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Monthly Archives: December 2016
Does Crowdfunding Rely on Mob Thinking?
Leaving 2016 with this iconic quote: “A large number of unsophisticated people are likely to be more accurate than a handful of sophisticated people.” Really? The New York Times story discusses how new car companies are crowdfunding to sell electric … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, Broker dealers, Congress, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, Funding Portals, technology, VC, Venture Capital, Wall Street
Tagged 3 wheels, automobiles, bad actors, Big 3 auto makers, cars, crowdsourcing, electric bicycles, electric vehicles, Elio Motors, entrepreneur, fraud, funding, IndieGoGo, internet, kickstarter, motorcycles, New York Times, prototypes, Sonders Electric Car, startup, technology, unsophisticated investors, wisdom of the crowd
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The Not-So-Good Side of Crowdfunding
Like just about anything else (nuclear power?), crowdfunding can be used for good or bad. On the not-so-good side, is the crowdfunding campaign for Reflectacles, the eyewear that may appeal to “night cyclists or privacy minded people” or bank robbers. … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, checkbook, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, Funding Portals, Small Business, technology, VC, Venture Capital, Wall Street
Tagged anti-establishment, blurring, cctv, closed circuit television, criminals, crowdfund, crowdfunding, Edward Snowden, eyeglasses, eyewear, facial features, facial recognition, glare, IndieGoGo, internet, invention, kickstarter, marketing, night, privacy, Reflectacles, robbery, surveillance cameras, technology, web
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Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns Start Before They Go Live
Successful crowdfunding campaigns have one thing in common: a pre-existing network to tap for money. An article in Fast Company gives this advice: before the campaign, locate all of your and your teammates’ networks; let the networks know that you … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, Broker dealers, checkbook, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, Film, Funding Portals, review, SEC, Small Business, technology, VC, Venture Capital, Wall Street
Tagged angels, capital, capital raising, communication, connections, contacts, content, contributor, crowdfund, crowdfunding, donation, donor, equity, family, friends, funding, internet, marketing, money, network, pre-funding, reward, six degrees of separation, successful campaign, technology, viral networking
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Crowdfunding Regulated At Local Level
Charity crowdfunding is now being regulated by none other than the Naugaunee Public Schools Board of Education. Where is Naugaunee? It’s is a city in Marquette County, Michigan, with a population of ~4,568. The NPSBE dictate says that any teacher … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, Charity, checkbook, Congress, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, Investments, Jobs, review, SEC, Small Business
Tagged approval, Board of Education, budget, bureaucracy, charity, crowdfund, crowdfunding, donation, GoFundMe, internet, local regulation, Michigan, Naugaunee, news, school, school budget, school supplies, teacher, test
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Crowdfunding Used To Bolster Stalled Startups
Crowdfunding is now becoming a means to bolster stalled startups. TaskRabbit, once a darling of Silicon Valley, was not finding customer traction and needed more money to keep going. So, in addition to doing a “down round,” TR opted to … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, checkbook, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, SEC, Small Business, technology
Tagged capital, crowdfund, crowdfunding, down round, DreamFunded, entrepreneur, games, growth, investor, reward, risk, Silicon Valley, startup, stock, Task Rabbit, valuation, VC, venture capital, work
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Another Hollywood Crowdfunding Campaign
If you want a chance to work with Bill Murray, Bryan Cranston, Jeff Goldblum and other stars in a new Wes Anderson animated film, you may want to donate to Anderson’s crowdfunding “raffle.” The donations will be used to preserve … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, checkbook, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, Film, Investments, Jobs, SEC, Small Business, technology, VC, Venture Capital
Tagged actors, art, Bill Murray, Bryan Cranston, crowd fund, Crowd Fund Act, crowdfunding, CrowdRise, dogs, donation, donor, film, Film Foundation, film maker, film preservation, Grand Budapest Hotel, Hollywood, internet, Isle of Dogs, Jeff Goldblum, Martin Scorsese, raffle, technology, Wes Anderson, winner
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