Tagged: strategy

December 22, 2022 @ 12:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Miguel Fernandez, CEO and co-founder of Capchase has looked to the challenging year ahead and commented on some simple measures startups can take to build resilience: Fernandez notes that we’ve all seen the headlines. That tech is “bracing itself for a challenging year.” From gaming… Read More

May 27, 2022 @ 6:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Reg A+ is one of three exemptions created under the JOBS Act of 2012 that legalized online capital formation or securities crowdfunding. Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) initially allowed issuers to raise just $1.07 million (now $5 million), while Reg A+ allowed firms to raise up… Read More

April 19, 2017 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube recently announced it has formed a partnership with G By Grant Thornton to provide businesses with the tools and expertise needed to build a high-quality funding initiative and ensure they stand out to the investing crowd. Crowdcube revealed that it and… Read More

May 3, 2016 @ 3:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Kickstarter’s community education director, Stephanie Pereira, discuss the importance of attracting backers to campaigns during a new class on strategic storytelling.  The crowdfunding portal shared: “One of the best parts of working at Kickstarter is getting to talk to people about their ideas…. Read More

April 29, 2016 @ 10:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seed&Spark, crowdfunding platform for independent films, recently announced its new class, Crowdfunding to Build Independence. The portal has taught this class at over 100 film festivals, schools and organizations around the U.S. The classes feature co-founders Emily Best and Erica Anderson.  The Seed&Spark team shared: “Crowdfunding to… Read More

March 31, 2016 @ 9:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With crowdfunding continuing to grow in popularity, Indiegogo has unveiled ten reasons why entrepreneurs are making their way to its funding portal. The global crowdfunding website shared: “The Indiegogo community has explored the potential of crowdfunding and helped shape our platform into what it is… Read More

March 25, 2016 @ 11:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, crowdfunding platform Indiegogo announced that it has teamed up with Google’s Primer App to present a “short lesson” on why email marketing is important for crowdfunding entrepreneurs. The funding portal declared: “Overall, we find that building momentum early can help set up a… Read More

March 2, 2016 @ 12:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Kickstarter announced it was opening creator community space “Campus” for everyone. “Campus” was reportedly created a year ago  and allowed creators to connect with one another through the community to ask for advice and trade insights about the creative process. The crowdfunding giant… Read More

December 14, 2015 @ 10:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Continuing its new 7-week How to Crowdfund series, crowdfunding platform Crowdfunder UK revealed the second step to using the funding method on Monday. The Crowdfunder UK team declared: “The most important part of the crowdfunding process, is that people need to understand your idea, why it means… Read More

December 11, 2015 @ 10:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, Indiegogo released a new report on film crowdfunding that revealed eight insights from 22,000 campaigns. The global crowdfunding platform revealed in a recent blog post: “Indiegogo is an open platform, where all ideas get an equal shot at success. In an industry as… Read More

December 9, 2015 @ 4:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Continuing its new crowdfunding series “Campaign Prep Calendar,” Indiegogo shared the four things that every organizer should do a month before a campaign launch. The global platform shared: “Creating a compelling, informative and engaging campaign will help your potential backers learn more about your idea and… Read More

December 7, 2015 @ 11:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kicking off its new How to Crowdfund series, crowdfunding platform Crowdfunder UK revealed the first step to using the funding method. The Crowdfunder UK team stated: “Most of the actual exposure and building of a movement around the project should happen outside the crowdfunding platform before the… Read More

November 16, 2015 @ 4:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, CrowdfunderUK’s co-founder and director of communications, Dawn Bebe, revealed why UK startup should consider going for a “funding cocktail.” Explaining what a “funding cocktail” really is, Bebe stated: “Increasingly businesses, charities and social enterprises are finding that combining funding solutions in a ‘cocktail’ is a… Read More

November 6, 2015 @ 10:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kickbooster, a network for crowdfunding campaigns, has recently launched its services that pays campaign backers so share their favorite funding projects. According to Tech Crunch, Kickbooster users can share links to interesting campaigns, and receive a 10 percent referral fee when someone clicks their link and… Read More

November 5, 2015 @ 12:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Indiegogo unveiled its latest infographic, Technology Crowdfunding Stats: 7 Insights from 29,000 Campaigns The global crowdfunding platform stated: “Though crowdfunding can be used to raise money for nearly any type of idea or project, one of the most popular uses is to fund the… Read More

February 6, 2013 @ 5:51 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Hat tip to the CfPA for posting this!