CrowdfundingNews 9/28/12

Crowdfunding News 9/28/12

Crowdfunding site Kickstarter toughens its rules Globe and Mail Crowdfunding site Kickstarter – where more than 30,000 projects have raised about $312-million, according to its stats – has announced new rules to help keep "creators," or the entrepreneurially minded trying to fund ventures, from over-promising and ... See all stories on this topic » Globe and Mail

Florida Crowdfunding Site Provides Fresh-Squeezed Opportunities Crowdsourcing.org "Crowdfunding is opening the door for talent that was previously hidden to translate into serious business and profit," declares Robert Dobyns, founder of Conzortia. "This new method of business funding is quickly becoming the catalyst that will shake ... See all stories on this topic »

JOBS Act Legislation Opens Up Crowdfunding Entrepreneur With buzz from fundraising websites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo, equity crowdfunding is a welcome player. Under the new legislation, the typically small round of capital (in terms of dollar amount and number of participants) that flies under the ... See all stories on this topic » Entrepreneur

Adapteva uses crowdfunding to raise money for a $99 supercomputing platform VentureBeat Adapteva is launching a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter so that it can create a $99 supercomputer for the masses. The move is a last-ditch funding effort for an ambitious team that at first tried to create a 64-core supercomputing chip for ... See all stories on this topic » VentureBeat

Locals turn to crowd funding for needs San Mateo Daily Journal Crowd funding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo give an online platform for ideas, business plans and propositions for new products. Business-minded people in San Mateo County are turning to the trend more frequently. While statistics on success ... See all stories on this topic » San Mateo Daily Journal

Exclusive: Songkick Reveals Music Concert Crowdfunding Plans With The Tale ... hypebot.com After posting about Songkick's crowdfunding plans at Crowdfunding For Musicians from a press release that I don't think Songkick expected to see in public, Hogarth contacted me to fill me in on the backstory of Songkick's developing plans. He revealed ... See all stories on this topic »

Does crowdfunding work? PC Pro Crowdfunding is a fascinating idea, and one that's beginning to find its feet, thanks to the rise of dedicated websites such as Kickstarter. Could it really give the banks – with their continued reluctance to lend to small businesses – some serious ... See all stories on this topic » PC Pro

[Crowd Leader: Jonathan Moyal] Is Crowdfunding Cultural? Daily Crowdsource I don't have an answer to this question. I would love it if some of our international readers can debate this in the comments section. It's an important question for crowdfunding websites when making plans for international expansion, but it's also a ... See all stories on this topic »

Sports go crowdfunding Crowdsourcing.org (blog) Description The Sportfunder website lets individuals and organisations create project profiles online together with funding targets, funding deadlines, plus the ability to upload images and videos to support crowdfunding drives. Project supporters can ... See all stories on this topic »

inLieu Giving CEO Gives Testimonial of Why the inLieu Team Chose ... Crowdsourcing.org (blog) Description inLieu Giving is a socially responsible crowdfunding platform powered by Launcht. The platform enables people to dedicate their birthdays, weddings, or other special occasions to collect donations for causes in need. It is a powerful way to ... See all stories on this topic »

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