Here Are the Biggest Crowdfunding Campaigns of 2015 - Bloomberg Business:
Crowdfunding really hit its stride this year with people just crowding in to jump on the bandwagon of new and innovative ideas. Of course great fundraising ideas are for books and movies, especially those that sequels or follow-ons with an established groupie base. Veronica Mars, the high-school sleuth, is and example from last year on Kickstarter. (See our blog here,)
This years list from Bloomberg Business is very enlightening. Of course there are follow-ons to games and movies. That's a very straightforward use of crowd funding. There are philanthropic approaches, like remodeling historic buildings. And, of course, new inventions.
One that caught a lot of buzz is Flow Hive, that raised ~$12m for a process to put a tap into a bee hive and simply pour honey when you want some (money). This process avoids the pain and suffering of opening the hive in order to get at the honey.
Other things that draw funding include eclectic games and exploding kittens.
No matter how you look at it, however, the Internet (and crowdfunding) is one of the great equalizers of our lifetime. Anyone, anywhere, can raise money for a good idea; simply spread the word in the right settings.
Now, if the idea has intellectual property protection as well (patents, copyright, trademark), then the scaleability of funding and adoption could be off-the-charts.
'via Blog this'
Showing posts with label venture capital. Show all posts
Showing posts with label venture capital. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Miami No. 2 in startup activity, Kauffman report says | Miami Herald Miami Herald
Miami No. 2 in startup activity, Kauffman report says | Miami Herald Miami Herald:
This is a very interesting, but telling report.
Miami is way up there in startups, about 250 per 100,000 people. Cleveland, not so much so, with less that 100 per.
It is a little surprising that Orlando fell 12 ranks down to 33rd. Makes you wonder if it is Orlando losing ground or other metros gaining very rapidly. I would guess mostly the latter.
I'm sure this also has a lot to do with how mature in the turn-around from recession each area is as well.
'via Blog this'
This is a very interesting, but telling report.
Miami is way up there in startups, about 250 per 100,000 people. Cleveland, not so much so, with less that 100 per.
It is a little surprising that Orlando fell 12 ranks down to 33rd. Makes you wonder if it is Orlando losing ground or other metros gaining very rapidly. I would guess mostly the latter.
I'm sure this also has a lot to do with how mature in the turn-around from recession each area is as well.
'via Blog this'
Monday, March 16, 2015
Rise of the Rest - Entrepreneur Tour. 5 Cities at a time.
World Stock Markets:
Steve Case from AOL fame is one of the judges going round hitting up start-up business ideas, 5 cities at a time. The south of USA is next.
Revolution, Google for Entrepreneurs, and UP Global
This UP Global initiative is an interesting approach by Google ventures and others to identify and fund new venture ideas.
A very cool approach to jump starting innovation anywhere and everywhere around the world. That the winner gets a boat-load of money and and a blast of publicity is a rather nice perk to the whole process.
See Google Ventures here: http://www.gv.com/about
See Case Foundation here: http://casefoundation.org
I Like the title of an article on the Case Foundation web site: "Running business as if the future matters."
Steve's come some distance since the time when the guppy-eat-the-whale daze of the DotCom error when AOL bought out TimeWarner. This buy-out-merger resulted in one of the greatest indigestion from over-eating of all time.
Read about this Maalox moment in a 2005 book: "The failure of the AOL-Time Warner merger is the subject of a book by Nina Munk entitled Fools Rush In: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Unmaking of AOL Time Warner(2005)." (Steve Case, 2015, Life and Career, para. 10).
Steve has had a very impressive log of ventures and philanthropic organizations since the AOL days.
Reference
Steve Case. (2015, March 12). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14:34, March 16, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Case&oldid=651091501
'via Blog this'
Steve Case from AOL fame is one of the judges going round hitting up start-up business ideas, 5 cities at a time. The south of USA is next.
Revolution, Google for Entrepreneurs, and UP Global
This UP Global initiative is an interesting approach by Google ventures and others to identify and fund new venture ideas.
A very cool approach to jump starting innovation anywhere and everywhere around the world. That the winner gets a boat-load of money and and a blast of publicity is a rather nice perk to the whole process.
See Google Ventures here: http://www.gv.com/about
See Case Foundation here: http://casefoundation.org
I Like the title of an article on the Case Foundation web site: "Running business as if the future matters."
Steve's come some distance since the time when the guppy-eat-the-whale daze of the DotCom error when AOL bought out TimeWarner. This buy-out-merger resulted in one of the greatest indigestion from over-eating of all time.
Read about this Maalox moment in a 2005 book: "The failure of the AOL-Time Warner merger is the subject of a book by Nina Munk entitled Fools Rush In: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Unmaking of AOL Time Warner(2005)." (Steve Case, 2015, Life and Career, para. 10).
Steve has had a very impressive log of ventures and philanthropic organizations since the AOL days.
Reference
Steve Case. (2015, March 12). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14:34, March 16, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Case&oldid=651091501
'via Blog this'
Friday, June 13, 2014
BioLite BaseCamp Stove | Turn Fire into Electricity by BioLite — Kickstarter
BioLite BaseCamp Stove | Turn Fire into Electricity by BioLite — Kickstarter:
I love it. But only 62 hours to get in on the KickStarter offer. They are at twice goal with $800k+ and 3,000 backers.
Yes, it was DARK in Miami, when Hurricane Andrew came through South Miami/Homestead on August 24, 1992. Well, afterwards really. It would be weeks before most of us would get power. So bar-b-q grilling was the norm. That was not quite as much fun after a week or two without baths and without air conditioning. Little or no ice and warm drinks. Muggy and humid.
You did want to cook, obviously, but all the heat from the grill was the last thing we needed.
But a really cool cooking stove popped up in New York. A tiny stove the burned wood (or charcoal) and produced focused head for cooking. No need to cook the cook too.
This technology works wonders in countries where there is little or no electricity, and wood is often scarce, and the smoke from open cooking causes some of the world's worst health issues (probably only exceeded by water/sanitation).
You gotta see how far the technology has come. This is a BIG stove, relatively, that generates electricity (USB power) and has battery. It has an internal fan, to fan the fire so it can produce some serious heat possibilities -- especially given the ability to focus the flame.
This version comes with an LED light so you can see what's cooking at night.
As they say, this is the first version of the BaseCamp that is crowd designed. When you jump in on the crowd funding at KickStarter (BaseCamp) you will get a free carrying case.
You also get the warm-fuzzy feeling of knowing that this technology will save millions and millions of lives in energy starved countries.
All very very cool.
Keywords: Crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, genius of crowds, kickstarter, invention, sustainability, renewable energy, health,
'via Blog this'
I love it. But only 62 hours to get in on the KickStarter offer. They are at twice goal with $800k+ and 3,000 backers.
Yes, it was DARK in Miami, when Hurricane Andrew came through South Miami/Homestead on August 24, 1992. Well, afterwards really. It would be weeks before most of us would get power. So bar-b-q grilling was the norm. That was not quite as much fun after a week or two without baths and without air conditioning. Little or no ice and warm drinks. Muggy and humid.
You did want to cook, obviously, but all the heat from the grill was the last thing we needed.
But a really cool cooking stove popped up in New York. A tiny stove the burned wood (or charcoal) and produced focused head for cooking. No need to cook the cook too.
This technology works wonders in countries where there is little or no electricity, and wood is often scarce, and the smoke from open cooking causes some of the world's worst health issues (probably only exceeded by water/sanitation).
You gotta see how far the technology has come. This is a BIG stove, relatively, that generates electricity (USB power) and has battery. It has an internal fan, to fan the fire so it can produce some serious heat possibilities -- especially given the ability to focus the flame.
This version comes with an LED light so you can see what's cooking at night.
As they say, this is the first version of the BaseCamp that is crowd designed. When you jump in on the crowd funding at KickStarter (BaseCamp) you will get a free carrying case.
You also get the warm-fuzzy feeling of knowing that this technology will save millions and millions of lives in energy starved countries.
All very very cool.
Keywords: Crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, genius of crowds, kickstarter, invention, sustainability, renewable energy, health,
'via Blog this'
Friday, March 21, 2014
Kickstarter CEO: 'Veronica Mars' proves 'the power of audiences' | Inside Movies | EW.com
Kickstarter CEO: 'Veronica Mars' proves 'the power of audiences' | Inside Movies | EW.com:
When you go to watch Veronica Mars, if you haven't already done so...
Think about this. It has been the greatest success for any movie launched by crowd funding!
Capitalism at work by the masses. Very cool.
They blasted through the goal of $2M and raised $5.7M from 91,000+ backers.
Here is the YouTube Video teaser that they used to raise the money and to recruit MARShmellows to jump into the backer frenzy.
Right now I can watch it on Xfinity for only $17.99.
Gotta love it.
'via Blog this'
When you go to watch Veronica Mars, if you haven't already done so...
Think about this. It has been the greatest success for any movie launched by crowd funding!
Capitalism at work by the masses. Very cool.
They blasted through the goal of $2M and raised $5.7M from 91,000+ backers.
Here is the YouTube Video teaser that they used to raise the money and to recruit MARShmellows to jump into the backer frenzy.
Right now I can watch it on Xfinity for only $17.99.
Gotta love it.
'via Blog this'
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)