Tagged: interviews

June 25, 2013 @ 9:44 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Richard Bliss is a well-known figure in the crowdfunding world and hosts the “Funding The Dream” podcast on iTunes. Devin Thorpe of Forbes interviewed Bliss about crowdfunding strategy, his podcast and more. It’s a very interesting interview that manages to hit on pretty much every… Read More

June 18, 2013 @ 9:39 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Brad Muir is leading the campaign for MASSIVE CHALICE, the second game launched by Double Fine Productions on Kickstarter. The campaign will literally be crossing the $1 million mark just about any minute at the time of writing, and Double Fine Productions will become the… Read More

June 12, 2013 @ 8:58 am By Charles Luzar  |  

James Stumpf took to Kickstarter back in 2011 to try and raise funds for a slick wireless keyboard. It started out as a great crowdfunding story. $67,500 raised from 638 backers in a month and a half. Measuring in at only 9.8mm thick, Levitatr™ is… Read More

June 9, 2013 @ 12:49 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Anton Volney recently posted three interviews with three different Kickstarter project creators. The interviews covered the ethos behind each of the three products as well as some of the strategies employed to find success. All three of the interviews were posted at SucceedInYourPajamas.com, a site… Read More

June 5, 2013 @ 9:10 pm By The Impaler Speaks  |  

Hybrid Vigor stirred the imaginations of film-lovers and crowdfunders the world over in the summer of 2012 with a Kickstarter campaign for the ages and a nod as Indiewire’s Project Of The Week. Filming is underway and on schedule. The Impaler Speaks has featured two previous interviews with creator Brandon Fowler, which… Read More

June 5, 2013 @ 9:39 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Earlier this week Forbes contributor Devin Thorpe interviewed three professors regarding their recent report on patterns in crowdfunding markets. Serious academic research in the nascent field of crowdfunding is limited, but Gordon Burtch of the University of Minnesota, Anindya Ghose of New York University and Sunil Wattal… Read More

June 1, 2013 @ 10:50 am By Forbes  |  

When Rob Rhinehart sought to raise some money to expand production of his self-made superfood drink, Soylent, he asked for a humble $100,000. A little over a week into the 30-day campaign he’d raised almost $400,000. The initial goal was met within two hours. Wow!… Read More

May 27, 2013 @ 11:06 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Greg Puciato is lead singer of popular hardcore act The Dillinger Escape Plan, and he had some pointed words about the crowdfunding space as it relates to artists and musicians. He basically makes an argument that asking for money as a prerequisite to making art… Read More

May 8, 2013 @ 3:45 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Zach Braff took an opportunity to address his critics and wax poetic on the larger crowdfunding space during a 17 minute interview with the team behind Kickstarted. Kickstarted is a documentary on crowdfunding currently being prepared for a Kickstarter campaign itself. Of note is Braff’s… Read More

May 4, 2013 @ 12:28 pm By Upstart Business Journal  |  

The one-year anniversary of the JOBS Act has come and gone with no action from the Securities and Exchange Commission to open up equity crowdfunding to the masses. But at least one chief executive officer of a new crowdfunding company isn’t letting that get her… Read More

May 4, 2013 @ 12:25 pm By Hollywood Reporter  |  

The “Garden State” director talks “Veronica Mars,” anxiety over hitting the crowd-funding goal and answering all his critics. Zach Braff has heard the arguments about why he shouldn’t be using Kickstarter to fund his new film. But he doesn’t buy his detractors’ logic. “My brain has… Read More

April 16, 2013 @ 7:45 am By Popular Science  |  

Most independent inventors don’t have bottomless bank accounts. To fund their dreams, many innovators are appealing to strangers on the Web for help. Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler weighs in on this growing source of grassroots venture capital. How does crowdfunding work? Traditional funding channels support… Read More

April 11, 2013 @ 9:12 am By Turnstyle News  |  

Last April, I took up running again after an absence of over 15 years. Turns out I’m not nearly as fast as I used to be. Still, a month ago I decided to run a half marathon to raise money for rescue animals and learned exactly why… Read More

March 29, 2013 @ 9:12 am By Gold and Fabulous  |  

Recently I met up with Kevin Straszburger from Crowdonomic during the busy Social Media Week Singapore. We then connected on Twitter and decided to expand knowledge on Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding through this In Conversation post. Tell us a bit about yourself? I’m a french entrepreneur… Read More

February 28, 2013 @ 8:35 pm By David Drake  |  

This guest Q&A is by David Drake, founder and CEO of LDJ Capital and The Soho Loft. He recently sat down withChance Barnett, CEO of CrowdFunder, which enables businesses to raise equity and revenue-based financing. Drake: How do you feel about the progress the crowdfunding… Read More

January 17, 2013 @ 10:28 am By Jonathan Sandlund, The Crowd Cafe  |  

From The Crowd Cafe’s Jonathan Sandlund… I had the opportunity to sit down with David Rose. Penned by Forbes as the “Father of Angel Investing in New York,” David is a serial entrepreneur and mentor, Chair of the New York Angels, and the CEO of… Read More