Free Download The New York Times Editorial Staff, "Crowdfunding (Looking Forward)"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 1642822574, 1642822566 | EPUB | pages: 224 | 2.9 mb
In the age of social media networking and personal brands, a new form of fundraising is gaining significant traction. Whether you are a paleontologist seeking financial assistance for fossil excavation, or a musician looking to fund your first album, people are turning to crowdfunding as a way to realize projects, spread awareness about a cause, or even cover medical expenses. The New York Times articles collected in this volume give a sense of the great variety of crowdfunded projects, the particular advantages or drawbacks of the method, and the potential challenges and controversies that can arise from crowdfunding. Features such as media literacy questions and terms help readers understand how the reporting of the topic has developed.

Free Download Crowdfunding in Europe: State of the Art in Theory and Practice by Dennis Brüntje, Oliver Gajda
English | PDF (True) | 2016 | 251 Pages | ISBN : 3319180169 | 4.7 MB
Crowdfunding is becoming an increasingly popular method to finance projects of every kind and scale. This contributed volume is one of the earliest books presenting scientific and research-based perspectives of crowdfunding, its development, and future. The European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) and its scientific work group, together with FGF e.V., invited both researchers and practitioners to contribute to this first state-of-the-art edited volume on crowdfunding in Europe. This book contributes to a better comprehension of crowdfunding, encourages further fundamental research and contributes to a systematization of this new field of research. The book also features expert contributions by practitioners to enhance and complement the scientific perspective. This book can be used as a guideline and shall advance classification in an emerging research field.

Crowdfunding Success Code by John Hawkins
English | MP3@192 kbps | 16 min | 23.1 MB
We have compiled for you in this course, Top tips and techniques to improve your chances of funding your Indiegogo or Kickstarter CampaignScientifically formulated course to give you the best format for learning. Engineered according to cognitive learning techniques to be 30minutes in length and broken into short 5-10min lectures that allow the brain to absorb more of the information.This is a practical and smart guide to communication, talking and coversation. It gives you clarity amongst all the fluff around what works for crowdfunding, how to reach your funding goals and how to get products delivered to your backers on time and under budget.1. So many campaigns don't even get off the ground, because they don't attract enough attention.2. Those that do reach their funding target make no money 3. And even multi-million dollar funded campaigns die as their funds get eaten up by delivery costs, taxes and redesign and redesign of their projects.4. Learn what it takes to make your campaign successful by giving it the best chances of succeeding from the start. Elite Percent will give you the knowledge and proven processes that work. 5. By getting your campaign featured in the press and best spots on the platform you can explode your results. Order Now!

Equity Crowdfunding: The Complete Guide for Startups and Growing Companies By Nathan Rose
2016 | 240 Pages | ISBN: 0473377985 | EPUB | 1 MB
Raise Money & Gain Exposure At The Same Time!Tired of fruitless pitch meetings with investors and the limitations of trying to grow a business through bootstrapping?Equity crowdfunding is a new, fresh alternative to Silicon Valley venture capital. Hundreds of thousands, or even millions of dollars, can be raised by offering shares in your startup to members of the public.Gaining marketing exposure and raising business funding are #1 and #2 on the priority list for many entrepreneurs. But they were always separate activities - first raise the money, then spend it on marketing. Until now!A New Hybrid of Venture Capital & Kickstarter.Equity crowdfunding is a new form of investment banking for startups, small business and new business, enabled by advances in fintech.The entrepreneurs set their own offer terms, retain their company culture, and bring on dozens, or even hundreds of shareholders and gain all the promotional benefits that come with a larger 'crowd'.And unlike the "rewards" crowdfunding offered by sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo, equity crowdfunding allows a company to offer shares, instead of a pre-ordered product. This means it can be used by more varied business models, and typically attracts a lot more money. If you are successful at equity crowdfunding, your days of bootstrapping your product launch will be over!This Book Will Show You How.Equity crowdfunding offers amazing potential for startups and growing companies, but it is also a very steep learning curve. Many companies begin with no real idea of how to choose a platform, how to craft their pitch, or what they should be doing to drive people to their offer page and invest.The author, Nathan Rose, comes from an investment banking background, advising companies on initial public offerings. Now, he brings the same practical experience to new business, small business, and startups.In this step-by-step guide, you will learn: - The forces in fintech which have brought equity crowdfunding to where it is today- A comparison with business funding through bootstrapping, family & friends, incubators, Silicon Valley venture capital, and Kickstarter.- The biggest mistakes that can kill an offer before it has even begun- How to build critical momentum - one company raised 1 million in 96 seconds!- How to construct a marketing plan to get people literally counting down to your launch- How to salvage an offer which is "stuck," and re-ignite the momentum- What past campaigns wished they had known before they had started- The incredible impact equity crowdfunding can have on your business and profileThe World's Most Comprehensive ResourceThe very best strategies from 20 real companies who have used equity crowdfunding to raise millions of dollars, euros and pounds. And the expert advice from 12 market-leading platforms at the forefront of the equity crowdfunding revolution.Featuring contributions from the United Kingdom, the United States, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Canada, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand.The only book necessary for startups, incubators, accelerators, co-working spaces, universities, education institutions, and business networks.Buy this book to learn everything about equity crowdfunding... from the ground up.

Dan Marom, "Crowdfunding: The Corporate Era"
English | ISBN: 1783961619 | 2015 | 218 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
The crowdfunding revolution-essential reading for all corporates, from midsize to multinational

Crowdfunding the Future: Media Industries, Ethics, and Digital Society By Lucy Bennett (editor), Bertha Chin (editor), Bethan Jones (editor)
2015 | 274 Pages | ISBN: 1433126826 | PDF | 2 MB
The concept of crowdfunding, where grassroots creative projects are funded by the masses through websites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo, has been steadily gaining attention over the last few years. Crowdfunding the Future undertakes a dynamic interdisciplinary approach to the examination of the new, and growing, phenomenon of crowdfunding and its encompassment of digital society and media industries. The book offers a wide range of perspectives and empirical research, providing analyses of crowdfunded projects, the interaction between producers and audiences, and the role that websites such as Kickstarter play in discussions around fan agency and exploitation, as well as the ethics of crowdfunding. With a series of chapters covering a global range of disciplines and topics, this volume offers a comprehensive overview on crowdfunding, examining and unraveling the international debates around this increasingly popular practice. The book is suitable for courses covering media studies, fandom, digital media, sociology, film production, anthropology, audience, and cultural studies.

Emotions and Values in Equity Crowdfunding Investment Choices 2: Modeling and Empirical Study by Christian Goglin
English | PDF(True) | 2021 | 358 Pages | ISBN : 1786306344 | 8.87 MB

Emotions and Values in Equity Crowdfunding Investment Choices 1: Transdisciplinary Theoretical Approach by Christian Goglin
English | PDF(True) | 2020 | 211 Pages | ISBN : 1786306336 | 3.63 MB

Law and Practice of Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Lending in Australia, China and Japan by Pelma Rajapakse, Yinxu Huang, Hatsuru Morita
English | PDF | 2022 | 269 Pages | ISBN : 9811938334 | 6.7 MB
The revolution in financial technology (FinTech) has created many advancements in the lending and investment space across the world. Law and Practice of Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Lending in Australia, China, and Japan is a timely publication as FinTech grows up and moved into the mainstream of finance in the last decade. Financial services is a highly regulated industry as it is the lifeblood of a modern economy. Pelma Rajapakse, Hatsuru Morita, and Yinxu Huang have done very solid work blazing a new trail in what is a new industry and how to regulate it properly instead of stifling innovation. They have carried out a deep exploration and a thorough compilation of research that will bring everyone up to date on what Australia, China, and Japan are planning and doing in the field of crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending.

The JOBS Act: Crowdfunding for Small Businesses and Startups by William Michael Cunningham
English | PDF(True) | 2012 | 195 Pages | ISBN : 143024755X | 3.5 MB
On April 5, 2012, President Barack Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, better known as the JOBS Act. The act is designed to "reopen American capital markets to small companies," defined in the act as Emerging Growth Companies. This is one of the most significant legislative initiatives in finance since the Securities and Exchange Acts of 1933 and 1934, and it opens up funding to a slew of companies previously shut out of the capital markets.