January 8, 2014
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Will 2014 Be the Big Year for Equity Crowdfunding?
Will 2014 be the year equity crowdfunding arrives in big way for us? Maybe, if we get our act together. The world's most popular crowdfunding...
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January 8, 2014
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Indiegogo To Add Option For Companies To Embed Crowdfunding Campaigns On Own Websites
There is no shortage of crowdfunding websites out there, vying to help you raise cash for your big idea but the two highest profile outfits...
January 8, 2014
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Crowdfunding For Good Now A Growing Global Movement
Using the Razoo platform, GiveMN, a statewide crowdfunding campaign for Minnesota nonprofits, did just that on November 14, 2013, when over 52,000 individual donors combined to...
January 6, 2014
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Olympic brothers fans of 'bike floss' give financial backing to supplier Purple Harry
Olympic triathletes Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee are such fans of ‘bike floss’, which is used to clean the bike gears, that they are now backing...
January 6, 2014
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Crowd-Funded Concerts Catch On in China
On a recent weeknight in Beijing, about 800 people gathered at a club in downtown Beijing to watch a performance by pop singer Li Quan...
January 6, 2014
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MARS ONE ANNOUNCES LOCKHEED MARTIN PARTNERSHIP, CROWDFUNDING FOR 2018 MARS MISSION
Mars One kicked up a little Martian dust in 2013. First, the private organization announced they would colonize the Red Planet by 2023 and fund the mission,...
January 6, 2014
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BrewDog reaches £4.25m target in record-breaking crowdfunding scheme
The UK's fastest-growing food and drinks brand BrewDog has reached its crowdfunding scheme target a month ahead of deadline. Scotland’s largest independent brewery, BrewDog, which...
January 3, 2014
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What will Crowdfunding Look Like in 2014? The Skoll Social Entrepreneurs Challenge Raises the Bar
In recent years, crowdfunding models of the type that support a new product—like a prototype for a cool new watch, or a friend’s idea for...
January 3, 2014
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2014 trends for business start ups and future funders
Editor's Note: David Drake breaks out the crystal ball and writes in to make some crowdfunding predictions for 2014. Attention potential fans and future funders, or...