
News: Bath Comedy Festival Launches Crowdfunding Campaign
For the last 12 years Bath Comedy Festival has brought some of comedy’s biggest stars to Bath, including Greg Davies, Jon Richardson, Paul Merton, Rory Bremner and Henning Wehn, alongside international stars such as Doug Stanhope and David Crowe. The festival has...
Kickstarter loses 40% of its staff after a wave of layoffs and buyouts
According to a recent filing, crowdfunding platform Kickstarter has reduced its staff by nearly 40%, following a sharp decline in the number of projects launched on the site in the wake of the pandemic-fueled economic downturn. The company has laid off 25 employees,...
Forever Books Launches Crowdfunding Campaign To Stay Alive
A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to try to save Forever Books in downtown St. Joseph. Store owner Robin Allen tells WSJM News the business is struggling to stay afloat during the COVID-19 shutdown with less in sales and all of the normal events being...
How to Get Your Equity Crowdfunding Campaign Past Due Diligence
Early-stage businesses have a great opportunity to use equity crowdfunding to raise funds, grow brand awareness, and build a loyal crowd of supporters, even before the product launch. However, while it may look simple to set up and run an equity crowdfunding campaign...
The high hopes of the low-tech phone
Released in the spring of 2017, the Light Phone was shaped like a business card, weighed less than a stack of seven quarters, and felt like a hollow wedge of plastic. But when you pressed the phone’s only button, its tiny keypad lit up in a soft white glow. [...]...
Amanda Palmer says artists still fear crowdfunding criticism
Amanda Palmer was one of the first artists to make big headlines with a crowdfunding campaign, thanks to her 2012 Kickstarter campaign which raised nearly $1.2m for an album, art book and tour. Since then, she’s switched to ongoing fan-funding on Patreon, where she...
Tips and tricks to help you write a powerful crowdfunding campaign
The first impression of a crowdfunding campaign lies in its copy. Whether you write a compelling title or a narrative description, the key to making it powerful lies in balancing all the elements together. A great copy has a balance of all the editorial elements What...
Here are the Statistics on Curve’s Record Breaking £6 Million Crowdfunding Round
Fintech Curve knocked it out of the park this week in an investment crowdfunding round that crushed multiple records on the Crowdcube platform. Crowdcube reports that many of the prior records were also held by Fintech companies, a popular category on Crowdcube and a...
Rich Uncles Review – Commercial Real Estate Investing for Small Investors
Interested in real estate investment but not ready to purchase an entire property? Real estate crowdfunding platform, Rich Uncles, may be for you. Rich Uncles 8.5 Table of Contents If you’re a small investor, and you want to participate in real estate crowdfunding,...
The All-New Kuaifit Wireless Earphones With Microphone
Kickstarter is the holy-grail of crowdfunding for many entrepreneurs with fantastic ideas and concepts. It’s a place where people with cash find unique projects to back with the hopes of picking up world-class products. Another young company by the name of Kuaifit...