Crowdfunding
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I came across this post, “For projects like Kickstarter to scale they can not depend on the limited funds workers are able to divert from consumption, and must tap into the real source of accumulation: Surplus Value.” by Dmytri Kleiner on his website and thought it raises some interesting issues about crowdfunding. Check out the original post to read the growing number of comments:
P2P Foundation » Blog Archive » Why Crowdfunding will never scale!
10 Ways to Start a Fund for Social Good Online
Fundraising is a key component for most social good campaigns and projects.
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Civilised Money Raises 100K Through P2P Equity « P2P-Banking.com
UK startup Civilised Money has raised 100,000 GBP from 121 individual investors using the p2p equity platform Crowdcube .
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Crowdfunding for creative, social, cultural and media projects | SocialCompare - Comparisons community
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There have now been more than 10,000 Kickstarter projects funded, with more than $75 million dollars pledged and a 44% success rate.
White House Jobs Bill Could Take Crowdfunding to Next Level - Alex Howard - Technology - The Atlantic
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Posted on December 11, 2011 | 1 Comment On November 3, 2011, the US House passed bill H.R. 2930, “the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act”.
This is Part 3 of "The New Face of Venture Capital". It talks about the imminent "big bang" of crowd-funding in startups and content creation due to startups becoming a public asse
The Big Bang of Crowdfunding: Startups as a Public Asset Class
Crowd funding (alternately crowdfunding , crowd financing , equity crowdfunding , crowd sourced capital or street performer protocol ) describes the collective cooperation, attention and trust by people who network and pool their money and other resources together, usually via the Internet , to support efforts initiated by other people or organizations.