Crowd Finance

Collaborative or decentralized models of finance and investing, including equity crowdfunding, reward crowdfunding, crowd currencies, peer-to-peer lending and peer-to-peer commerce.

Key Lessons From Two Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns

Key Lessons From Two Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns

No doubt you’ve heard about crowdfunding. What you might not realize is that there are many forms of crowdfunding and each type is used in a myriad of ways. Rewards, Equity, Donation and Lending. However, they all have this in common. They gather supporters that are...

4 Key Equity Crowdfunding Campaign Communication Strategies

4 Key Equity Crowdfunding Campaign Communication Strategies

Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a 3-part blog series on tips for executing a successful equity crowdfunding campaign. Check out the first post on 3 fundamental elements when launching your equity crowdfunding raise. What does it take to communicate an...

Technology’s Role in Real Estate Crowdfunding

Technology’s Role in Real Estate Crowdfunding

What should real estate crowdfunding investors consider when selecting the platforms, markets and deals they are investing in? The platforms that will stand out are not just creating marketplaces where any deal can just get listed. To run a crowdfunding business, the...

3 Outcomes Now That Bitcoin Has Failed

3 Outcomes Now That Bitcoin Has Failed

In a lengthy and compelling Medium post, Mike Hearn, a prominent Bitcoin developer and one of the pioneers in the cryptocurrencies industry, publicly declared that Bitcoin “has failed." He deliberately cited technical and people problems, summing up his major public...

These Tips Can Help You Succeed at Equity Crowdfunding

These Tips Can Help You Succeed at Equity Crowdfunding

Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part blog series of tips for executing a successful equity crowdfunding campaign.  Experience is one of the best teachers. A few weeks ago Crowdsourcing Week wrapped up our first ever equity crowdfunding campaign on...