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Technology is finally eliminating geography as a barrier to real estate investing
Real estate investing has long elicited a variety of emotions, running the gamut from excitement to anxiety. When dealing with significant sums of capital, feelings of apprehension tend to creep in, especially regarding neighborhood quality, tenant and property management issues and liquidity. But those feelings of apprehension should be balanced by the knowledge that real estate as an asset… Read More
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Marc Dillon Takes CEO Role At Smarter Mobile Charger Startup, Asmo
Former Jolla co-founder Marc Dillon has a new job in hardware: Finnish startup Asmo, which has been crowdfunding a mobile charger that switches off automatically when the device is fully charged, has today named Dillon as its new CEO. Indiegogo Now Wants Fortune 500 Companies To Create Pre-Order Campaigns
Indiegogo has historically been about helping the young and scrappy entrepreneur to put their idea out there and get some much-needed capital for a first production batch. The company is launching a brand new set of tools today dubbed ‘Enterprise Crowdfunding.’ This time, it’s all about the large well-established companies, and helping them make risky bets. Read More
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Jompeame Wants To Reduce Poverty In South America Through Crowdfunding
Jompeame (Jumpstartme in Spanish) is a new crowdfunding site aimed at helping the impoverished in Latin America. “Our mission initially is to change the lives of at least 5 people in this condition every week, in every country we expand to,” said co-founder and CEO Katherine Motyka. The site is currently raising money to launch formally but they’ve already raised $25,000,… Read More
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Kickbooster Will Pay You For Sharing Your Favorite Crowdfunding Campaigns
Affiliate marketing is extremely hit or miss. Most times, participants are being paid to spread the word about products they couldn’t care less about, resulting in a poor experience for all parties involved.
Enter Kickbooster: an affiliate network for crowdfunding campaigns.
After signing up, users can share links to interesting campaigns, and receive a 10 percent referral fee when… Read More
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New SEC Ruling Brings Equity Crowdfunding Even Closer
The idea that the average consumer i.e. a non “high net-worth individual” could invest in a small equity round has been in the works since June but a new rule released last week now brings the US closer to true equity crowdfunding. You can check out the entire release here but, in general, it opens the door to a new form of investment. Companies will be able to raise a maximum of… Read More
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The Oatmeal’s Exploding Kittens Card Game Is Raising A Bomb On Kickstarter
Crowdfunding has been a massive boon to old school gaming. Who needs fancy 3D renders and immersive face computers when you have board games and shuffled slices of pulped tree, eh? To wit: The Oatmeal is in the midst of harnessing the power of its sprawling online fan-base to crowdfund its very own card game, called Exploding Kittens. Read More
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Crowdfunding Ain’t The Bank
We in the games trade like the crowdfunding avenue in so far as the money that it brings, but we still struggle to not hold our communities at one remove as we might investors. As a result we are often mistreating fans even when we don’t mean to. We need to get better at the skill of community. Read More
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Jolla’s Open Source iPad Alternative Raises More Than $1M In Two Days’ Crowdfunding
Late last week Finnish mobile startup Jolla launched a crowdfunding campaign for a tablet running its open source Sailfish OS, smashing past its initial funding goal of $380,000 in a couple of hours. It has since pushed past the $1 million mark, with around $1.18M now pledged from more than 7,370 backers of the Indiegogo campaign. Read More
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Thoughtful.org Is Now A Crowdfunding Platform For Medical Costs And Emergencies
As part of the founding team at Adly, Derek Rey helped build one of the first businesses focused on social media advertising. Now he’s doing something pretty different — his company Thoughtful.org recently relaunched as a crowdfunding platform for medical, memorial, and emergency costs. We wrote about the site two years ago, when it was a platform to connect brands and… Read More
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