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Funding by many individualspooling their money together for a common goal, usually via theInternet .
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Examples
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Right now my own project, Daron's Guitar Chronicles, is tied for first place with CE Murphy's Hot Time In Old Town, which was itself a fascinating experiment in crowdfunding -- to read it, I think one has to pay $10.
ceciliatan: Nifty facts, update on DGC web serial experiment ceciliatan 2010
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Kelly Ayotte is co-sponsoring a bill that would let entrepreneurs raise up to $1 million a year by selling ownership stakes in their companies through what are known as crowdfunding websites.
All Stories 2011
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The phenomenon, called crowdfunding, also powers something as -- or even more -- important than money: it powers community.
Josh Tetrick: It's Not About the Money Josh Tetrick 2011
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I've been fascinated by the idea of crowdfunding for a while now, especially since I heard Peter Broderick and Yancey Strickler of Kickstarter speak on the subject at LA Film Festival back in June.
Abe Schwartz: Crowdfund Successfully and You Won't Be Disappointed Abe Schwartz 2011
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I've been fascinated by the idea of crowdfunding for a while now, especially since I heard Peter Broderick and Yancey Strickler of Kickstarter speak on the subject at LA Film Festival back in June.
Abe Schwartz: Crowdfund Successfully and You Won't Be Disappointed Abe Schwartz 2011
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The phenomenon, called crowdfunding, also powers something as -- or even more -- important than money: it powers community.
Josh Tetrick: It's Not About the Money Josh Tetrick 2011
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The practice, known as crowdfunding, garnered bipartisan support after Obama's Sept. 8 speech to Congress.
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WASHINGTON Reuters - A senior U.S. securities official is recusing herself from any discussions on a new capital-raising strategy known as "crowdfunding," just one week after testifying extensively on the topic.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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Also, as far as I'm concerned, this effort began on Boing Boing, with my sanity-check post floating the idea of crowdfunding an effort to change crowdfunding law, and the resulting
Boing Boing paulsprinrad 2012
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The practice, known as crowdfunding, garnered bipartisan support after Obama's Sept. 8 speech to Congress.
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