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Crowdfunding Today 12/21/12
An Xconomy Experiment in Crowdfunding, Colorado Style
Xconomy
Brad Feld and other partners at Boulder's Foundry Group, along with TechStars' David Cohen, have taken it upon themselves to launch a crowdfunding initiative to bring Xconomy to the Colorado Front Range. You can find more information about their effort ...
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Fans Launch Save Interplay Crowdfunding Campaign
Gamespy.com
Oh, Internet. Just when I think I've seen everything you've got to offer, what with all of your cats, karate masters beating up pimps, and accurate predictions for the end times, you come out of nowhere and surprise me with this: the Save Interplay ...
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JulsList.com officially launches crowd funding platform
Crowdsourcing.org
Summary JulsList.com launches, opening up their crowd funding platform to more prospective projects. Description JulsList.com officially launches its crowd funding platform. With a focus on diversification and inclusion the startup promises to accept a ...
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Can crowdfunding be used effectively to advance HIV vaccine research?
News-Medical.net
"What will the next great leap forward be, and how can we make sure it gets tested ASAP?" Zachary Barnett, founder and executive director of Abzyme Research Foundation/ENDHIV.com, asks about HIV research in the Huffington Post's "Gay Voices" blog.
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Admirable Crowdfunding Effort Seeks to Continue Providing Indies With Free ...
1UP.com
An ongoing crowdfunding campaign that comes to an end tonight seeks to alleviate that pressure from indie developers. New Media Rights is a non-profit program that, among other things, provides legal services to independent game developers free of ...
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Dare to Share: Most Unique Crowdfunding Campaigns of 2012
Crowdsourcing.org
Editor's Note: Over the next few weeks, we'll be looking at some of the most successful, innovative, and unique crowdfunding campaigns of 2012. Last week's category was "Most Funded," and you can check out our recap with the year's top five grossing ...
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Crowdsourcing.org
6 Women Entrepreneurs To Watch Empowering People Through Crowdfunding ...
Forbes
Following the success of Kickstarter, we have seen a diversity of crowdfunding platforms serving unique markets, from funding student projects to independent filmmakers, from raising money for medical bills to micro-financing emerging businesswomen in ...
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Forbes
Making charitable giving more accessible and participatory
Baltimore Sun (blog)
With this audience in mind, the Gateses blogged five ways to give online they believe are innovative and well-run. Topping their list was a crowdfunding site — which their organization seed funded — developed by Catsonville-based Mindgrub Technologies.
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Baltimore Sun (blog)
Canadian Crowdfunding? OSC Releases Consultation Paper On Potential ...
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
With respect to "crowdfunding" (which is the popular term for funding a project or venture through small amounts of money raised from a large number of people over the internet via an internet portal intermediary), the potential for an exemption is ...
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