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Will Crowdfunding Outlive its Parent, Crowdsourcing?
I had an interesting exchange in Berlin a few months ago. I'd traveled to Germany to speak at CrowdConvention 2011, and there was the usual amount of revelry that follows a conference. At some point I...
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What crowdfunding platforms or companies are the most active and successful in places like England, France, Germany, or other European countries.Tags: crowdfunding, europeComments
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Kickstart ... Kentucky Style!
Kickstarter has helped fund movies, cool watches, and the first, consumer-grade jelly fish tank. But in what must be some kind of crowdfunding milestone, Griffin VanMeter and Whit Hiler want to use the...
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The SEC and Crowdfunding: A Reader's Guide
It's been a big few weeks for crowdfunding. Last week President Obama went on national TV to push for his job's bill, and said that federal agencies need to cut the red tape that prevents start-ups...
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Let the People Invest
There's an emerging consensus that an enormous amount of investment dollars are currently penned up behind SEC regulations over how private firms raise capital. If the floodgates indeed release a...
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2011 Crowdsourcing Industry Survey
When I first wrote the Wired article, The Rise of Crowdsourcing, that coined that term, I could count the number of organizations using crowdsourcing on my hands and feet. Over the next several years...
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A Crowdfunding Survey: What Are the Regulations In Your Country?
After covering the groundswell of support for crowdfunding reform in the United States, I was inspired to ask this question of the crowdfunding community that has grown up around this site: How are...
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Kickstarter Receives its Millionth Backer
Cargo, the film that Rachel Perrie supported Last week a woman named Rachel Perrie became the millionth person to pledge financial support to a project posted on Kickstarter. It's a remarkable feat,...
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Scott Brown: Senate Wants Crowdfunding
Editor's Note: Jeff Howe moderated a panel hosted by WeFunder in Boston this morning that featured crowdfunding bill sponsors Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) and Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC). Afterwards, he...
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Senators Introduce a Bi-Partisan Crowdfunding Bill
This afternoon U.S. Senators Brown (R–MA), Merkley (D–OR), and Bennet (D–CO) introduced the bi-partisan Crowdfund Act (S. 2190), legislation that would lift much of the regulations restricting the...
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