Tagged: rewards

December 11, 2013 @ 9:57 am By Charles Luzar  |  

A new crowdfunding site has launched and it is geared specifically toward brands. It’s called Farallon, and it aims to amplify some of the tangential benefits of crowdfunding – namely market testing and crowdsourced feedback. Farallon founder Alex Blunk believes that niche-focused crowdfunding sites will… Read More

December 7, 2013 @ 3:37 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

BackerKit is an online service aimed at streamlining the process of Kickstarter campaign fulfillment after a successful raise. The team @ BackerKit graciously shared the following post with Crowdfund Insider. The post lays out a “hacker’s guide to crowdfunding” and gives tips on things like how… Read More

November 25, 2013 @ 9:39 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Knix Wear and founder Joanna Griffiths raised over $60,000 on Indiegogo after seeking a goal of just $40,000. Indiegogo recently collaborated with Griffiths on a video detailing the company’s story and how rewards-based crowdfunding helped Griffiths grow the brand and push Knix Wear’s product into Hudson’s… Read More

November 19, 2013 @ 10:51 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Scott Hall and Aurelian Smith, Jr. are both former pro wrestlers, better known by the names Razor Ramon and Jake “The Snake” Roberts. Both have fallen on hard times after long careers in pro wrestling. Hall and Roberts alike have succumbed to the ravages wrestling… Read More

November 16, 2013 @ 10:17 am By Charles Luzar  |  

FundedByMe has relaunched their crowdfunding platform with an improved look and feel. The site offers both rewards- and equity-based crowdfunding models. Over the past couple of months the team has been hard at work creating a web and brand experience that is focused on our… Read More

November 12, 2013 @ 2:20 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The Guardian | The problem with anti-rape underwear AR Wear’s crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo has certainly sparked a lot of controversy. Here The Guardian‘s Women’s Blog likens these anti-rape garments to a “modern-day chastity belt.” The piece goes a long way toward describing some of the vitriol… Read More

November 11, 2013 @ 12:05 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

PCMag | Can Crowdfunding Give the Private Space Race a Boost? PCMag takes a look at the private space race in the context of a company called the LiftPort Group. LiftPort raised over $110,000 on Kickstarter to build a prototype with an eye toward building… Read More

November 9, 2013 @ 2:03 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Hollywood Reporter | ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ Producer: What They Don’t Tell You About Crowdfunding (Guest Column) David T. Friendly’s effort to crowdfund a documentary about shoe collectors is way behind schedule, having raised just over $5,000 of a $100,000 goal on Indiegogo (Despite being flexibly funded)…. Read More

November 9, 2013 @ 1:37 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Kim Thompson and Gary Groth started publishing comics under Fantagraphics Books since 1976. This year tragedy struck the group. Kim Thompson was diagnosed with lung cancer and died in four short months earlier this year, which forced the company to cancel or postpone 13 titles…. Read More

November 5, 2013 @ 11:08 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowdfunding has yet to take off in Asia like it has in the US, Europe and Australia. Having said that, two recent pieces of news involving Hong Kong-based crowdfunding platforms suggest that entrepreneurs are increasing their efforts at mobilizing capital in Asia via crowdfunding. These… Read More

October 26, 2013 @ 9:13 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Reuters | Indiegogo Co-Founder Says Become Obsessed With the Problem, Not the Solution Indiegogo’s Danae Ringelmann shares her tips on entrepreneurship. She knows a bit about it having co-founded the world’s first widely-recognized rewards-based crowdfunding platform. Business News Daily | How to Benefit From New… Read More

October 22, 2013 @ 1:53 am By Charles Luzar  |  

One year ago, Rob Rhinehart was a computer scientist and YC-backed entrepreneur who happened to be sick of cooking his own food. Today he’s an entrepreneur with a disruptive startup aimed at creating the perfect meal replacement drink. After netting over $1 million in a… Read More

October 21, 2013 @ 11:40 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Last updated 2/27/2014 @ 7:51 pm CrowdFund Buzz is one of a growing number of crowdfunding consultants to provide campaign management services to crowdfunders. As any service provider or former contractor knows, it is almost impossible to make all of your customers happy all of… Read More

October 20, 2013 @ 12:52 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Counselor@Law: Sliding scale income rules under Title III crowdfunding The Counselor@Law blog takes an interesting look at the pros and cons involved with setting yearly maximums on non-accredited investors for the purposes of Title III crowdfunding. “Implementing and verifying that the annual cap (across all… Read More

October 20, 2013 @ 12:34 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Love crowdfunding? Love social media? Want to work for one of the largest crowdfunding platforms on the planet? One lucky social media professional is going to have that chance. Indiegogo is seeking a social media manager with a “metrics-driven approach.” In other words, they want… Read More

October 20, 2013 @ 12:23 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

For the better part of a year we’ve been anticipating a report that was to be the product of a joint venture by thought leaders and researchers in the crowdfunding space, distributed and supported by The World Bank. That report, entitled “Crowdfunding’s Potential for the… Read More

October 18, 2013 @ 10:37 am By Charles Luzar  |  

We’re going to unabashedly scream it from the mountaintops: Star Citizen is one of – if not the – biggest crowdfunding stories we’ve seen since we’ve launched this site more than a year ago, and it doesn’t get the attention or credit it deserves. The… Read More

October 9, 2013 @ 8:53 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The Tessel has successfully raised $196,682 on Dragon Innovation, a maker-focused crowdfunding platform. This represents the largest raise in the short history of Dragon Innovation, which opened to the public on September 5th. Tessel is an internet-connected microcontroller programmable in JavaScript that enables developers to… Read More

October 9, 2013 @ 12:58 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

In May we first reported on Square Enix taking interest in the crowdfunding model. On a Square Enix earnings call, Yosuke Matsuda had shared his interest in crowdfunding specifically as a means of market testing video games. At the time, Matsuda was thought to be… Read More

September 13, 2013 @ 3:58 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Equity Endeavor is a rewards-based crowdfunding platform that has just launched two pilot platforms. The platforms will focus on projects in Austin, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana. Equity Endeavor is described as a “city specific crowdfunding platform created to help local businesses and entrepreneurs raise… Read More