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Upcoming changes to PleaseFundUs
We have had an incredible start to our crowdfunding life. Every month we are getting more and more projects coming online trying to crowd fund their way to glory. Thankfully, we seem to be getting nearly 40% of these projects funded. Every project is unique and offers a wonderful insight into the amazing creativity out there at the moment. We have had projects ranging from sports technology web streaming all the way through to a Milan fashion show project.
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.....
My first week crowdfunding - and the lessons learnt
PleaseFund.Us is not a charity. Simples.
Whilst it’s important to support our friends and family who raise money for good causes, I for one am slightly fed up with being inundated with ‘JustGiving’ requests. I’m fed up with the guilt. It’s guilt that comes with neglecting numerous donation requests, and that overrides my initial good karma from the first £50 that JustGiving debited from my account. Regardless of how good the cause, I simply can’t keep up with the amount of people asking me for money.
Beans, Recession and Crowdfunding
Tired with the City life, constantly surrounded by talk of the "double-dip recession", broke unable even to buy a card for their mother's birthday, and with daily intakes of cheese-on-toast at new all time highs, James Bailey and Tarkan Ahmet decided that the only thing to do, was to 'go it alone'. Armed with a box of highlighters and a MacBook, they went about turning their idea of crowdfunding into reality....6 months on, 223 tins of baked beans down and www.PleaseFund.Us is live.