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Crowdfunding – a real threat to banks – with a little help

Crowdfunding : a real threat to banks – with a little help By: Colin McLean With small business lending by banks still weak, crowdfunding could assist broader based economic recovery. But the slow pace of regulatory reform is limiting its potential. Banks still fail to view the sector...

Richard Branson: I would have turned to crowd funding

Richard Branson: I would have turned to crowdfunding Billionaire entrepreneur says crowdfunding has shifted the balance of power away from banks and private equity houses Sir Richard Branson - Age of Energy: The Green Economy Sir Richard invested in Indiegogo alongside PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, Yahoo! chairman Maynard...

YouTube is getting into crowdfunding

YouTube has identified that their problem is; a lot of  funding happens off YouTube. So they've  been thinking about how they  can do this directly on YouTube, allowing fans to fund the creators that they really love   find out more here  ...

Financing with the Crowd: Indiegogo, Seedrs and Wayra Give Their Two Cents

Financing with the Crowd: Indiegogo, Seedrs and Wayra Give Their Two Cents – Part I
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This week the word “crowdfunding” was added to the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. Indeed, “the practice of soliciting financial contributions from a large number of people especially from the online community” has been growing significantly in popularity – especially among European startups who are looking for pre-seed or seed funding.

Here is how Jeff Lynn, CEO of equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs, sees the future of crowdfunding: “I think in Europe broadly and Germany specifically, it is going to continue to grow very significantly. I think one thing to remember in terms of crowdfunding is that, while it is still in its early days and people see it as this new thing, in ten years time it will be like e-commerce. Nobody really says e-commerce anymore. It is just commerce.”

How to select a crowdfunding project name

How to Select a Crowdfunding Project Name
Posted on May 23, 2014 by Michael Ibberson Updated May 23, 2014
Obscurity – it can work both for and against your project. Not in market approach or concept, but rather in title. Sometimes the unknown attracts by pulling at our curiosities, while at other times it simply pushes us away. When we think of crowdfunding project names, we tend to assume self-evident titles perform best, yet so many projects choose unclear names for the sake of branding or marketing.

Crowdfunding: Economics for the Greater Good – UK Crowdfunding director speaks at TEDx at Milton Keynes

Simon Dixon talks about the future of fundraising and finance and how generosity, greed and the greater good intersects with the world of finance. watch here...

Offer rewards and raise more for your charity fundraiser

Thinking Development, a charity raised £40,000 in 40 days through our #ThinkingGirls Christmas campaign on Zequs.com to sustainably reconstruct a Haitian girls' school. Here they share their top tips on how to use the power of the crowd to raise thousands for your non-profit organisation. Continue reading  ...

Video Interview with Bruce Davis, MD of Abundance Generation: A New Democratic Financing Model

We speak to Bruce Davis from Abundance Generation, a financing platform that allows anyone to invest in renewable energy no matter how much or how little money they have to spend. continue reading...

3 structural changes needed for a sustainable financial sector

Julia Groves, chair of the UK Crowdfunding Association offers three pieces of advice needed in order for trust to be regained in the financial sector. Post credit crisis, the financial services industry is often seen as little more than a necessary evil for many people: something...

Building a better world – powered by women

  Theresa Burton UKCF Association Director  and Treasurer and recently featured on "Amazing Women"   continue reading and watch here.....