Posts tagged Crowdfunding

‘Veronica Mars’ Movie Meets $2 Million Fund-Raising Goal in One Day Through Kickstarter, the ‘Veronica Mars’ movie set multiple fundraising records. Crowdfuning was a hot topic at SXSWi and is sure to be talked about amongst the startup community this week!Would you use Kickstarter to raise money for a new business or project? (via ‘Veronica Mars’ Movie Meets $2 Million Fund-Raising Goal in One Day - NYTimes.com - Image source)

‘Veronica Mars’ Movie Meets $2 Million Fund-Raising Goal in One Day

Through Kickstarter, the ‘Veronica Mars’ movie set multiple fundraising records. Crowdfuning was a hot topic at SXSWi and is sure to be talked about amongst the startup community this week!

Would you use Kickstarter to raise money for a new business or project?

(via ‘Veronica Mars’ Movie Meets $2 Million Fund-Raising Goal in One Day - NYTimes.com - Image source)

newyorker: Cartoon by Mick Stevens. For more from this week’s issue: http://nyr.kr/116NtNx Where does your start-up funding come from?

newyorker:

Cartoon by Mick Stevens. For more from this week’s issue: http://nyr.kr/116NtNx

Where does your start-up funding come from?

Getting Funded OnlineClick to embiggen (see full infographic)Crowdfunding is the next chapter for all entrepreneurs. Democratic. Worldwide. And it actually works. AngelList and Kickstarter are only getting started. Now let’s take a look at the data and trends. (via “Becoming an Entrepreneur” Infographic Book by Anna Vital » Getting Funded - Infographic on Crowdfunding — Kickstarter)

Getting Funded Online

Click to embiggen (see full infographic)

Crowdfunding is the next chapter for all entrepreneurs. Democratic. Worldwide. And it actually works. AngelList and Kickstarter are only getting started. Now let’s take a look at the data and trends.

(via “Becoming an Entrepreneur” Infographic Book by Anna Vital » Getting Funded - Infographic on Crowdfunding — Kickstarter)

Be Part of the Maker Revolution In the early 1980s, the words “personal” and “desktop” revolutionized computing, mostly by massively expanding the number of people who had access to it. The first PCs weren’t more powerful than the industrial mainframes of the day, but they were personal. The real revolution was not the machines themselves, but who could use them and what we did with them. Allowing everyone access to computing unleashed a huge amount of creativity and innovation in software and content, as regular people found ways to apply computing to their own lives. —Chris Anderson (via Be Part of the Maker Revolution : Innovation :: American Express OPEN Forum)

Be Part of the Maker Revolution

In the early 1980s, the words “personal” and “desktop” revolutionized computing, mostly by massively expanding the number of people who had access to it. The first PCs weren’t more powerful than the industrial mainframes of the day, but they were personal. The real revolution was not the machines themselves, but who could use them and what we did with them. Allowing everyone access to computing unleashed a huge amount of creativity and innovation in software and content, as regular people found ways to apply computing to their own lives.

—Chris Anderson

(via Be Part of the Maker Revolution : Innovation :: American Express OPEN Forum)

springwise: Crowdfunding charity workers’ wages Over recent months we’ve spotted numerous initiatives designed to help non-profits fundraise via social media platforms and online networks. Now, in the US, Giifa is a prospective website which hopes to help charities and non-profits find staff and tackle unemployment by using a crowdfunding model to pay for wages. READ MORE… Awesome idea.

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Crowdfunding charity workers’ wages

Over recent months we’ve spotted numerous initiatives designed to help non-profits fundraise via social media platforms and online networks. Now, in the US, Giifa is a prospective website which hopes to help charities and non-profits find staff and tackle unemployment by using a crowdfunding model to pay for wages. READ MORE…

Awesome idea.