September 10, 2013
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Kickstarter crowdfunding site now live in Canada
Kickstarter Canada is now live, and one of first projects up for backing could be described as the ultimate Canadian endeavour: a group of young men...
September 9, 2013
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Crowdfund your way into new markets
Crowdfunding myths: it’s not right for my type of business; it’s only for quirky consumer products; it’s not capable of raising sufficient funds for my...
September 9, 2013
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Can I hitch a ride on the Oxbridge crowdfunding bandwagon?
The ‘Not so Secret E-Commerce Entrepreneur’ continues… It’s incredible that Pret a Manger’s™ founders Sinclair Beecham and Julian Metcalf started their company way back in 1986; “with no money”. Yet Pret was sold...
September 9, 2013
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Equity Crowdfunding – what’s the payback for investors?
It’s fairly obvious for us to say we’re big fans of equity crowdfunding. But that doesn’t mean we’re blind to the risks – far from...
September 9, 2013
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Crowdfunding: Capitalism Rebooted
It is time to create freely. It is time to sing the song, shoot the movie, launch the prototype, publish the book, dance the dance....
September 9, 2013
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A five minute guide on peer-to-peer lending and crowdfunding
THE nightmare for savers looks set to drag on and on, with inflation at 2.8 per cent and the Bank of England determined to freeze...
September 9, 2013
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France to support private 'crowdfunding'
France is drafting a new law that aims to make the practice of pooling resources to fund private ventures easier and more competitive, but the...
September 9, 2013
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Hex Airbot Shatters Crowdfunding Goal For Its Cheap, 3D Printed Drones
Hex’s tiny Airbot drone first turned heads earlier this year at China-based hardware acceleratorHaxlr8r’s second demo day, and now the team behind it is finally pushing to...
September 6, 2013
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Crowd-funding: Can mass appeal translate into street smarts?
Securities regulators in Canada and the United States are considering endorsing crowd-funding, an unsettling prospect to anyone who thinks crowds are more inclined to generate...