Crowdfunding




Recent Crowdfunding Articles

A Great Way to Get Market Insight

New analytics tools have made crowdfunding sites an excellent source for feedback on your business.  Read more

Kickstarter Won't Sell Out | Company of the Year Runner-up

The world's most popular crowdfunding site, founded by Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler, and Charles Adler, has helped 80,000 entrepreneurs and artists fund proj...  Read more

Start-ups to SEC: Move Faster on Crowdfunding

CircleUp, AngelList, and other start-ups presented testimony today urging lawmakers to get moving on crowdfunding legislation promised in the JOBS Act.  Read more

9 Wildly Successful Kickstarter Campaigns

These cool tech projects didn't just meet their funding goals--they soared right past them.  View slideshow

Alternative Businesses: How to Get Cash

Two Brooklyn entrepreneurs explain their philosophies on making realistic crowdfunding goals, learning to speak new languages, and when to not listen to your...  Read more

The Watch That Raised $8 Million on Kickstarter 

Eric Migicovsky created Pebble, a watch that syncs with Android or iPhone apps, and crowdfunded more money from ordinary individuals than any other Kickstart...  Watch video

How to Run a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign 

Thanks to the JOBS Act, ordinary people will be able to invest in start-ups. Slava Rubin, co-founder of Indiegogo, a crowdfunding website, explains exactly w...  Watch video

Pebble 'Smartwatch' Funding Soars on Kickstarter

At $5.5 million and growing, Pebble becomes the most highly funded Kickstarter project ever.  Read more

What the Jobs Act Means for Indiegogo, Crowdfunding & You 

Slava Rubin, co-founder of Indiegogo, a website where anyone can raise money, talks about the impact recent crowdfunding legislation will have on his firm an...  Watch video

Are These the Seeds of an Entrepreneurship Bill?

In a year in which Washington seems fixated on small business--consider SOPA and the JOBS Act--another new piece of start-up legislation might be coming toge...  Read more

The Case for Crowdfunding

What does the JOBS Act have to do with the Statue of Liberty? The founder of Indiegogo breaks down the uniquely American benefits to new crowdfunding legisla...  Read more

Inside the New Forces Shaping Crowdfunding's Future

A surge of competition and a struggle for market share will likely define the next few years of crowdfunding.  Read more

Crowdfunding: What to Know Before You Go All In

Before you raise money from the masses, a few words of warning.  Read more

Why the JOBS Act is a Win for Entrepreneurs and Investors

The crowdfunding provisions have more than enough protections for investors, and they'll give entrepreneurs the capital they need  Read more

Lessons From Craigslist, eBay, & Kickstarter

So-called collaborative consumption is changing the way we buy just about everything. What you can learn from this still-growing trend.  Read more

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