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Crowdfunding News 11/16/12 Crowdfunding Gains Traction in UK Wall Street Journal (blog) As founders of escapethecity.org , a website that helps high-flying executives leave the rat race of corporate life, Rob Symington and Dom Jackman didn't want to rely on City financing when they needed money to expand their young company in London. See all stories on this topic » CrowdFund Investing: Emphasis Turning to Implementation and Entrepreneurs Forbes I had the chance to catch up this week with Alon Hillel-Tuch, the Founder and CFO of Crowdfunding platform RocketHub ( www.RocketHub.com ), in New York. As we near the JOBS Act's legalization of CrowdFund Investing(CFI) in 2013, allowing loan and ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes Why We Chose Crowdfunding For Our Product (Should You?) Forbes In reality, there are many things to consider when jumping into one of the hottest trends in the world of entrepreneurs, both positive and negative. Whol...

Crowdfunding News 10/2/12 Ben Bernanke's QE3: The Best Thing for Crowdfunding Since the JOBS Act Forbes On September 13th, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced a third round of quantitative easing (QE3), which came in the form of an open-ended commitment by the Fed to purchase $40 billion of mortgage debt per month until the job market ... See all stories on this topic » Crowdfunding Rescues Provocative South Korean Film Sci -Tech Today Corporate investors had shunned the South Korean revenge movie 26 Years, due to fears about investing in such a politically sensitive movie ahead of the presidential election this year. Now, online donations -- known as crowdfunding -- have saved the film. See all stories on this topic » Sci -Tech Today Crowd funding for business start up has advantages Corpus Christi Caller Times ANSWER: There are two crowd funding sources. The congressional " Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act" wil...

Crowdfunding , getting investments and donations from individuals via the internet,  has taken off, giving individuals who have, until now,  been shut  out of funding markets access to much needed cash. It will especially help socially responsible individuals and those seeking to fund socially responsible projects. These are exactly the types of projects that have had an extraordinarily difficult time raising capital in the current economic downturn.  In my new book on  crowdfunding  ( The JOBS Act: Crowdfunding for Small Businesses and Startups , published by Apress) I discuss how to raise money online. For those with an interest, let me offer a few hints. 1. In my book, I use data provided by GoFundMe, a crowdfunding website, that shows the average successful campaign initiator had 482 friends on Facebook. This suggests that successful campaigns will bring the first part of the crowd with them. Here’s ...