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De-Mystifying Crowdfunding
Over the last few years we have all been witness to something extraordinary. We have watched the world order turn on its head. The economic superpowers have swapped roles. Our governments are struggling to finance their own public debt and now public spending cuts are reaching to the deepest parts of our society. In spite of all of this gloom, I am supremely optimistic.
We have the internet.
Drum Roll Please…......
We are pleased to announce the two winners of the PleaseFund.Us Creatives Grants. The decision was made after consulting our panel of industry experts ranging from governmental grant giving bodies through to fashion leaders. In deciding the winners our panel looked at what makes a good crowdfunding campaign and whether the applicants (projects trying to raise funding through the PleaseFund.Us website) had shown creativity, brilliance, passion and the dedication required to win over the crowd. Read on to find out which lucky projects are benefiting from over £1,500 of grants.....
Interview with Olivia Cole: Her experience of crowdfunding.
Olivia Cole was campaigning to save The Travel Bookshop in Notting Hill; an independent bookshop that couldn’t afford the astronomical rent increase, and was therefore being sold off to become part of a wider bookshop chain.We asked her to talk to us about her experience of crowdfunding.
Promoting My Project
So… you’ve made your video, you’ve got some good pledge rewards and you’ve uploaded your project to a crowdfunding website…now what?! Sit back, put your feet up and watch the mon£y roll in?- I think not! Your campaign has only just begun. A project doesn’t just fund itself.
Crowdfunding: Where it started - and where it is going….
Crowdfunding has emerged as a result of the evolution of microfinance, and has gained significant traction thanks to the World Wide Web. Microfinance is a term for lending money to low-income individuals, whereby microloans can be an effective tool, proven to improve people’s lives, stimulate economic growth, and have a lasting and positive effect in communities.