November 28, 2013
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What does the wealth distribution of crowdfunding look like?
To get noticed as a crowdfunding campaign in 2013, you need to aim high. Three years ago, topping $345,000 would have made you the biggest Kickstarter...
November 28, 2013
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Government tipped to allow crowdfunding investments into ISAs
UKCFA Director, Bruce Davis, one of the founders of peer-to-peer lender Zopa, hopes chancellor George Osborne will make an announcement about crowdfunding in the Autumn...
November 28, 2013
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Crowdfunding – Should We Be Worried About Its Future?
By John Mullins, Associate Professor of Management Practice in Marketing and Entrepreneurship at London Business School. Crowdfunding is a hot new area of interest for entrepreneurs and...
November 28, 2013
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Herding investors
IN 2005 Venky Harinarayan and Anand Rajaraman, two venture capitalists, were approached with an offer by Sean Parker, the founder of Napster, once the internet’s...
November 25, 2013
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SUBSET are here! Crowdfunding on Zequs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLUIu7EPRsw http://www.zequs.com/campaign/subset Hi guys, SUBSET here! We are working hard on this campaign and reaching out to family friends fans supporters and backers and...
November 25, 2013
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Wearable Technology Show: 18th & 19th March 2014, Olympia Conference Centre, London
The Wearable Technology Show 2014 will be the first and largest show of its kind in the UK to bring together wearable innovators, thought leaders,...
November 25, 2013
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UC Berkeley, Nesta and the University of Cambridge jointly launch the UK Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey
Berkeley, London and Cambridge. The world’s leading entrepreneurial and social finance research centre at the University of California, Berkeley is partnering with Nesta and the University of...
November 25, 2013
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SME owners dip into their own pockets for funding
A quarter of small business directors have used their own personal finances such as mortgages, credit cards and savings to support their business, according to...
November 25, 2013
News By UKCFA
Crowdfunding: Community Sourced Capital
What better way to strengthen communities, while empowering regular people to support nearby small businesses, than by helping individuals fund local entrepreneurs? This movement—coined locavesting...