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Crowdfunding News, Portal Information, Crowd Funding Campaigns and Offerings. 2013 Meritora Roadmap (free version) The plan for this year is to roll out a few key features for Meritora and create more documentation and examples for PaySwarm.

2013 Meritora Roadmap (free version)

Since we’re a startup, we have focused on delivering one basic capability to customers and vendors at launch. We chose to enable people with a WordPress blog to sell digital content through it. We picked WordPress because it now powers over 22% of all new websites. When it comes to content management systems, WordPress has a market share of over 50% and is the most popular blogging platform on the Web. Unfortunately, over 60% of websites don’t use a content management system at all. Offer Simple Asset Hosting The PaySwarm WordPress plugin is designed to list a blog article for sale on the Web. Shark Tank's Barbara Corcoran to Join Equity Crowdfunding Site. RockThePost is thrilled to announce Barbara Corcoran's addition to its Board of Directors.

Shark Tank's Barbara Corcoran to Join Equity Crowdfunding Site

NEW YORK, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- RockThePost, the investment crowdfunding platform that connects high quality entrepreneurs with accredited investors, announced today that Barbara Corcoran will be joining its Board of Directors. Via its services, RockThePost aims to be a resource for both entrepreneurs and investors by streamlining the capital raising lifecycle and providing the needed support during the fundraising process.

FundFever. Crowdfunding World. Crowdfunding media hits for the startup exemption. Ron Orp startet 100-days.net und bringt Crowdfunding in die Schweiz. Auf der Plattform 100-days.net zeigen Initiatoren (Privatpersonen, Gruppen, Künstler, Vereine oder Unternehmen) ihre Projekte und lassen diese in 100 Tagen durch viele einzelne Spenden von sogenannten Boostern finanzieren.

Ron Orp startet 100-days.net und bringt Crowdfunding in die Schweiz

Als Gegenleistung bekommen Booster vom Initiator einzigartige Goodies, wie beispielsweise eine signierte CD, ein Buch mit Widmung, eine Erwähnung im Filmabspann oder ein persönliches Gespräch. Booster unterstützen mit ihren kleinen und grossen Beiträgen die Realisation eines Projektes und können aktiv daran partizipieren. Motiviert werden Booster dadurch, dass sie helfen, tolle Ideen Wirklichkeit werden zu lassen, nahe an der Entstehung dabei sein dürfen, attraktive Goodies bekommen und durch persönliche Liebe zu spannenden Projekten. Ab sofort kann jede/r Projekte auf 100-days.net starten und dabei sein, wenn am 16. Business Insider. The Crowd's Choice TM. CrowdFund your Future one Dollar at a Time TM. Crowd funding products & services links. Crowd funding - Are you looking for crowd funding information?

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The Guide To Selling Your House As Is !!! CrowdFunding LIVE. Startup Business Crowd Funding. Crowdfunding 360: Where Social Networking Meets The Capital Markets. Crowd Funding. The Invested.in Blog » The future of the community is finally in the hands of the community. JNB CrowdFund News. Startup's Petition Raises $3M in 24 Hours if Senate Passes Crowdfunding Act. Steve Case: It’s Crazy You Have To Be An Accredited Investor, But Don’t Have To Be An “Accredited Gambler” Steve Case: It’s Crazy You Have To Be An Accredited Investor, But Don’t Have To Be An “Accredited Gambler” AOL founder Steve Case has a three-point plan to get job growth back on track in America, and it all revolves around ways the government can spur more entrepreneurship.

Over the past three decades, high-growth companies created 40 million jobs. “It accounts for all the net job creation,” Case tells me in the video interview above. I sat down with Case yesterday at the Techonomy conference. Case is the chairman of the Startup America Partnership and sits on the White House Jobs Council. Enviu breaks Dutch crowdfunding record - Enviu (press release) Enviu calls it practical idealism: inspiring the crowd to combine innovation, sustainability and co-creation to develop solutions for environmental and social issues.

Enviu breaks Dutch crowdfunding record - Enviu (press release)

These solutions are brought to the market. The first example was the Sustainable Dance Club. Its flagship product is a floor which generates energy by dancing on it. Three Wheels United, is another Enviu start-up, which improves the lives of auto-rickshaw drivers in India while reducing CO2 emissions. Stef van Dongen, founder of Enviu, started this initiative in Rotterdam. This crowdfunding transaction is special because all investors become actual shareholders in Enviu. Crowdfunding gains interest from entrepreneurs, but raises regulatory questions.

The idea behind crowdfunding has surfaced in the past but may have renewed interest given the current economic climate.

Crowdfunding gains interest from entrepreneurs, but raises regulatory questions

Companies require smaller amounts of money to get off the ground than in years past, yet many investors have shifted their attention to later-stage, high-growth deals. “This source of capital and the ease with which an individual can communicate with and access investors electronically presents an opportunity for smaller companies in need of funds,” Meredith Cross, director of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s division of corporate finance, told Congress in September. Crowdfund News. Search. Crowdsourcing.org. Sponsors Financial contributions from online investors, sponsors or donors to fund for-profit or non-profit initiatives or enterprises.

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Crowdfunding is an approach to raising capital for new projects and businesses by soliciting contributions from a large number of stakeholders following three types of crowdfunding models: (1) Donations, Philanthropy and Sponsorship where there is no expected financial return, (2) Lending and (3) Investment in exchange for equity, profit or revenue sharing. Best of the week Upload and share your content and our system will automatically feature the most popular content Content Type Articles Blogs Questions Documents Videos Sites Editorials Latest TrendingMost Viewed. News for Crowdfunding eBook.