Crowdfunding News 2/21/13

Crowdfunding News 2/21/13

Crowdfunding Is About Creating Jobs For The Right People Forbes Crowdfunding is not just about creating jobs, it is about creating jobs for the right people. In April of 2012, President Obama signed the JOBS Act into law, authorizing crowdfunding of equity and debt for the sake of creating jobs. The more time I ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes

Ube Launches Crowdfunding Campaign To Support Smart Dimmer CleanTechnica Disruptive technologies and the emerging crowdfunding platform are becoming more commonplace as not only a marketing and finance tool, but also changing the dynamics of how energy is distributed. Enter Austin, Texas-based company Ube, who ... See all stories on this topic »

Crowdfunding: Boon Or Bust For Entrepreneurs And Investors? Mondaq News Alerts (registration) Raising money from a large number of people to finance an entrepreneur's business, now popularly known as crowdfunding, has been around for centuries. Markets and regulators fluctuate between helping to facilitate crowdfunding when capital markets are ... See all stories on this topic »

Crowdfunding portals try to get the word out as they wait for the SEC to set rules New York Daily News A local startup is looking to get a head start as it waits for the SEC to spell out rules on crowdfunding. Rye-based iCrowd, started by former Wall Street portfolio manager John Callaghan and Brad McGee, the ex-chief strategy officer of Tyco ... See all stories on this topic » New York Daily News

Crowdfunding The Push For A Federal Anti-SLAPP Law To Protect Free Speech Techdirt I will admit that I am not convinced that crowdfunding is the best way to build an advocacy organization, but it would be nice to be proven wrong on that, especially for an issue as important and pressing as this one. If you believe this is an ... See all stories on this topic »

Crowdfunding Professional Association Launches New Global Crowdfund ... Crowdsourcing.org Summary The Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA) announces the launch of its new Global Crowdfunding Education Network, built to help prepare and educate investors and entrepreneurs for the implementation of Title II and Title III Crowdfunding. See all stories on this topic »

CommonBond: student crowdfunding platform has awarded $2.5M in Wharton ... Technically Philly CommonBond isn't headquartered in Philadelphia, but much of the MBA crowdfunding platform's impact has been right here in our city. Based in Brooklyn and cofounded by Wharton MBA graduates Michael Taormina and David Klein, CommonBond connects ... See all stories on this topic » Technically Philly

Torment sequel gets new name, prepares for crowd funding PC Gamer Magazine Not content with one successful crowd-funding project, inXile are gearing up to try for a second. They've gone live with a new website for the Planescape: Torment spiritual sequel, which they're now calling Torment: Tides of Numenera. And rather than ... See all stories on this topic »

New Crowdfunding Website Helps Equine Rescues Maintain Their Asses Crowdsourcing.org Conzortia Business Funding, Inc. has launched CrowdfundCritters.com the world's first crowdfunding website dedicated to helping to provide funding for animal rescue efforts. CrowdfundCritters.com allows animal rescues and shelters of all kinds to list ... See all stories on this topic »

Entrepreneur turns to 'crowd funding' to help launch sweet shop in Cleethorpes This is Grimsby THIS budding businessman wants to create a world of pure confectionery imagination in Cleethorpes – but he needs your help to do it. Matthew Greenacre has turned to a novel technique called "crowd funding" to try to raise enough money to make his sweet ... See all stories on this topic » This is Grimsby

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