Crowdfunding News 8/27/12

Crowdfunding News

Week in Review: Crowdfunding, Africa and Hot Potatoes Business Insider Has the PE world become isolated? Compared with historical trends, PE shops have been mostly trading among themselves in the last few years. It also appears that PE firms have been sitting on their portfolio companies for longer than usual. It may not ... See all stories on this topic »

StartupValley Sponsors Crowdfunding Bootcamp for Entrepreneurs The Herald | HeraldOnline.com 27, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ -- StartupValley will attend Crowdfunding Bootcamp and the First Annual CfPA National Conference on Oct. 9-11, 2012 at the Ravella Resort and Spa in Lake Las Vegas, NV. The event will combine conference style speaking with ... See all stories on this topic »

Small Businesses Turn to Crowdfunding to Find Investors HispanicBusiness.com When Grandview Theatre owner David Nedrow recently decided he needed a new marquee to grab the attention of potential moviegoers, he developed a plan for the look and size of the sign. But there was a problem: He didn't have the money for it. See all stories on this topic » HispanicBusiness.com

Balance of the Planet — Crowdfunding Opportunity! CleanTechnica Kickstarter is the venue for my effort; it's a website that provides "crowd-funding" — people can contribute money to worthy projects. For the uninitiated, here's how it works: I prepare a project proposal and post it on Kickstarter. People can look ... See all stories on this topic »

'Armada Online' Still In Development, Seeks Crowd Funding - Screens WorthPlaying.com 'Armada Online' Still In Development, Seeks Crowd Funding - Screens. by Rainier on Aug. 27, 2012 @ 2:55 a.m. PDT. Armada Online is a multiplayer action RPG, where you explore a universe that is dense with life and color. You command a single starship ... See all stories on this topic »

iCrowd Names Juan Carlos Martinez as Director of Marketing Sacramento Bee RYE, N.Y., Aug. 27, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- iCrowd, a web-based Investment Crowdfunding platform for ordinary individuals to invest in small businesses, is proud to announce it has hired Juan Carlos Martinez as its new Director of Marketing. See all stories on this topic »

[Crowd Leader: Jonathan Moyal] Why Cloning Can Kill Crowdfunding Daily Crowdsource Crowdfunding is hot right now. You know it – you wouldn't be reading this website if you didn't. Everyone is talking about it. Whether it's the JOBS Act or good ol' fashion Kickstarter-style, everyone wants to get in on the craze. The easiest way is to ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Crowdsource

Digital Living - crowd funding ABC Local It's called crowd funding and that's what the Digital Lving team explores in this edition. Print page; Email this · Permalink. Share. To view this media, please enabled Javascript in your browser setttings. Download this mp3 file. Digital Living ... See all stories on this topic »

Couple Trying to Resurrect Fenton Cinema Patch.com Their are several popular Crowdfunding websites operating under the guidelines of the recently passed bill and the LaFountains chose Peerbackers.com as their Crowdfunding source to work through. "The great thing about Peerbackers.com is that all of the ... See all stories on this topic »

Paid-For Social Net App.net Gets Its First Mobile App Fast Company App.net hit the headlines recently as it beat its crowdfunding goal and successfully launched as a paid-for alternative social media app like Twitter, but lacking adverts. Now it's gone mobile as an app called HooHa, courtesy of app makers TheModernInk ... See all stories on this topic »

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