Although the number of new subscribers to the site has fallen, Daily Dish founder Andrew Sullivan says he now has a stable base of about 30,000 subscribers paying a total of… Read more »
Canadian journalist Jesse Brown decided he needed to get paid for his podcast or give it up, so he asked his listeners for help by setting up a crowdfunding campaign through… Read more »
A deep dive into Kickstarter and Indiegogo showed that only 32 percent of successfully-funded printers have shipped on time, with an average delay of 2.3 months. Read more »
De Correspondent, the Dutch crowdfunding success story, has built a $2-million base of subscribers in just a year — and it has also learned a lot about how being open with… Read more »
Kickstarter’s creator, Perry Chen, wants to tackle a new problem: Fundraising for nonprofits. He’s doing what he does best and is starting a crowdfunding service called Dollar a Day. A new organization is featured on… Read more »
Journalists need to learn how to do more than just tell readers about news events — they need to understand how to listen as well, and how to help their communities… Read more »
Websites like Etsy are placing a spinning wheel on their websites for a day to warn what will happen if the FCC permits so-called “fast lanes” on the internet. But many… Read more »
Brightidea, the innovation platform, has a fall release coming out, and their press release summarizes what’s coming: New highlights from Brightidea’s Fall 2014 release include: • Crowdfunding – source financial investment… Read more »
Until June, Kickstarter vetted every single project posted on its website. It still takes down the occasional scam that sneaks past its moderators and algorithms. Read more »