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YouTube Insists Crowfunders Monetize First

Posted on September 29, 2017 by JeffKoeppel

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 JeffKoeppel

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 JeffKoeppel

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 JeffKoeppel

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 JeffKoeppel

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 JeffKoeppel

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 JeffKoeppel

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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YouTube Posts Crowdfunding Charges

Posted on September 3, 2014 by JeffKoeppel

YouTube announced that it will take a 21 cent fixed and 5% cut of everything raised on its video crowdfunding site “Fan Funding”. Those fees are lower than the 5% fee Kickstarter charges on successfully funded projects plus the 3%-5% … Continue reading →

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Rumor: YouTube To Enter Crowdfunding

Posted on May 28, 2014 by JeffKoeppel

If you read between the lines, it sounds like YouTube plans to set up a Kickstarter-like crowdfunding web portal for musicians, filmmakers and other artists: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR8XBZRkkao

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SEC Approves Use of Twitter

Posted on April 22, 2014 by JeffKoeppel

When you announce the availability of a securities offering, you become subject to the SEC’s rules on what must be included in the announcement. The required information is not all that long, but it’s much longer than 140 characters. So, … Continue reading →

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