Tagged: interview

October 30, 2014 @ 1:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, non-profit organization Code.org launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $5,000,000 for its new program called, An Hour of Code for Every Student. This will give 100 million students throughout the world an opportunity to have one hour per day of… Read More

June 23, 2014 @ 9:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Stepping out to introduce his new independent film “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus,” director Spike Lee attended the New York’s SVA Theater in Chelsea to debut the film on Sunday during the final day of the 18th annual American Black Film Festival. Last year, Mr. Lee… Read More

May 6, 2014 @ 12:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CEO and co-founder of the crowdfunding giant Kickstarter Yancey Strickler may have high hopes and big plans for his platform that allows consumers the power to raise funds for projects from art to technology. Unfortunately for some, Mr. Strickler has formally confirmed the platform will… Read More

March 4, 2014 @ 11:46 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Hey, this week we got through a whole episode of Inside Crowdfunding without any major glitches! Success! Alon and I had a great conversation with Nick Meehan of The Lobby. Nick’s project piqued our interest after he was profiled in a piece for Vice. It’s… Read More

February 25, 2014 @ 11:22 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Did you know Brian Meece was a mean ukelele player? RocketHub co-founder and CEO Meece sat down with AlleyWire as part of their “Where I’ve Been” series and briefly discussed how some of the fundraising techniques in the world of liberal arts helped him and… Read More

December 2, 2013 @ 10:33 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The second annual Global Crowdfunding Convention and Bootcamp for 2013 has come and gone. Ruth Hedges was the primary organizer of the event, and she was interviewed by Doug Atkin of “From the Cloud to the Crowd” about her background and how her experience as… Read More

October 20, 2013 @ 1:10 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Crack The Crowd has released part one of what is to be a three-part interview with Dr. Richard Swart, who is a partner at Crowdfund Capital Advisors and the head of the crowdfunding research program at UC Berkeley. He was instrumental in the recently released… Read More