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How to launch a crowdfunding campaign when time’s not on your side

The Next Web

After deciding to launch a crowdfunding campaign for our product, we landed on the date of December 16th, 2013. From our research, it appears Dragon Innovation has the knowledge and know-how of how to run a hardware crowdfunding campaign. Our freelance marketer told us we were crazy. 3) Agreeing on the amount. community.

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My 13 Favorite Alternative Funding Options of 2013

Up and Running

You build a campaign by creating videos, telling your story, participating in social media promotion, and offering “perks”, which are goods or services that you offer in exchange for donations. RocketHub also recently partnered with the TV channel A&E for marketing and funding help for their favorite fundraising campaigns.

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19 Psychological Tactics for Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns

ConversionXL

I scoured the academic research on crowdfunding, philanthropy, and helping behavior to understand when and why people donate money (and how you can use those principles in a crowdfunding campaign). Agrawal, Catalini, and Goldfarb (2013) examined the types of risks that donors encounter in crowdfunding. donating to your campaign).

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We crowdfunded $1.7 million for a new online news publication. This is our story so far.

The Next Web

million with a crowdfunding campaign. I’m declaring De Correspondent the most interesting journalism start-up I have read about in 2013. Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) April 8, 2013. . I’m declaring De Correspondent the most interesting journalism start-up I have read about in 2013.” million in just the first three weeks.

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Why Your Business’s Purpose Should Be More Than Making Money

Up and Running

In 2013, India became the first country in the world to require corporate social responsibility. A manufacturer of toilets and other plumbing-related products, which launched the campaign Flush for Good in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2013. Companies are waking up to the value of doing more. .

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Funding Computer Science Education In NY

Feld Thoughts

If this is interesting to you, they are hosting an event at USV on Monday, November 18, 2013 for 6pm to 8pm for those who can consider making investments of $5,000 and above due to space constraints. Separately, there will be a crowd-funded campaign to allow donations of between $50 and $4,999 for those who can’t participate at these levels.

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December 26th 2013, this Kickstarter campaign limped towards a.

Bryce Dot VC

December 26th 2013, this Kickstarter campaign limped towards a looming deadline to reach their goald of $125,000. They failed and that campaign was never funded. Did running the campaign in summer change people’s perceived need for the product v. Fast forward 8 months. So what changed? So what changed?