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Crowdfunding  News 9/4/12

Crowdfunding initiative for innovative small companies Pharmacy Europe The outlook for the UK economy remains flat and innovative SMEs continue to face a squeeze on funding. The BioIndustry Association (BIA) today publishes a new report detailing a scheme to enable the British public to support the innovative businesses ... See all stories on this topic »

5 Tips From a Kickstarter's Rising Star: A Space Nerd Inc.com Last week, an unconventional Kickstarter project gained Internet fame and soared past its funding goal within days of launching. Its mission? A lunar elevator experiment simulating a two-kilometer climb from the moon's surface into space. The project's ... See all stories on this topic » Inc.com

When A Kickstarter Campaign Fails, Does Anyone Get The Money Back? NPR (blog) Crowd funding began as a way to support the arts on the Internet. Artists could go online to pitch a new album, for example, in the hope that thousands would give small amounts. But now it's expanded to entrepreneurs, and the rules aren't quite as clear. See all stories on this topic »

BIA says crowdfunding scheme could 'create 1500 jobs a year' PMLiVE The BioIndustry Association (BIA) has called on the UK government to introduce tax concessions for individuals who wish to invest in innovative national businesses. The Citizens' Innovation Funds (CIF) would "unlock the patriotic potential" of UK ... See all stories on this topic »

Cafe Green and Java Green turn to crowdfunding model to pay off back taxes Bizjournals.com D.C.-based restaurants CaféGreen and Java Green owe more than $100,000 in unpaid taxes, and after being shut down by the District's Office of Tax and Revenue on Aug. 21 for being delinquent on taxes dating back to November 2010, the restaurants' ... See all stories on this topic »

Meet Outgrow.me, the marketplace that puts completed Kickstarter projects back ... The Next Web Of course, for a site like Outgrow.me to work, there still need to be risk-takers funding the latest and greatest ideas, but it's fine proof that the Kickstarter concept does work despite the (admittedly warranted) pessimistic coverage of crowdfunded ... See all stories on this topic » The Next Web

GOING BIONIC: DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY ... Film Threat Want to see your campaign here? Submit via our Crowdfunding Widget! Follow @FilmThreat. Recent Posts. GOING BIONIC: DISTRIBUTING INDEPENDENT FILMS INTERNATIONALLY – DISTRIBUTING WITHOUT DISTRIBUTORS, PART 2 · CONNECTED ... See all stories on this topic »

The Financialist: 'The role of crowdfunding' MindfulMoney Investors need to remain wary of involving themselves in IPOs · The Financialist: 'The role of crowdfunding' · Eurozone PMIs – Reasons to be cheerful? Is Goldman Sachs to blame for everything? The Financialist +:'What does Bernanke's Jackson hole ... See all stories on this topic »

UInvest Announces a Crowdfunding Conference MarketWatch (press release) BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Sep 4, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- via PRWEB - Today UInvest ( http://www.uinvest.com.ua ) has announced the keynote speakers for the UInvest International Conference 2012 - "Building Connections" that will take place ... See all stories on this topic »

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