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Crowdfunding News 9/9/12
Crowdfunding: an introduction
UK Fundraising
Crowdfunding is an empowering alternative to grant applications. Crowd funding can be for a variety of purposes - getting a project off the ground; refurbishing a building; financing a film or exhibition or funding a startup company or small business ...
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The First Kickstarter Satellites
Science 2.0
We are in a new space revolution, and in the past two years, several people have used the Kickstarter crowd-funding platform to try to get into space. Not all succeeded. Let's look at the current standings. They are, in order of kickstarter: Team ...
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Kickstarter is becoming a fertile ground for remakes of old games
Ars Technica
Crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter have been a powerful force in connecting innovative and risky new ideas with the backing that traditional sources of capital may not be willing to offer. But there's a second front to this battle, promising the ...
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Crowdfund a Homestuck video game, gruesome dog costumes, and Golden Age ...
io9
Crowdfund a Homestuck video game, gruesome dog costumes, and Golden Age baked goods Kickstarter has been on fire this week thanks to a single word: Homestuck. The uber-popular webcomic has a video game in the works, and you can help get it off ...
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