After a successful fundraising campaign on Mobcaster, two twenty-somethings in Melbourne are busy producing the world’s first crowdfunded TV series, The Weatherman. Crowdfund it! spoke with the show’s co-creator and executive producer, Lucas Crandles, to find out more. Crowdfund it!: Hi Lucas. Your production company, Dark Heart Productions, raised $72,500 on Mobcaster (a … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2012
International fundraising platform FundRazr
During the research and writing stage of Crowdfund it! I discovered many interesting platforms. Canadian-based FundRazr is one of these and worth looking into for your project due to their partnerships and global accessibility. Bret Conkin is the Vice President of Marketing for FundRazr and answers some questions for me today. He … Continue reading
Crowdfunding Movies: The Second Coming
Update 22/10/12: Success! The Second Coming Movie has exceeded their funding target with around 22 hours still to run! Here’s hoping they continue to receive funding up until close of the project. Update 21/10/2012: With a mere forty hours left to run the project still has another 2% to raise to meet … Continue reading
Brisbane-based crowdfunding platform iPledg
iPledg is a crowdfunding platform on which those with creative, commercial, charitable, and community projects can raise funds from their networks and beyond. While still a relatively new concept in Australia, crowdfunding is the fastest growing form of ecommerce on the planet, and funds raised in this way do not … Continue reading
Creating social change with StartSomeGood
StartSomeGood is one of the crowdfunding platforms I feel very inspired by. They are using and adapting a crowdfunding platform to match up those who want to improve the world and those who are able to support them. While researching Crowdfund it! I had an long conversation with Co-founder Tom Dawkins and I’m … Continue reading