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Investment banks: Gatekeepers no more as crowdfunding changes the game

http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/06/investment-banks-gatekeepers-no-more-as-crowdfunding-changes-the-game/ Investment Bankers have traditionally been the gatekeepers of access to the capital markets.
Investment banks will no longer be the gatekeepers to access to capital markets. http://www.impactlab.net/2013/01/07/crowdfunding-changes-the-game-investment-bankers-will-no-longer-be-the-gatekeepers/

Crowdfunding changes the game – investment bankers will no longer be the gatekeepers

Crowdfunding: One Size Doesn’t Fit All « SoMoLend

In this interesting article , Forbes asks the question ‘Is the Crowdfunding Bubble About to Burst?’ At SoMoLend, we certainly think so! We love that Forbes is recognizing the power of crowdfunding and the impact it will have on small businesses nationwide. http://blog.somolend.com/2012/07/26/crowdfunding-one-size-doesnt-fit-all/

A Proposal to Allow Small Private Companies to Get Investors Online

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/opinion/a-proposal-to-allow-small-private-companies-to-get-investors-online.html?_r=1 The Obama administration, not surprisingly considering its own success in gathering small donations during his campaign for the presidency, is supporting crowdfunding, a financing model that relies on collecting small sums of money from many people over the Internet. Crowdfunding has the sort of populist, common-sense appeal that resonates with free-market libertarians and champions of the working class. By marrying online social networks with finance, this model offers a more democratic model of finance, in which individuals can directly fund other individuals or businesses that they deem worthy, without going through a bank or Wall Street middleman.

Why Crowdfunding is Today's Goldrush

Back in the gold rush days, the smart people were not the ones heading for the hills to dig holes. http://readwrite.com/2012/06/04/why-crowdfunding-is-todays-goldrush

Is Crowd-Funding Small Businesses A Good Idea? Ian Schuster Says Yes - Danville, CA Patch

http://danville.patch.com/articles/is-crowd-funding-small-businesses-a-good-idea-ian-schuster-says-yes A few weeks ago we did a piece about Ian Schuster lobbying congress to pass a crowd-funding initiative.
A proposed change in US legislation would allow everyone to invest in start-ups FANCY investing in the next Twitter? Or putting some money behind the new Facebook?

Crowdfunding successes show value of small donations - tech - 04 April 2012

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328585.700-crowdfunding-successes-show-value-of-small-donations.html
http://dailycrowdsource.com/crowdsourcing/articles/opinions-discussion/1057-crowdfunding-as-a-college-student

Crowdfunding as a College Student 101

College can be stressful and time consuming, so how can you manage to continue your education and build a business? Well you actually have a lot more advantages than you may realize, and if you go through with it, you wouldn't be the first startup to start from a dorm-room. And, now that crowdfunding is main-stream, you really have no excuse not to try.
Change · Lending A new bill on the block will take crowdfunding (like that of Kickstarter.com ) and gives it a serious boost, allowing any Joe to invest in new businesses.

Crowdfunding is about to blow up, yall. | The Cooperative Trust

http://trust.coop/2012/03/crowdfunding-is-about-to-blow-up-yall/

How to Crowdfund || There are 3 ways

There are three main ways you can crowdfund. Here's a quick rundown.
Je zoekt 20.000 euro funding, maar krijgt geen lening van de bank en een investeerder vinden lukt ook niet zomaar.

Finance - Sprout, inspire entrepreneurs

Crowdfunding helps countless new businesses raise necessary capital

Raising capital for a business or expansion of an existing business through a working capital loan from a bank or an equity investment stake is a tedious and often unsuccessful process.
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