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Crowdfunding: Everybody’s Doing It
Well, maybe not everybody. But a lot more people and organizations are participating. According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, there are now more than 400 crowdfunding sites on the...
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Crowdfunding Goes to College
It is really hard to tell if this is good news or bad news. Care2.com reports the launching of Takeashine, a crowdfunding site intended to raise college tuition money for “underserved” students:...
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Crowdfunding Goes Mainstream
Want proof? How about a big story in the business section of the New York Times? Here’s what it had to say about the recent growth of Kickstarter: “This year marks the year that we’ve seen...
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Can Kickstarter Solve Urban Problems?
Over at the Design Observer Group, Alexandra Lange has a very thoughtful piece on how to use Kickstarter to fund public projects: Most of the Kickstarter projects under the Design tab congregate around...
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Rotterdam Crowdfunds a Walkway
Last week we looked at the potential for crowdfunding urban improvements. This week Springwise has a piece on efforts by the City of Rotterdam to crowdfund a pedestrian walkway: [A] wooden pedestrian...
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Smallknot Keeps Angel Investors Local
Fast Company has a profile of Smallknot, a website designed to promote local angel investing: Think of it as neighborhood-based seed funding. On Smallknot, local businesses can exchange goods and...
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Colombia Seeks to Crowdfund a $240 Million Skyscraper
Springwise has a post on the BD Bacatá project in Colombia, which is attempting to use the crowdfunding model to democratize financial services by crowdfunding a $240 million construction project in...
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Just to Prove that Not Everything that can be Crowdfunded should be. . .
In case you missed this in the New York Times last week: Steven Van Zandt has been trying to persuade his musical heroes the Rascals – the influential white soul group known for hits like “Good Lovin’...
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Crowdfunding Comes to Basic Scientific Research. . .Are Derivatives Next?
The Economist reports on a new wave of innovative approaches to funding basic science. In addition to offering “naming rights” to people or organizations funding scientific discoveries,...
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Now will Crowdfunding go Main Stream?
We suggested a while ago that crowdfunding would become an important investor in start ups. It hasn’t happened yet. But that may be due to the fact that the long-promised SEC regulations haven’t been...
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Is this the Year Crowdfunding Comes of Age?
That’s the question recently raised by the State Science and Technology Institute (SSTI): With the rapid growth of the donation- and perk-based crowdfunding markets, growing support from the members...
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Crowdfunding: Everybody’s Doing It
Well, maybe not everybody. But a lot more people and organizations are participating. According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, there are now more than 400 crowdfunding sites on the...
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