September 23, 2013
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Homeless man rewarded after handing in money found in backpack
A homeless man in America who turned in tens of thousands of pounds he found in a backpack is in the clover after a bid...
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September 23, 2013
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Crowdfunding failure allows for realization of too-complex ideas
The idea was a wearable Bluetooth finger ring with an LED display that would help wearers stay connected with their smartphones, but the concept never...
September 23, 2013
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Is crowdfunding the answer for financing renewable energy?
Are crowdfunding and renewable energy a good match? And at the same time, can we get the public to participate in projects that will benefit...
September 20, 2013
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Crowdfunding seminar preview: Expert discusses benefits of funding model
Equity crowdfunding not only will help local businesses get more access to capital. It also will help local communities sustain local businesses. That’s according to Jonathan...
September 20, 2013
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PayPal Pledges to Overhaul Approach to Crowdfunding
PayPal this week promised to review how it handles crowd-funding efforts after several projects had their funding frozen by the online payment service. In a blog...
September 20, 2013
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NANA: A café for nanas, run by nanas, seeks crowd-funding
The crowd-sourcing website Kickstarter has been used to fund everything from a giant flammable brain at Burning Man festival to life-changing orthopaedic limbs for stroke...
September 20, 2013
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Crowdfunding: The New Way To Finance Your Personal Life
When Kelli Space graduated from Northeastern University in 2009 with $200,000 of student loan debt, she panicked. Given that she had an entry-level office manager job that...
September 20, 2013
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How Bluetooth LE And Crowdfunding Are Accelerating The Connected Hardware Boom
It’s one trend that’s been hard to miss, being mostly clipped and/or strapped in plain sight. To spell it out, hardware startups — and the...
September 20, 2013
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What You Need to Know About the New Equity-Crowdfunding Model
In her book Cash From the Crowd, Sally Outlaw, founder and CEO of crowdfunding website peerbackers, reveals the secrets of funding your business with help from colleagues,...