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Showing posts with label Crowdfunding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crowdfunding. Show all posts

Pros and Cons of Crowdfunding

Posted: 8/14/2015
In the past couple of weeks we have talked about the pros and cons of gaining money for your growing business with loans and investors. The final fundraising method we are going to cover is also the newest one.
Crowdfunding has become huge in recent years, helping raise money for films, TVs shows, records, books, games and more. And there are many sites that you can use including IndieGoGo, Patreon and KickStarter.
But what are the advantages of going this route?

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Six Steps Toward Creating A Successful Crowdfunding Campaign

Posted: 5/27/2014
From clever gadgetry to the Veronica Mars movie, the world is filled with projects that might not exist without the aid of crowdfunding. Though less than a decade old, sites like Kickstarter, Indiegogo and Fundable have helped connect innovators with a global community of supporters, resulting in thousands of successfully crowdfunded projects and millions of dollars in pledges.

While entrepreneurs might feel reluctant to ask for what essentially feels like a hand-out, crowdfunding is an increasingly acceptable way to not only raise funds for projects, but to market your company and gain valuable insights into your customer base. With the right preparation, you can create a crowdfunding campaign that will impact your business in a significant way.
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iWoody - Stylish Wood Design USB Wall Charger

Posted: 4/16/2014 1 comments
Meet iWoody, a stylish water-transfer wood design wall charger that can perfectly fit in a power socket and is look-wise pretty different from the regular ones. iWoody works with any USB iPhone, USB, or a mini USB (found with most Android devices) cables.

Brett and Steven are the two brains behind this remarkable product. Both are entrepreneurs, healthcare professionals and old friends who are committed to product design and innovation for the past 16 years.

According to Brett, this product was inspired and designed to honor his father, a lifelong inventor, entrepreneur, and production owner in the wood business since 1961. He also owned and operated a lumber mill in Philadelphia and later went in to start his own packaged firewood business that was featured in over 70 supermarkets in PA, NJ, and DE who is currently fighting lung disease.
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More New Ways Small Business Owners Can Get Money To Grow Their Companies

Posted: 4/02/2014
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It can be hard for many small businesses to get the cash-flow they need for their business to grow. Here are some new ways to get the money flowing again.

Every business needs a healthy flow of cash pumping through its veins. Without enough money in the system to keep things ticking over, businesses grind to a halt.

If you own a small business, you'll know this all too well. One of your main roles is to keep the money flowing and this can be a tricky task. Luckily, new funding methods develop all the time with crowdfunding platforms being the latest in a string of funding innovations, but there are also plenty of 'old-fashioned' methods like loans from family and friends.

E-junkie has written about how small business owners can inject cash into their company before, looking at CDFI loans and small business loans, amongst others. But there are so many more ways that you can get the money you need. Every business is different and so obviously has different requirements – what you need to decide is which method of funding would work for you.
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The 5 Best Ways To Use Crowdfunding

Posted: 12/03/2013
It seems that everyday people are searching for ways to raise money to meet a particular need, dream, or business idea. The ability to do this over the last few years has become exponentially easier with the advent of crowdfunding.  

Crowdfunding is the concept of having people donate money online towards an objective or a cause. Crowdfunding is highly popular and very effective at raising money for a myriad of reasons. What follows are the five best ways you can use the resources of crowdfunding to obtain what you want while getting help from friends, family and from those around the world.
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10 Handpicked Kickstarter Campaigns

Posted: 10/16/2013
Kickstarter is one of the largest and the most successful platforms for designers, entrepreneurs, artists, musicians and creative folks who want to turn their dreams or creative ideas into reality.

So if you are looking out for ways or seeking funds to start your artistic career, bring a tech idea of yours to seeing the dawn of reality or live your dream then Kickstarter is the place that you ought to checkout. And why not? With backers believing in your dreams and helping you reach the pledged goal in no time, this obviously puts Kickstarter in the number one spot.

To salute those folks who believe in the power of crowdfunding and giving someone else an opportunity to help them out in living their dreams, we thought of sharing some really interesting Kickstarter campaigns, handpicked by the E-junkie.
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Run-n-Read - An Electronic Device That Lets You Read While Working Out

Posted: 9/21/2013 2 comments
Are you one of those readers who cannot keep their hands of their books, magazines or reading devices? Are you a fitness freak?

If your answer to the above two questions is a 'yes' then here is a gadget that your are definitely going to love.

A New York-based firm Weartrons, that aims to make our day to day life better with their wearable electronics products, has designed a fitness gadget that helps the users read while they are working out.
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Crowdfunding Sites That Help You Kick-Start Your Business Journey Part II

Posted: 8/30/2013 1 comments
In the starting of this year we listed a handful of crowdfunding websites that you can use to kick-start your business journey and since I have for sometime been helping a friend of mine in setting up his creative studio, we have been seeking funds from family, friends and the online community. And trust me there are a lot of generous people on the cyberspace, who would got out of their way to help others and support all sorts of causes.

We did a lot of homework and surfed the internet searching for crowdfunding website and to my surprise there are oodles of these out there.

Crowdfunding has got popular in recent year and I guess it'd all because of the internet. It has made the mammoth task of raising funds so easy and that to straight from your bedroom, living room or office raising money from anyone, anywhere in the world.
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Petzila - Connect And Interact With Your Pet From Anywhere At Anytime

Posted: 8/17/2013
So you have to leave the town urgently for two days and your pet-sitter is not available and adding more to the trouble, there's no one available to look after your canine partner. What do you do, cancel your trip or leave your pet home alone?

In a situation like this I personally would advice you to go for PetziConnect by a San Jose-based company Petzila. Though a concept for now but would be a life saver for pet owners if it hits the market.

One of its kind, PetziConnect is a device that plugs into a wall outlet and allows you to see and hear your pet while they are at home alone. the device even allows you to dispense treats for them using the Petzila website or app.

This amazing device is named after the company's purple mascot, Petzi (as you can see in the image above).
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Start-up of the Week: AlumniFunder

Posted: 3/28/2013
How many of us feel obligated to contribute something to our alma mater or alumni clubs?

Certainly a lot many of us.

But what the apparent hesitancy is nobody has been able to configure besides petty reasons like lack of transparency.

Our featured startup of the day-AlumniFunder is just the answer for this malady.

Founded in 2012, AlumniFunder is an investment platform that aims to connect "alumni to fellow graduates and students to crowdfund for their startup/project." Following the passage of Jobs Act in 2012, AlumniFunder was founded precisely to cater to the needs of investors looking out for innovative projects in need of finances, especially by the students of the same alma mater.
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Unglue.it: Giving Free eBooks Through Crowdfunding

Posted: 8/06/2012 2 comments
If you know about Kickstarter, then you are already familiar with the concept of crowdfunding.

It's a simple yet incredibly clever concept that aims at financially helping creative ideas. A campaign is created, the idea of a product or a service is explained, a goal is created to raise a certain amount of money and a deadline determined. Anybody who believes in that idea can contribute money. If the goal is met, that money plays an important role in making that idea a success.

Unglue.it is a recently launched website that aims to bring this concept into eBooks.

As we all know that when it comes to publishing, there are whole lot copyright issues involved that aren't very compatible with digital publishing. You can always share a book legally, but you can't digitally share an eBook without breaking the law. Because these books are DRM (Digital Right Management) protected. It is only possible when the author and the copyright holders agree to publish it for free under 'Creative Commons' license.

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