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Your Boring Bike Helmet Is About to Get a Big Tech Upgrade
A new Kickstarter project hopes cyclists can say bye bye to blindspots.
This Recent Immigrant Entrepreneur Is Living the American Dream Thanks to Crowdfunding
Hiral Sanghavi and his wife raised more than $11 million to design and manufacture a jacket that aims to solve logistical pain points for road warriors.
These 4 Companies Help Crowdfunding Campaigns Succeed
One secret to successful crowdfunding is hire people who know how to run one.
5 Must-Know Lessons About the Small Business World
Common sense strategies will grow your tribe, if you're consistent.
Coolest Cooler Asks Backers for More Money
After pricing the product too low, backers are being asked to pay another $97 for expedited shipping.
Hungry for 'Donald Flakes' and 'Better Eat Your Bernies'?
A new Kickstarter asks Americans to vote with their spoons.
Crowdfunding Won't Work Unless You Prove Your Product Can Ease a Pain Point
If you work to connect with users on an emotional level and solve one (or more) of their problems, crowdfunding is the way to go.
Analysis of 170,000 Kickstarter Campaigns Reveals 3 Fundamentals of a Crowdfunding Success
Professors from the University of Buffalo School of Management researched the anatomy of a crowdfunding campaign that reaches its fundraising goal.
Kickstarter Makes First Acquisition, Saves Independent Music Community Drip From Closing
Terms of the deal weren't disclosed, but it was a lifesaver for Drip, which just a few weeks back announced it had to shut its doors.
When Kickstarter Hit Its Tipping Point
Co-founder and CEO Yancey Strickler can pinpoint, to the day, exactly when things blew up for the company.
Kickstarter Wants to Be More Than a Crowdfunding Platform
'Our mission statement does not contain the word crowdfunding,' says Yancey Strickler, a co-founder and CEO of the company.
Get Your Burning Crowdfunding Questions Answered on Kickstarter's Version of Reddit
Called Campus, the online forum gives crowdfunders a place to get support and feedback about how to launch and run a campaign.
$2 Billion Has Been Raised on GoFundMe
It took the personal crowdfunding site five years go get to the first billion-dollar mark and only nine months to hit that second billion.
How an Engineer's Desire to Keep His Keys Organized Led to a Business
Here are the five steps Michel Tunney used to take his idea from a Kickstarter campaign to retail stores.
The First 100,000 Successful Kickstarter Campaigns, in 10 Numbers
The crowdfunding platform released a mountain of data to celebrate its latest milestone. We pulled out a handful of the most interesting bits.