James Sweetman Guardian Professional, Thursday 5 June 2014 08.58 BST Ambitious crowdfunders need to stack the cards in their favour, and there are five ways to enhance your chances of success. Photograph: Pegaz/Alamy 1. The right platform There are five types of crowdfund: equity, donation, reward, debt/peer-to-peer lending, and...
Continue Reading“We are now looking for areas where the system itself needs to adapt to new technology or broader change – rather than the other way round. We want to ensure that positive developments, the ones that promise to improve the lives of consumers or clients,...
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Crowdfunding is quickly becoming the buzzword when it comes to business funding and it’s easy to see why, according to OBC director Andy Hill. In recent years, many businesses have faced increasing problems obtaining finance from banks, which has led them to look elsewhere. Crowdfunding is a...
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Continue ReadingBy: Bruce Davis The deficit is social and political and neo-liberal economics are to blame Global wealth is being captured by and increasingly disconnected elite and creating a vacuum ripe for the rhetoric of UKIP and other extreme parties Neo-liberal economics create the perfect situation for the rise...
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Nesta: UK Crowdfunding Platforms Up by 50% in 2013 Nesta Estimates 87 Crowdfunding Platforms Live in the United Kingdom today. According to London based charity / research entity Nesta, the number of crowdfunding platforms operating in the UK rose by over 50% in 2013 according to their...
Continue ReadingCrowdfunding – Regulations are now the Biggest Barrier to Entry By jay.tikam@vedanvi.com Are you thinking of starting a crowdfunding or peer-to peer (P2P) lending platform? Then I have some good and some bad news for you! The good news is that barriers to entry are breaking down fast....
Continue Readingby Tim Wallace May 30, 2014, 2:02am INVENTORS creating new finance technology will be welcomed into the City watchdog to find out how regulations can be made to work for them, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief executive Martin Wheatley said yesterday. He has spent the last year setting up...
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Crowdfunding bars, bees, booze and cures By Steven McKenzie BBC Scotland Highlands and Islands reporter According to those involved, it is something that is becoming increasingly popular with entrepreneurs and the public. In Scotland, crowdfunding has helped to reopen a closed-down bar in Thurso, fund a beehive business in...
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