Tagged: donation

May 11, 2013 @ 8:59 am By Korstiaan Zandvliet  |  

Crowdfunding is not only a solution for entrepreneurs who are looking for seed capital, but also for investors who want to control their portfolio and get some Return on Investment. With the prospect of equity-crowdfunding in the U.S. and the blooming equity crowdfunding market in… Read More

May 7, 2013 @ 3:22 pm By PandoDaily  |  

A few years back, the recession enabled a new kind of capitalism-activism called “cash mobs.” Local consumers would, all at once, mob a business and spend money to show their support for the recession-struck gas station, or clothing store, or deli. But before the existence… Read More

May 7, 2013 @ 8:43 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Back story: A homeless man named Clydesdale has a unique and funny talent involving making his moustache “dance.” The team behind the whatever YouTube channel ran into him, filmed him performing the talent and posted the video on YouTube. They went on to launch an… Read More

May 7, 2013 @ 8:04 am By LA Times  |  

Even as Zach Braff was taking heat for asking the public to help finance his next movie, the actor and director was contributing to another Kickstarter campaign — to help save a historic theater in Northern California. Braff was among nearly 500 donors who helped raise $65,753… Read More

April 30, 2013 @ 7:16 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Google has launched a crowdfunding app called “One Today” that adds a philanthropic crowdfunding layer on top of their Google Plus social network. I recently had a chance to try the app. Every day I get a notification on my phone for the day’s cause…. Read More

April 19, 2013 @ 1:56 pm By CBS News  |  

(MoneyWatch) Jeff Bauman was among those standing in the wrong place — near the finish line of the Boston Marathon — when the first bomb went off. Within seconds of the explosion rescue personnel and people who had just come to see the race were… Read More

April 8, 2013 @ 5:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Last week saw the first iteration of the Silicon Valley Crowdfund Conference. Entrepreneurs, industry advocates and private equity experts descended on Palo Alto to discuss crowdfunding’s current state of affairs. Both the investment and non-investment sides of crowdfunding were represented. Four panels tackled a host… Read More

March 28, 2013 @ 7:46 pm By Devin Thorpe  |  

  Shaun King, founder of the nonprofit HopeMob is revolutionizing crowdfunding for social good with his web site that, unlike most crowdfunding platforms, actually comes with a crowd.   Born in Kentucky in a working class family, as a fifteen-year-old he was beaten so badly in what… Read More

March 15, 2013 @ 9:31 am By Charles Luzar  |  

This week Inc ran a story on Kickstarter’s slowing growth. In it Michael Wolf of NextMarket divulges some data from NextMarket’s recent analysis of Kickstarter campaigns and activity. From the article… “Because Kickstarter and crowdfunding experienced a huge rush of new projects in 2012, there… Read More