Tagged: fundanything

You’re Fired: Donald Trump Dismisses Himself From Crowdfunding Platform FundAnything

Last year, multi-billionaire and well-known businessman, Donald Trump, announced his affiliation with a crowdfunding platform called FundAnything. Trump not only became an investor in the website, he also stated that each week he would contribute to new campaigns and then promote those selected through his… Read More

Crowdfunding News Roundup: November 1, 2013

VentureBeat | The JOBS Act leaves crowdfunding investors unprotected — the SEC is working with a flawed law According to the article, Jenny Kassan of Cutting Edge Capital filed the original petition to the SEC to create a crowdfunding exemption. In this article, she argues that… Read More

Donald Trump, FundAnything Announce $1 Million Bounty for Beating Crowdfunding Record

Donald Trump is offering a $1 million reward to the first person who uses FundAnything to break the all-time crowdfunding record using the funds raised for the Pebble Watch as his benchmark.  Trump is a co-founder of the crowdfunding platform. “If you have a great idea, FundAnything is one… Read More

Performer Penn Jillette Crowdfunds Film on FundAnything

Penn Jillette is next up on the celebrity list to crowdfund a full length feature film and he is doing it on FundAnything.  Jillette is half of the well known Penn & Teller team.  He is an accomplished magician, actor, comedian and author.  The Penn… Read More

Glee Star, Guns N’ Roses Drummer, Partner on FundAnything Campaign for Arts Foundation

Crowfunding campaign will attempt to raise $85,000 for Adopt the Arts Foundation Glee’s Jane Lynch and Guns N’ Roses Drummer Matt Sorum, are launching a crowdfunding campaign to Raise generate funds to Bring Music Programs to Los Angeles Public Schools.  FundAnything, a crowdfunding site started… Read More

Adam Carolla Film Crowdfunding Hits $1 Million Goal

Crowfunding on FundAnything Platform Carolla Surpasses $1 Million Target with 15 Days Left in Campaign Actor, comedian and podcasting aficianado Adam Carolla’s crowdfunding  campaign for his new movie “Road Hard” has surpassed the $1 million goal initially set for his fundraising effort on FundAnything.  … Read More

FundAnything Chief Creative Officer Brad Wyman Interviewed (Video)

This is a brief interview of Oscar winning Producer Brad Wyman who is now the Chief Creative Officer of crowdfunding site FundAnything.  Wyman previously ran the film vertical for Indiegogo. In this video Wyman talks about the role of a film producer being primarily to… Read More

Adam Carolla’s Crowdfunding Campaign on FundAnything Over $400K

Radio personality, actor and comedian, Adam Carolla’crowdfunding campaign on FundAnything has surpassed $400,000 in first week.  Carolla is crowdfunding his film, “Road Hard” with a goal of raising $1,000,000 over the next 37 days. Carolla will write, direct and star in this film which entails… Read More

Keeping the Start-Up Party Going: The False Promise of Crowdfunding

Last week, Donald Trump announced – with characteristic flair – his involvement with a crowdfunding startup named FundAnything. The Donald’s presence would be something of an embarrassment for many companies, but then the tech sector has never been above a little shameless self-promotion. In fact, it’s become… Read More

Donald Trump misses the point of crowdfunding

Donald Trump backing crowdfunding is about as appropriate as Attila the Hun inviting us to tea. I’ve never had a bad word to say about crowdfunding – until now. Now I am rendered speechless by perhaps the biggest backhanded compliment ever. Crowdfunding is about the crowd. The… Read More

Donald Trump Presser Turns Into Rally For New Crowdfunding Site FundAnything

On Tuesday, polarizing former presidential nominee Donald Trump teased a big announcement and giveaway on Twitter. I’m giving away money! 11AM Trump Tower. Be there or be left behind! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 8, 2013 Turns out that the planned event was a… Read More