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YouTube Insists Crowfunders Monetize First

Posted on September 29, 2017 by

Google’s YouTube is clamping down on filmmakers and game companies that want to link to their own crowdfunding sites like Patreon. YouTube has recently changed its policy and now requires that the video posted permit YouTube approved advertising before YouTube … Continue reading →

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Crowdfunding Campaign Started For Google Tech-Bro

Posted on August 11, 2017 by

The crowdfunding web portal that is raising money for such campaigns as “Criminal Act or Adultery Committed By Hillary Clinton” and the Neo-Nazi Daily Stormer vs. the Southern Poverty Law Center, is also raising money to “help James Damore get … Continue reading →

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BBB Helps Donors Parse Crowdfunders

Posted on June 30, 2017 by

The Better Business Bureau has some tips to avoid being scammed by crowdfunding appeals. The best way to determine if it’s a fraud is if you know the person that is making the appeal. Also, do some quick diligence such … Continue reading →

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Crowdfunding Tips From a Winning Accelerator

Posted on February 28, 2017 by

HAX, a China/SanFrancisco, California, accelerator that has been investing in crowdfunded projects has some tips for being successful, including: your project should be hard to copy and move fast with it; don’t start your crowdfunding campaign until your technology and … Continue reading →

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Hollywood Sues Crowdfunding Fan Film

Posted on March 30, 2016 by

Hollywood studios have, in the past tolerated and even encouraged fan fiction and films, but are now suing a crowdfunded Star Trek fan filmmaker claiming that the use of the Klingon language and the Enterprise uniforms are a copyright violation. … Continue reading →

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More On Paid “Scouts” Who Secretly Invest For Big VCs

Posted on November 13, 2015 by

As noted here previously, relationships in Silicon Valley keep the money flowing. The Wall Street Journal revisits the use by the big venture capital firms of their “scouts” who look for promising startups, make a small investment to keep their … Continue reading →

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Paying It Forward

Posted on August 6, 2015 by

Former AOL head Steve Case is paying it forward with his Rise of the Rest Tour. His 10 city bus trip will showcase and invest in entrepreneurs in venture capital “fly-over” country so that great ideas from anywhere can get … Continue reading →

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