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10 Stories From the Web to Know About This Week, Nov. 8, 2013

Why Twitter has staying power, a progressive pitch in NYC, play with your pet remotely via Petcube, putting the iPad Air through the ringer, why small businesses should love Bitcoin. This week's notable news and tantalizing tidbits for entrepreneurs.

By Brad Crescenzo

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10 Tips I Wish I Knew Before I Launched My Kickstarter Campaign

By Dwight Peters

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10 of the Most Innovative and Bizarre of the Top 100 Crowdfunded Companies

By Entrepreneur Staff

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Pebble’s $10 Million Crowdfunding Secret: Keep It Simple

By Jason Fell

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Crowdfunding Hall of Fame: 9 Successful Crowdfunded Startups

Crowdfunding, which started as a way to fund small projects, has become a serious funding machine.

By Grant Davis and Lauren Shores

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Top 100 Crowdfunded Companies

We're all in this together: Take a look at our exclusive list of 100 companies that are crowdfunding success stories.

By Asheesh Advani

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New Crowdfunding Platform Gives Hardware Innovators Realistic Production Sources

HWTrek offers hardware innovators the opportunity to prove their business model to experts, consumers and manufacturers.

By Ashley Lee

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This Startup Wants Your Water Filter to Be Beautiful

Tapping into the water-filter market, startup Soma explains how it is looking to turn the business on its head.

By Andrea Huspeni

Tech

MakerBot Unveils a Desktop 3-D Scanner for $1,400

The Brooklyn-based additive manufacturing company says that it is accepting pre-orders for its MakerBot Digitizer, which will begin shipping in October.

By Catherine Clifford

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How a First-Time Entrepreneur’s Kickstarter Project Landed on Toys ‘R’ Us Shelves in Less Than a Year

Industry insiders laughed at the engineering toy for girls, but its inventor was determined to change the landscape of the 'pink aisle.' Entrepreneur Debbie Sterling shares how she transformed her idea into a million-dollar company.

By Kathleen Davis

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Kickstarter’s Crowdfunding Competitors That Also Help Deliver the Goods

Once a successful crowdfunding campaign ends, the pressure is on for entrepreneurs to make good on their promises. These platforms can help.

By Rachel Solomon

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Crowdfunding’s Growth Spurt Going Strong

Crowdfunding platforms are multiplying around the world and the sums that they're raising are growing exponentially.

By Catherine Clifford

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Kickstarter’s Rising Competition: Crowdfunding Alternatives to Donation-Based Sites

The JOBS Act may soon go into effect, but young entrepreneurs don't need to wait to look for investors in the crowd.

By Larry Baker and Charlie Tribbett

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5 Lessons I Learned From My Failed Kickstarter Campaign

YogoSport founder Ryon Lane offers advice to young entrepreneurs about how to make your Kickstarter project a success.

By Ryon Lane

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How One Young Entrepreneur’s Quest to Encourage Women Engineers Led Her to GoldieBlox

Not happy about the dearth of women in engineering? Debbie Sterling thinks overly-girlie toys are to blame.

By Maria Muto-Porter

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10 Questions to Ask When Creating Your First Kickstarter Project

All you need to know to improve your odds of raising money on the popular crowdfunding site.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Online Presence

In Mobile Push, Facebook Buys Parse to Court App Developers

Facebook's $85 million acquisition, Tumblr's new mobile ads, Zach Braff's Kickstarter project and more social-media news.

By Brian Patrick Eha

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How One Young Trep’s Quest to Encourage Women Engineers Led Her to GoldieBlox

Not happy about the dearth of women in engineering? Debbie Sterling thinks overly-girlie toys are to blame.

By Maria Muto-Porter

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Behind a Brand Extension: How a Sweatshirt Raised Over $1 Million on Kickstarter

Flint and Tinder's founder shares tips on how he successfully branched out with a new product -- and you can, too.

By Catherine Clifford

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‘Veronica Mars’ Secrets You Can Use in Your Kickstarter Campaign

Entrepreneurs looking for a funding boost can learn a few tricks from the cult favorite's Kickstarter success story.

By Rod Kurtz

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4 Things Young Entrepreneurs Need to Know About the JOBS Act

When it comes to landing startup capital, crowdfunding can be a young entrepreneur's best friend. Given the new crowdfudning law, though, here are a few changes that'll pay to know sooner than later.

By Larry Baker and Charlie Tribbett

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The Next Big Thing in Crowdfunding: In-Person Events

When it comes to landing funding, a smile and a handshake still go a long way. Check out the latest wave in crowdfunding.

By Jason HeadsetsDotCom

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Delay in Crowdfunding Rules Hurts Foreign Entrepreneurs (Opinion)

Startups in emerging markets like Vietnam want to tap U.S investors, but capital won't flow until crowdfunding moves forward, writes Case Western's Michael Goldberg.

By Michael Goldberg

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3 Innovative Tech Startups on Kickstarter Right Now

A look at crowdfunding stars, plus tips for raising the money you need to get off the ground.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

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14 Hot Startups Funded by High-Profile Entrepreneurs

Find out which startups are attracting the attention -- and the dollars -- of some of the most high-profile entrepreneurs.

By Kara Ohngren Prior

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Kickstarter’s New Rules for Entrepreneurs

Three new steps to keep in mind when submitting your project to the popular crowdfunding site.

By Cynthia Boris

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Rock The Post’s Tanya Prive on the Future of Crowdfunding

This start-up crowdfunding site isn't just up against giants like Kickstarter and Indiegogo, it also has the JOBS Act to contend with. Here, the founder dishes on the site's progress and overcoming obstacles.

By Lambeth Hochwald

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Rock The Post’s Tanya Privé on the Future of Crowdfunding

By Lambeth Hochwald

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How an Eco-Friendly Fashion Startup Landed on Top Retailers’ Shelves in 6 Months

See how these young treps turned a winning Kickstarter campaign into a thriving business in just a few months.

By Eric Shapiro

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How Eco-Friendly Fashion Startup Landed on Top Retailers’ Shelves in 6 Months

See how these young treps turned a winning Kickstarter campaign into a thriving business in just a few months. Photo credit: Adrian Cabrero, courtesy of ENK International

By Eric Shapiro