August 12, 2013
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For bookstores, crowdfunding to the rescue
NEW YORK — For years, independent bookstores have taken creative steps to fight off challenges from Amazon.com and the superstores by building in-house espresso bars,...
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August 9, 2013
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How Skoll Awardees are Using Crowdfunding for Fundraising Success
We’re noticing an increasing number Skoll Awardees using crowdfunding for specific projects, and wanted to share more details in case you’re contemplating doing the same....
August 9, 2013
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Beyond the Kickstarter model for science crowdfunding
In the startup world people pitch ideas quite often in the shorthand of "we are X for Y", drawing on an existing (and successful) "X"...
August 9, 2013
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Peer to Peer Crowdfunding Continues to Grow
Funding Circle – a UK based Peer 2 Peer crowdlending platform – has announced that it is expanding the type of organisations it will broker loans for....
August 9, 2013
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A New Crowdfunding Site That Will Actually Help Get Products Built
When IRobot (IRBT) first sent Scott Miller to Asia a decade ago to help oversee manufacturing of the Roomba, its robotic vacuum cleaner, he saw it as a...
August 8, 2013
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Abundance raises £700,000 for UK solar projects through crowdfunding
London-based Abundance Generation, an FCA-regulated democratic finance crowdfunding platform, has funded its latest two projects in a crowd-funded £700,000 raise over the past 35 days. The...
August 8, 2013
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Why social investment must be more accessible
If you decide you want to invest your money in social enterprise, how are you going about it? The truth is you would find it...
August 8, 2013
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Crowdfunding hope for postgraduate support
StudentFunder aims to become ‘one-stop shop’ for those in need A social enterprise start-up is hoping to help fill the gaps in support for postgraduate...
August 8, 2013
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Crowdfunding Why Angels, Venture Capitalists And Private Equity Investors All May Benefit
Ever since the JOBS Act was signed into law last year, there has been much ado about why angels, venture capitalists and private equity firms...