in South Dakota.   This was announced during the  Clinton Global Initiative America (CGI America) meeting — an annual event that brings together leaders from the business,… 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

March 16, 2013 @ 2:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

President Bill Clinton helped announce the launch of Kiva City Little Rock, an initiative that expands the availability of crowdfunded microloans for small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs in the Little Rock area. The program reaches underserved borrowers by crowdfunding loans, connecting current and future… Read More