Tagged: florida

December 7, 2013 @ 1:20 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

One Spark is all about the Creators. Creators are people with ideas in art, innovation, music, science and technology that turn them into Projects to showcase at One Spark, the World’s Crowdfunding Festival. One Spark is built on the premise that great creations can come… Read More

December 6, 2013 @ 10:22 am By Charles Luzar  |  

EarlyShares is a crowdfunding platform based in Miami, Florida. The operation is poised to be one of the leaders in the nascent equity crowdfunding space in the United States, and in light of the implementation of Rule 506(c) that took place in September the platform… Read More

November 19, 2013 @ 11:41 am By Charles Luzar  |  

As platforms like WeFunder and hundreds of others launch to provide startup businesses with funding, *Design Your Startup* was created to bridge the gap between an idea and startup—especially for entrepreneurs outside the US. Design Your Startup is a new service company founded by Hungarian-born entrepreneur Janos Nemeth. The… Read More

November 13, 2013 @ 11:34 am By Charles Luzar  |  

At this year’s One Spark Festival in Jacksonville, Florida, a section of the grounds will focus on innovation in education, giving teachers and students alike the chance to compete for a slice of the $300,000 slated to be awarded to participants. One Spark is a… Read More

October 16, 2013 @ 7:54 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

One Spark, a “five-day festival for creators” with a heavy crowdfunding presence, recently closed a $70,556 crowdfunding campaign on RocketHub in order to supplement their already-impressive funding roster for next year’s event. Sponsors for the 2014 event include the City of Jacksonville, the KYN accelerator,… Read More

September 18, 2013 @ 11:12 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowd It Forward is a “non-profit foundation that brings people together to respond to the needs of individuals in difficult circumstances and to reward those whose acts deserve recognition through random acts of crowdfunding.” Crowd It Forward is a sister project to crowdfunding platform ClickStartMe…. Read More

August 28, 2013 @ 11:47 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Last year was the first year for the One Spark festival, a crowdfunding event that turned downtown Jacksonville, Florida into a hub of entrepreneurship and creativity. Elton Rivas, Dennis Eusebio, and Varick Rosete created One Spark, Inc. in 2011 with the goal of connecting creativity… Read More

May 9, 2013 @ 4:26 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

First person shooters like Call of Duty are some of the most popular video games around, and the DELTA SIX controller currently on Kickstarter aims to make the experiences of these games even more immersive and realistic than they are today. From the campaign page…… Read More

April 30, 2013 @ 7:44 am By Naples News  |  

… “Miss Julie” may well join them. By Sunday night, sixteen donors had put the company more than halfway toward its goal. Writing on Facebook, Brady said she was “thrilled.” Joining the project among the ranks of successful theatre-related Kickstarters, Florida Repertory Theatre’s Chris Clavelli… Read More

April 24, 2013 @ 5:16 pm By Fast Company  |  

Florida has the U.S.’s second-highest rate of new business production, it ranks high on Fundable’s VC rankings, and Startup America says it’s the No. 3 state for annual revenue per startup, with $1.2 million. Here’s what else helped it hit No. 1: 1. Ambition has a… Read More

February 28, 2013 @ 8:41 pm By Doreen Hemlock  |  

Power2give.org, the new crowd-funding site for nonprofit arts groups in Broward County, has met it’s first target in just 21 days helping The Master Chorale of South Florida raise more than $8,500. “We…are very excited that we were the first Broward County arts group to reach its project… Read More