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Crowd-Funding Platforms Hope To Target Investors
Vermont Public Radio
Kickstarter is the best known crowdfunding site, but there are hundreds of online platforms devoted to raising money for individuals and businesses. The sites allow entrepreneurs, artists and others to pitch an idea for a project and collect donations ...
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Crowdfund games based on chemistry and Machine of Death, and bid on art to ...
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Crowdfund games based on chemistry and Machine of Death, and bid on art to support Machine of Death, the science fiction anthology that pissed off Glenn Beck, is back in the form of a macabre card game, and you can help fund the production. If you ...
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Learn about crowdfunding with SBA webinars
Omaha World-Herald
The U.S. Small Business Administration is hosting a series of webinars emphasizing how the next generation of small business owners can use crowdfunding as an alternative finance option for entrepreneurs. The series, which will run Feb. 19 through Feb.
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OU students launch 'crowd-funding' company
Athens NEWS
As crowd-funding booms with the advent of companies such as Kickstarter, one local company wants to help make those efforts more successful by providing a multi-faceted consulting platform. 530Funds is the brainchild of Ohio University entrepreneurs ...
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Crowd Funding
Jamestown Post Journal
Crowd Funding. County 4-H Dinner Benefits New Endowment Fund. February 18, 2013. By Eric Tichy (etichy@post-journal.com) , The Post-Journal. Save | Post a comment |. GERRY - The Chautauqua County 4-H program further fueled its new endowment ...
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Crowdfunding Star Wars -- Kickstarter Campaign For Death Star Construction ...
Singularity Hub
Coming off as something that belongs on the web's go-to source for tongue-and-cheek humor, The Onion, the Death Star project was posted at the beginning of February with a pledge goal of £20 million British pounds for open source plans for the ...
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East London cat café will go ahead after meeting crowdfunding target
Marie Claire.co.uk
Cat REX. A cat café will open in East London after meeting its crowdfunding campaign target. Lauren Pears, who is behind Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium, managed to raise £109,510 on crowdfunding website IndieGoGo, smashing her target of £108,000.
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Crowdfunding gets apped
brand-e.biz
Kickstarter has launched a crowdfunding app on the iTunes store. "We took things we've learned from the past three years of building the site, and applied them to a total redesign for the iPhone," says Kickstarter. "We redesigned the project page ...
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Crowd funding lets Gem Misa take on big brands like Kraft
This is Money
Crowd funding is becoming ever more popular for small firms. Through websites such as Seedrs, Crowdcube and BankToTheFuture entrepreneurs advertise for funding in return for equity, with many investors typically involved. Through Crowdcube, Gem ...
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