In many parts of the Eurozone, now is not the best time for an entrepreneur to go to the bank and expect to skip away with a loan. But a growing alternative for some Europeans could be crowd-funding websites, which...
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One of the most successful campaigns on Indiegogo aimed to raise money to buy back Nikola Tesla's old laboratory.
Crowd-Funding Site Indiegogo Is Going International
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Mark Collins, left, and Jason Giddings agreed to a $3 million investment on a glacier in the Swiss Alps.
After Raising Money on Kickstarter, Side Project Lands Another $3 Million
(Updates to add comment from Kickstarter in last graph.) When Jason Giddings posted his idea on Kickstarter in November to build a glass keyboard and mouse controlled by multi-touch gestures similar to the iPad, he didn’t even have a name for it. The...
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Pebble's new watch is supposed to display messages from your smartphone.
Rejected By VCs, Pebble Watch Raises $3.8M on Kickstarter
When it comes to the road to success in Silicon Valley, Eric Migicovsky was definitely on the right path. His idea for creating a watch that can display messages from your smartphone was embraced by Y Combinator, the prestigious business...
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