Tagged: event

September 26, 2013 @ 2:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

One Spark held their inaugural festival this past Spring in April.  Over 130,000 attendees crowded the streets of Jacksonville, Florida for an event that was marketed as, “The Worlds First Crowdfunding Festival”.  With attendance so strong organizers are already planning for a bigger event now… Read More

September 20, 2013 @ 5:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Forum is to provide a platform to highlight perceived unnecessary impediments to small business capital formation and address whether they can be eliminated or reduced. Mandated by the Small Business Investment Incentive Act of 1980, the SEC has scheduled their annual forum that focuses on… Read More

September 6, 2013 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

The National Association for Business Economists (NABE) will be holding their 55th annual meeting next week in San Francisco.  As part of the gathering a session has been scheduled entitled, “Crowdfinancing: Can the Revolution in Financial Intermediation be a Catalyst for Small Business?”. This session… Read More

September 5, 2013 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Inaugural Conference to be held at Snowbird in Utah on September 27, 2013. Hosted by writer Devin D. Thorpe and Dr. Richard Swart  the one-day event will bring social innovators together to discuss social entrepreneurship, impact investing, philanthropy and crowdfunding. All entrepreneurs, investors and those… Read More

September 5, 2013 @ 8:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Bloomberg Tradebook & Capital Connections Crowdfunding Event on September 9th. Bloomberg Tradebook is joining the crowdfunding rush by hosting an evening event next week on Monday, September 9th, 2013.  The gathering will take place at Bloomberg LP.  The presentation will discuss: Crowdfunding platforms, review some… Read More

August 31, 2013 @ 12:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Inaugural Fair Trade Filmmaking Festival, WestFest to Be Held at The HUB LA in Los Angeles, October 1st through 3rd. Seed&Spark, a crowdfunding plus digital distribution platform for independent film, has announced that it will host their first fair trade filmmaking festival, WestFest, from October 1-3,… Read More

August 28, 2013 @ 11:47 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Last year was the first year for the One Spark festival, a crowdfunding event that turned downtown Jacksonville, Florida into a hub of entrepreneurship and creativity. Elton Rivas, Dennis Eusebio, and Varick Rosete created One Spark, Inc. in 2011 with the goal of connecting creativity… Read More

August 26, 2013 @ 10:23 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In his keynote address at the upcoming Crowdfunding East Conference, to be heldat the Harvard Faculty Club in Boston on August 28th, author Daryl Montgomery will be revealing for the first time some highlights from his upcoming book aboutthis rapidly growing field. Daryly Montgomery is… Read More

August 22, 2013 @ 3:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Canada has a unique financial regulatory structure where each province is pretty much on its own.  But Canada has not shied away from the enormous benefits of crowdfunding, and in fact the equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube is poised to go live in Canada soon. Creating… Read More

August 21, 2013 @ 8:53 am By JD Alois  |  

SterlingFunder is the nation’s first equity/debt crowdfunding portal for both accredited and non-accredited investors.  CEO and co-founder David Lilenfeld to Speak at Kingonomics Conference. Kingonomics set to take place  next week in Washington DC will bring together big names in innovation, entrepreneurship and investment.  Crowdfunding site SterlingFunder… Read More

August 20, 2013 @ 8:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo Co-Founder Slava Rubin is Scheduled to Speak at Kauffman Foundation on August 27th to “Demystify” crowdfunding.  Presentation is titled “How to Raise $1 Million in 30 Days or Less”. Indiegogo CEO will be sharing his thoughts on crowdfunding at the Kauffman Foundation – considered… Read More

August 19, 2013 @ 4:16 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Victoria Silchenko and Metropole Global have announced the speakers for the 2013 Entrepreneurship and Global Crowdfunding Forum. This will be the second year for this event. It will take place Friday, November 15th, 2013, from 9am to 8pm at the JW Marriott Le Merigot in Santa… Read More

August 18, 2013 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Venice, California based Crowdfunder, a crowdfunding platform for businesses and Social Media Week LA (SMWLA) have partnered to create CROWDFUNDxLA an online competition for LA based start-ups.  Top local investors and accelerators are participating in this event. Some of the supporters include:  Dave Travers of… Read More

August 12, 2013 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo continues their ambassadorial outreach trips to various cities across Canada.  To date they have scheduled and visited both Toronto and Montreal, hosting successful gatherings for potential crowdfunders.  Next up they are heading West to Vancouver. This next city session will feature principle and evangalist… Read More

August 11, 2013 @ 10:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Activist – founder of BurnBright Lifeworks and lecturer of “Developing and Implementing Ideas” at Columbia University, Ozioma Egwuonwu, created The International Day for Dreamers in 2012.  The concept is encouraging people to turn their dreams into reality, and make the world a brighter, more innovative and… Read More

August 8, 2013 @ 6:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

The 3rd Annual Kickstarter Film Fest was held this past week and reports from Kickstarter show it was an incredible success.  The event held in Brooklyn under the shadow of the Williamsburg bridge was a gather filled with music, film and much fun by all… Read More

August 8, 2013 @ 11:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Held earlier this year in Singapore, Crowdsourcing Week  had their inaugural conference covering the realm of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding.  The conference gathered a diverse and varied group of industry participants from around the world sharing their experiences and talking about the future. They hope to… Read More

August 5, 2013 @ 2:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding East Conference will take  place at Harvard Faculty Club in Cambridge, MA on August 28th. The event will bring together those who are looking for funds to fuel their businesses, causes and creative projects and companies which are providing this opportunity through crowdfunding. The conference… Read More

July 28, 2013 @ 10:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Rock The Post, an online investment platform that connects entrepreneurs with accredited investors who are interested in investing in innovative start-up companies is scheduled to hold their first Digital Demo Day this coming Tuesday, July 30th.  The objective is to host live webinars each month featuring… Read More

July 11, 2013 @ 11:09 am By JD Alois  |  

The Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA), a leading trade organization for the crowdfunding industry, has released the agenda for its 2nd Annual Crowd Investing Innovation Forum.  The event is to be held on August 8th – 9th in Orlando, Florida. Event organizer Luan Cox commented on… Read More