Crowdfunding using sites like Kickstarter is a new way to raise money for an environmental project. The way Kickstarter works is that one sets up a page on the platform describing the project being funded, setting a minimal fundraising goal, establishing a deadline, usually a month and listing levels of contribution ranging anywhere from $1 to $10,000 and up. People pledge a certain amount of money toward the goal which is collected by Amazon payments. If the funding goal is
Looking at raising money for a start-up or any new tech is, to put it mildly, hair-raising. There are so many options such as bootstrapping, angel investors, VCs or begging friends and family. There is also another way called crowdfunding, and this is how you can raise money in a fairly low risk way. So, let’s explore how you can raise money for that new tech while you’re still in university.
The key to any successful crowdfunding campaign is having a project that reverberates with your intended audience. We’ve got five ways to improve your tactics for your crowdfunding campaign and, let’s face it, that’s a great goal. Let’s get started.
08 Nov 2012
Whether or not you’re a skydiver you’ve probably read about 43-year-old Austrian Felix Baumgartner’s record breaking skydive from a capsule 128,100 feet above the Earth. You probably already know that this 24-mile jump from the stratosphere meant he fell faster than the speed of sound, at 833.9 mph or Mach 1.24, and broke the sound barrier wearing only a space suit. And you’re probably chuckling to yourself about his choice of a landing site; where else but Roswell, New Mexico, a popular Earth destination for all our visitors from space.