Thanks to an interesting NYT article, I learned of the Pipeline Fund, an organization dedicated to helping aspiring women angels become extremely succesful women angels investing in woman-backed social ventures… The overwhelmingly male field of angel investing is about to become a bit more diverse. Ten women, including some business owners (TechCrunch has the full [...]
This isn’t how I would recommend you use crowdsourcing to help your portfolio, but interesting none-the-less… A Monaco-based Angel investor has asked users of Google+ to vote for their favourite Web-based start-up that publishes their pitch on Google Plus, and he will invest $10,000 in the most popular. Full Story: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8642745.htm
Video Games are not often a topic of deep analysis and respectful dialog… or at least they didn’t used to be. Now people like NPR’s On The Media are doing excellent coverage that shows not just the cons, but some of the amazing benefits, that this new entertainment/art form has to offer. According to the [...]
"It is not the way the scribes of yore would have done it but Iceland is tearing up the rulebook by drawing up its new constitution throughcrowdsourcing." Full Story at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/09/iceland-crowdsourcing-constitution-facebook
Crowdfunding gathers another adherent in Fund St. Louis. This nonprofit allows individuals to donate to worthy startups. All the donors get is warmth and fuzz, but perhaps a lot of it . There are now a dizzying array of crowdfunding websites, exploring a diverse range of business models. I am hopeful this trend will lead [...]
Crowdfunding – the art of getting a little money from each of a LOT of people – is a rapidly growing trend. It is changing what is possible for raw startups. Here is a brief video describing this new flavor of capital that I put together for one of my courses. Love your input if [...]
I was speaking with some academic friends about the possibility of using prediction markets and crowdsourcing to democratize the process for evaluating journal articles and scholarly manuscripts. My initial attempts at explaining how the process works could be summarized roughly like this: allow ANYONE who wants to to submit a review and then have them [...]
Someone’s trying equity-based crowdfunding… “Armchair dragons” to provide new source of funding for small businesses through Crowdcube, a peer-to-peer equity finance site. Small companies can now access seed investments from the general public, thanks to a site that connects “armchair dragons” to entrepreneurs seeking angel finance. via Crowdcube brings angel investing to the masses – [...]
You are invited to participate in an exciting opportunity I am helping run: The Silvertip Awards. This is a chance to network with real angel investors, angel-backed entrepreneurs, serve as a JUDGE in an innovative, national-scale competition, and more! Learn more and Sign up at: http://goo.gl/GTx88
The ACA Silvertip Awards is doing something very interesting: crowdsourcing the competition applicants with MBA students from top colleges. Some info from their FOR STUDENTS page… Competition Mission The Angel Capital Association (ACA)’s Silvertip Awards recognize North America’s most promising angel-backed companies. Through an innovative design that brings angel & strategic investors, entrepreneurs, and MBA students together [...]
