Tagged: tactics

June 12, 2013 @ 5:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Hartford Enhances Management Liability Offerings For Small And Midsize Businesses, includes Crowdfunding under the Jobs Act. The Hartford has enhanced its private company management liability offerings with Private Choice OvationSM, a comprehensive package policy with updated and expanded coverage options designed to address the most important emerging exposures… Read More

June 8, 2013 @ 7:26 am By Journalism UK  |  

At US investigative non-profit ProPublica, the public is able to be very much involved. In editorial, for example, the community is encouraged to feed into investigation research, supported by the launch of an online page centred on opportunities to ‘Get Involved’. And when it comes… Read More

June 3, 2013 @ 5:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter has announced a new feature on their site blog regarding Project Preview Feedback for their crowdfunding campaigns.  As Kickstarter campaigns become more competitive this new functionality helps in capturing comments and insight from anyone the project organizer wants to share the campaign with prior… Read More

May 29, 2013 @ 7:24 am By Emily Kuo  |  

Recently, the use of crowdfunding has skyrocketed, increasing 81% in funds raised between 2011 and 2012 across the 308 platforms according to the Crowdfunding Industry Report by Massolution. Crowdfunding is an alternative financing method where collective effort of individuals supports and funds the initiatives of… Read More

May 10, 2013 @ 7:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Petaluma, California based Glasshaus Wine Company is offering a twist on the traditional wine club through a crowdfunded subscription model to finance its yearly production costs. Similar to community a supported agricultural models, supporters become members by purchasing annual wine ‘Shares’ prior to the wine… Read More

May 6, 2013 @ 7:17 am By Entrepreneur  |  

You have a standout idea for a new product but need to raise money for it. So, you wonder whether you should consider a campaign on the popular crowdfunding site Kickstarter. After all, Kickstarter’s results have been impressive. Since it was launched in 2009, about four million people… Read More

May 5, 2013 @ 4:19 am By VentureBeat  |  

Are would-be entrepreneurs letting the funding-equals-success myth stand between them and true success? Too many startup founders crave the validation of big-name investors and end up buying into the idea that getting venture capital somehow means their business has a better shot. I became an… Read More

April 29, 2013 @ 9:04 pm By GameZone  |  

After reaching more than $2 million in crowdfunding on Kickstarter, the Star Citizen developer kept donations open via its Roberts Space Industries website. It now has a pool of $9 million from both sources combined. That’s an increase of $1 million since mid-February. Star Citizen… Read More

April 25, 2013 @ 6:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

BancBox, a leading payment services provider, announces today the public launch of BancBox Crowd, the first independent escrow service for equity, debt and revenue share crowdfunding portals. Additionally, the company is announcing partnerships with leading crowdfund investing services 99Funding, SoMoLend, and Localstake. “The services provided by… Read More

April 21, 2013 @ 7:17 am By The Dispatch  |  

Greenland’s ice sheet is melting fast, and Jason Box can’t wait for a government research grant to get him there. To fund his 24th expedition, Box, a climatologist at the Geologic Survey of Denmark and Greenland in Copenhagen, is trying something new.Crowdfunding. Box, who had… Read More

April 20, 2013 @ 1:08 am By PandoDaily  |  

Welcome to a new era of crowdfunding, where the “crowd” part is more important than the “funding.” Before “smartwatch” became a household term, the makers of the Pebble watch had been rejected, repeatedly, by investors. When the project’s Kickstarter campaign exploded, VCs were suddenly desperate… Read More

April 9, 2013 @ 4:25 am By Gamasutra  |  

It was a small story we ran just before GDC that kind of flew under the radar, so you’d all be forgiven (minus Kris, who authored the thing) for missing that a game just got funded through equity crowdfunding. That is to say, rather than through… Read More

April 8, 2013 @ 9:30 pm By BostonGlobe  |  

When Gary Sohmers launched his 30-day Kickstarter campaign, he was optimistic about raising the $22,000 needed to fund his creation: video technology that lets a fan witness a celebrity sign a personalized autograph. But in late March, with 41 hours left and only $830 raised,… Read More

March 28, 2013 @ 2:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online clothing retailer Everlane has announced they are now shipping up North to Canada after their successful hybrid crowdfunding campaign.  Everlane had launched a strategic crowdfunding campaign not only to raise funds via a rewards based program, but to also gage interest in expanding their… Read More

March 20, 2013 @ 2:23 pm By Forbes  |  

There’s an essential question I’ve been thinking about recently that I believe underlies one of the most powerful and transformative possibilities of crowdfunding… The question is… how important is “local” to the crowdfunding movement? I wanted to share my vision for local communities and entrepreneurial… Read More

March 6, 2013 @ 10:03 pm By Irish Examiner  |  

Investors can take a punt in high-risk, high-reward start-up companies through ‘crowdfunding’, a well-attended conference heard in Croke Park. Thomas Davies, the owner of London-based FSA-regulated Seedrs, outlined the innovative new concept, which is becoming much more popular in the UK market. Crowdfunding aims to… Read More

February 26, 2013 @ 6:15 am By PocketGamer  |  

Not content with merely funding its latest project on Kickstarter, one developer has announced it is to use the crowdfunding platform for a world record attempt. Supersonic Software – previously behind entries in the Micro Machines series – has taken to Kickstarter with World’s Biggest Wordsearch, which (as… Read More

February 25, 2013 @ 10:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Kendall Almerico, the CEO of crowdfunding site ClickStartMe, recently shared some simple rules  for entrepreneurs to follow to start a business using crowdfunding. Almerico says that using crowdfunding to start a business allows you to raise funds without giving away equity and creates a phenomenal marketing… Read More

February 18, 2013 @ 6:41 am By JD Alois  |  

The U.S. Small Business Administration will host a series of webinars in recognition of the seventh annual National Entrepreneurship Week.  The emphasis will be on how the next generation of small business owners can leverage crowdfunding as an alternative finance option to start and grow their businesses. WHEN:         February… Read More

February 17, 2013 @ 2:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Insider recently published a list of white label crowdfunding platforms available today.  As interest in crowdfunding has grown, the diversity of needs and requirements by different crowdfunding groups has created a growing and dynamic market for various platforms and options. Running y0ur own crowdfunding… Read More