Social innovation refers to new strategies, concepts, ideas and organizations that meet social needs of all kinds — from working conditions and education to community development and health — and that extend and strengthen civil society. Social media and the internet...
Crowdfunding
An alternative finance method of raising money from large groups of people, as donations, as a loan, or in exchange for company equity
Mosaic: Cleantech Crowdfunding Finances Solar Projects in Record Time
Do you know what the return is on your saving account? Close to nothing. The sharing and crowdsourcing economy is paving the way for more robust methods of investments with real return on many fronts. Mosaic just launched the first online clean energy investment...
Razoo Helps Charities Fundraise & Engage Effectively: Q&A with Lesley Mansford
Lesley Mansford, CEO of Razoo answered a few questions for us on Razoo, a social fundraising platform that is changing the dynamics of corporate and personal charity. Razoo endeavors to make it easy to not only support your favorite cause, but is also proving to be a...
Self-Proclaimed Kickstarter Reject Creates Open Source Crowdfunding Website
After Kickstarter released stringent rules governing hardware projects, startup company Lockitron decided it was time to take action. To fund their hardware project, the founders wrote their source crowdfunding platform, which is now open sourced. According to their...
Crowdfunding Infographic – The US JOBS Act Explained
Crowdfunding is a way that businesses can seek money from a "crowd" to start-up, finance a new product, or expand their operations. Instead of pursuing big VC's and investors, businesses pursue the crowd. The "crowd" pledges money to the effort - could be a start-up,...
Razoo Kicks Off Five “Giving Days” Across the U.S. to Raise $15 million for Local Charities
Razoo, the fastest growing crowdfunding platform for causes, announces its first-ever week of giving – a week of five of Razoo’s “Giving Days”. Giving Days are powerful 24-hour online fundraising competitions that unite communities around causes. “Apart from being a...
Will Crowdfunding Platforms Help Fund Civic Projects
Thinking Kickstarter When we hear crowdfunding many of us -- including me -- think Kickstarter. Which is understandable since the crowdfunding company has successfully launched over 65 thousand projects. And has over $305 million in total dollars pledged to all...
Video: Crowdsourcing Week Speaks with Max Sidorov on Google Hangout
Yesterday I published an article where I discussed some of my personal feelings about Max Sidorov. And last night Epi Ludvik and I where able to speak with Max. We used Google+ Hangouts on Air -- it was fun and Epi was feeling rather comical last night. Obviously, I...
The Crowdfunding Bill Will Help Startups
Today is the day that the crowdfunding ecosystem in the US rejoices -- more specifically startups and small businesses. President Obama will sign the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act into law. The law allows non-accredited investors to invest in startups --...
Patrick McHenry Speaking in Support of the Crowdfunding — JOBS Act
Yesterday was a big day for crowdfunding. While it is supported by the Senate, House and President; there are many within the government and private sector that see crowdfunding as problematic. One of the main supporters of crowdfunding is Congressman Patrick McHenry...
President Obama to Sign the Crowdfunding Bill into Law
So what crowdfunding? According to Wikipedia -- the crowd-powered reference site: “...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...