Crowdfunding Friday: Corman’s Fantastic Four & Tezuka manga

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Aside from all the new ideas to be found on crowdfunding websites such as Kickstarter – including a new variety of beef jerky made from posh Japanese cows – there are all sorts of opportunities to indulge our sense of nostalgia. Through sheer coincidence, the projects that caught my eye this week all have a retro theme; there’s a documentary about a forgotten adaptation of a Marvel comic book, a timely revival of one of the most innovative computer games…

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Old MacDonald had a crowdfunded farm

Rebecca Bloomfield raised over $12,000, making it possible for her to install a deer fence and buy tools she needed to get started. / Craig Cardiff

More than anything, Rebecca Bloomfield wants her own organic farm. To accomplish this though, in a social media age – without much capital –…

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Israel’s OurCrowd takes lead in equity crowdfunding

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Has raised more funds than any other platform worldwide Latest round for Jeff Pulver’s Zula breaks $12M in funding for companies Jerusalem, Israel May…

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Crowdfunding Journalism: A New Financing Model for Freelancers?

from journalism student Sarah Petz’s Indiegogo campaign to report in Uganda

Toronto-based freelance reporter Naheed Mustafa always paid her own way when she reported from abroad. But that meant that about 70 percent to 80…

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The Crowdfunding Revolution

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Maybe you want to start your own business but you’re not exactly rolling in cash. Millions of people are financing projects and businesses not…

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Panel: The Keys to Successful Crowdfunding

RISE Crowdfunding panel, photo by ©2013, Scott Van Osdol, www.vanosdol.com

The key takeaway from the RISE Crowdfunding Super Panel Lunch and Learn Friday was that while crowdfunding started as this groovy, organic, community experience…

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Venture Firm InCube Builds a Crowdfunding Site of its Own

Mir Imran, chief executive of InCube Ventures and InCube Labs.

In what may be an industry first (in finance) venture firm InCube Ventures has unveiled a crowdfunding site of its own dubbed VentureHealth. The…

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