November 14, 2013
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When Kickstarter rejected Lockitron, founders Cameron Robertson and Paul Gerhardt built their own website to crowdfund their phone-enabled door-locking device. After 24 hours, they'd reached their goal of $150,000...
November 13, 2013
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EY has partnered with all of London's 33 local authorities and a start-up tech firm to provide crowdfunding for local regeneration projects. The Big Four firm has joined...
November 11, 2013
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The developers of a new electronic device that fits onto cockroaches, allowing their movements to be controlled by a mobile phone app, have been...
November 11, 2013
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The end of the space shuttle program ushered in a new era of space exploration carried out by private firms like SpaceX. But Elon Musk...
November 11, 2013
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In its infancy, science was sponsored by rich benefactors who favoured areas of their own liking. Today, despite being more equitably financed by public intervention,...
November 11, 2013
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Is the phenomenon of "crowdfunding" – where entrepreneurs or more or less anyone asks the public to put cash into their proposed venture – getting...
November 7, 2013
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With crowdfunding due to come under FCA regulation from next April, should advisers be considering the concept as a way of directly accessing higher risk...
November 7, 2013
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Aim low and you virtually guarantee success. And if you aim really, really low, then you can orchestrate a reason to bust out the champagne...
November 7, 2013
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When "Superwoman" signs up to something, you know that an idea has taken off. Especially when the Superwoman in question is financier Nicola Horlick. Earlier...