iCrowd Launches Validated Experts Program to Help Entrepreneurs Connect with Small Business Resources
Validated Experts have demonstrated successful track records and levels of expertise in a variety of specific sectors useful to small businesses. The iCrowd team conducted a rigorous process to screen and vet the credentials of each applicant before adding each expert to iCrowd’s platform.
“Our subject-matter experts enrich discussions on iCrowd through their deep understanding of issues facing entrepreneurs,” said Brad McGee , co-founder of iCrowd. “They will raise the quality of discourse found in over 700 questions and thousands of answers that pertain to starting and growing businesses.”
SOURCE:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/icrowd-launches-validated-experts-program-to-help-entrepreneurs-connect-with-small-business-resources-203389301.html
Tags: crowdfunding, crowdsource, crowdsourcing, entrepreneurs, icrowd, validated-experts-program
Read More →Marathon Runners Raise Nonprofit Awareness and Charitable Donations with Razoo
The Razoo platform is particularly well suited to team fundraising. With leaderboards, fundraising thermometers, social connectivity and elements of gamification available free of charge, Razoo encourages friendly competition among teams, increasing engagement for fundraisers and donors alike.
“It’s a fact that individuals who come together to raise money as a team will raise more than if they did alone – actually, about six times more. Plus, it’s fun,” said Lesley Mansford, CEO of Razoo.
SOURCE:http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130411005435/en/Marathon-Runners-Raise-Nonprofit-Awareness-Charitable-Donations
Tags: crowdfunding, crowdsource, crowdsourcing, marathon, razoo, team-fundraising
Read More →Crowdfunding Expert Kendall Almerico Releases New Video Following The One Year Anniversary Of The JOBS Act
“Those of us in the crowdfunding world know that an important provision of the JOBS Act will eventually allow small businesses to be funded by investors through online crowdfunding, as soon as the SEC passes its regulations,” Almerico says in his video. “This will mark a revolution in the way businesses will startup in America, where business owners will once again have a chance to live the American Dream.”
SOURCE:http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/4/prweb10641684.htm
Tags: clickstartme, crowdfunding, crowdfunding-knowledge, crowdsource, crowdsourcing, kendall-almerico, knowledge
Read More →Piggybackr Brings Crowdfunding to Kids
“While entrepreneurs, artists, and nonprofits are increasingly going online to raise money from the ‘crowd’, crowdfunding hasn’t spread to youth,” Founder Andrea Lo says. “Each year, youth communities are selling $3-4 billion dollars worth of fundraising products, but that number hasn’t grown for 10 years,” based on AFRDS data. “Kids don’t know how to fundraise online and aren’t allowed on most crowdfunding sites,” Lo adds.
SOURCE:http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/piggybackr-brings-crowdfunding-to-kids-1779880.htm
Tags: crowdfunding, crowdsource, crowdsourcing, kids, piggybackr
Read More →Crowdfunding Expert Kendall Almerico: Five Tips For Successful Crowdfunding Project Rewards
Crowdfunding guru Kendall Almerico explains important considerations regarding the rewards to give away in a crowdfunding project.
Tags: clickstartme, crowdfunding, crowdfunding-knowledge, crowdsource, crowdsourcing, kendall-almerico, knowledge
Read More →Beyond the meme: “Harlem Shake” hitmakers partner with crowdfunding site PledgeMusic
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INDmusic is announcing its first post-”Shake” partnership as it teams up with PledgeMusic, a music crowdfunding platform that focuses on direct-to-fan interaction. The idea is to combine INDmusic’s expertise at optimizing an artist’s presence on YouTube with PledgeMusic’s platform, which allows for a wide array of engagement opportunities with fans. The opportunities offered by PledgeMusic include traditional-style crowdfunding, soliciting donations to charities, and selling “experiences” like playing at a fan’s house party or letting fans hang out with the band during rehearsal.
SOURCE LINK:http://pandodaily.com/2013/04/10/beyond-the-meme-harlem-shake-hitmakers-partner-with-crowdfunding-site-pledgemusic/
Tags: crowdfunding, crowdsource, crowdsourcing, harlem-shake, music
Read More →CrowdIt Offers First 64 Submitted Crowdfunding Projects Complimentary Publicity
“CrowdIt is all about helping people bring their ideas to fruition,” said Jason Graf , co-founder and CEO. “Small business is the lifeblood of our economy and whatever we can do to support the creation and nurturing of projects and ideas can help turn them into thriving entities for future job creation and economic stimulation.”
SOURCE:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/crowdit-offers-first-64-submitted-crowdfunding-projects-complimentary-publicity-202305321.html
Tags: crowdfunding, crowdit, crowdsource, crowdsourcing, new-american-dream
Read More →Catching up with Watsi: Y Combinator’s first non-profit graduate
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Watsi is a crowdfunding health care platform, a non-profit that has been hailed as the missing link between charity and the online social generation.The crowdsourcing platform allows donors to pay for medical treatment needed by a person in a developing country. The website has a limited number of patient profiles. Each profile has a photo and a compelling, concise story describing the medical treatment that the person needs.
SOURCE LINK:http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/04/06/catching-up-with-watsi-y-combinators-first-non-profit-graduate/
Tags: crowdfunding, crowdfunding-health-care-platform, crowdsource, crowdsourcing, medical-treatment, watsi
Read More →CraftFund LLC Launches New Website in Preparation for Brewery Investment Crowdfunding
The crowdfunding platform for the craft beer community, CraftFund LLC, announced the launch of a new website that seeks to form a disruptive community of craft beer investors.
CraftFund Founder and CEO, David Dupee , who describes CraftFund as “disruptive capital for a disruptive industry,” believes craft beer is the perfect niche industry for investment crowdfunding. “Investment crowdfunding will be a means for the entire craft beer community to participate in a disruptive project of growing the craft category and sharing in the benefits,” he said.
SOURCE:http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/4/prweb10597207.htm
Tags: brewery, craft-beer-community, craftfund, crowdfunding, crowdsource, crowdsourcing
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