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Startup raises more than it hoped for through crowdfunding site A year after launching Toronto-based Influitive in September, 2010, founder and chief executive officer Mark Organ knew that he needed to find an innovative approach to financing. In its first year, Influitive had gone through just over half-a-million dollars and had a prototype and some accounts to show for it. However, to gain traction to grow further, Mr. Behind Influitive was Mr. To help companies harness the power of these advocates, Mr. The idea for Influitive was sewn from three separate threads in Mr. “Purchases were lightening quick for buyers who had had contact with multiple advocates. At the same time, Mr. He was eager to spread the word about how much he loved the product, but he noticed that his advocacy diminished over time, because there were no incentives, or even any recognition, from ChinesePod for his efforts. A third thread came at home. As these three threads came together, Mr. “I’m a big believer in raising money from day one,” Mr. In looking for capital, Mr. Mr.
Best Crowdfunding Websites Reviewed | CrowdFunding Website Reviews Crowdfunding creative projects » | Smarter money | weblog about crowdfunding & crowdsourcing Crowdfunding has many faces; when someone talks about crowdfunding, he or she either means investing, supporting, loaning or donating. The concept of investments, loans and donations are clear, but what is supporting exactly? Crowdfunding creative projects is about supporting: the crowd finances a creative project in return for rewards. For example: in the case of a musician, the reward for a $10 funding could be a copy of a CD, for $25 a signed limited edition of the same CD and for $250 a meet and greet with the musician. “Crowdfunding is a collaborative funding model; many people give smaller amounts of money to make big things happen“ Slava, IndieGoGo IndieGoGo & RocketHub Two open crowdfunding platforms for creative projects are IndieGoGo and RocketHub. “Crowdfunding is there to be able to make an emotional connection with strangers! IndieGoGo IndieGoGo is “the crowdfunding platform for anything creative” and is founded in 2008. The numbers Successful projects Vlad’s Holy Grail 1.
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What Color is this? in 9 languages I've always wanted to re-do some of the scientific studies of the past, like the World Color Survey. While I don't have plane tickets or time to travel the world, I do have access to CrowdFlower's 4 million contributors to re-test hypotheses about the universality of color-naming. Four years ago, we showed English language speakers random colors and asked for the color names. The color-wheel above (thanks D3 and Dawn) contains 4,000 colors (we collected many more, but didn't want to crash everyone's browsers). On the whole, it looks like countries have extremely similar conceptions of color. What do you see in the data? And stay tuned for more blog posts on when big crowd meets old science. The CrowdFlower task seen by contributors in the U.S., France, Germany, and China:
5 Crowdsourcing Platforms Every Developer Should Know Marcus Thielking is the co-founder of skobbler, a leading provider of mobile map-based solutions. Follow the company at @skobbler. It can be easy to underestimate the time and effort that developers invest in creating many of today’s most popular apps or services. After all, these unsung heroes must navigate the challenge of building a great user experience while dealing with issues like funding. However, there are certain crowdsourced platforms that developers can use to address the quality of their product and the money they'll need to create it. 1. What Is It: OpenStreetMap is often appropriately referred to as the Wikipedia of maps. Why It’s Important: For developers, location data can be the lifeblood of a service. The Gist: OpenStreetMap provides users with a free and constantly updated source for accurate, detailed map data. 2. What Is It: While OpenStreetMap makes it possible to map the outside world, what about the great indoors? 3. 4. 5. What platforms do you use?
Is tapping the crowds the future of funding? Crowd funding matches entrepreneurs with members of the public who are keen to investEnterprises pitch their business plans to potential investors onlineUK-based Crowdcube has so far helped SMEs find almost $450,000 in equity funding (CNN) -- Small and medium size businesses (SMEs) struggling to convince banks to loan them money are turning instead to the masses, in a new strategy being called crowd funding. It works like this: Enterprises pitch their business plans to potential investors online. It allows for a large number of people to contribute smaller amounts, rather than a SME needing to attract a couple of big investors. Crowd funding for businesses is a relatively new idea. Government regulations across different countries can make it difficult, but the concept is growing in the UK and the Netherlands, among other countries. The practise has been previously used by organizations such as charities, but the internet has allowed for more people to get involved.
Braindownload - Our Brains Are Our Future Have you felt for most of your life, your beliefs and thought processes have sabotaged your efforts to be successful, both personally and professionally. You have literally been your own worst enemy. Sound familiar? I used to think it was just me, but every person I have shared this epiphany with has agreed with me that they have done the same thing. From our childhood we have been taught WRONG. We live screwed up lives because of our defective thinking and we pay for it every day. Jobs we can’t stand or businesses that struggle to stay afloatDreams that have witheredProjects half-finished or not even started Relationships that drain us rather than nurture us. How Did Your Brains Get So Screwed Up? Starting at an early age, we heard far more negative than positive messages: “Shut up and sit down.” In school, we were taught to memorize information and spit it back out on a test. As a result, most of us never develop higher levels of thinking. However… Have you ever asked yourself: You Can!
How Much Are Zynga's Users Worth Compared To Facebook And LinkedIn? Wall Street currently values Zynga (ZNGA) at $1.94 billion. For those of you who are new to this process you simply take the closing price times the number of shares outstanding ($2.47 x 783 million shares = $1.94 billion). Of the many questions asked about Zynga, one of the more common questions I hear is, "Is Zynga priced right?" Some people will tell you yes while others will tell you no, hence it is at these levels. Personally, I feel that Zynga is currently undervalued at these levels. Why do I think this? Since its IPO back in December of 2011, Zynga's shares have been going in the wrong direction. (click to enlarge) Zynga has over 311 million active users that use its gaming platform on web and mobile. So how much are Zynga's users worth? Zynga's User Worth: So how did I come up with these numbers? Let's take a look at some other social media companies and see how Zynga stacks up. Zynga The Cash King Impressed by this author? Follow and be the first to know when they publish.
crowdfunding / Crowdfunding Please request to get permission to edit this page. I approve people who appear legitimate so it helps to add a message with your request. Due to overwhelming amount of requests and spam, I am not activating any editors so instead please just send a brief description and URL of the crowdfunding project that you would like listed here. Contact Michael Sullivan - sulleleven on gmail or @sull on Twitter. This content was written in 2006 and originally added to Wikipedia by Michael Sullivan. Crowdfunding, inspired by crowdsourcing, describes the collective cooperation, attention and trust by people who network and pool their money together, usually via the Internet, in order to support efforts initiated by other people or organizations. Overview Crowdfunding can replace the need for specialized grant applications or other more formal and traditional fundraising techniques with that of a more casual, yet powerful, approach based on crowd participation. Name (Global Alexa Rank)