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

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...

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...

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...

The Pebble Watch Success Formula: Crowds

  Pebble Watch! What can I say, this company is a poster child for what we are trying to do at Crowdsourcing Week. Here is a company that has truly embedded crowds into its organizational DNA and the results are there for everyone to see.   ICYMI Pebble Watch is...