Big excitement in the world of crowdfunding in our region – today is the big day that the first projects from Australia and New Zealand launch on Kickstarter! Of course, there have been Aussie and Kiwi Kickstarter projects before. Some people had partners in the US (or more recently the … Continue reading
Category Archives: US Platforms
Ten inspiring changemakers from StartSomeGood
When writing Crowdfund it! I was very inspired to learn of StartSomeGood and the way they adapted crowdfunding to connect those who want to change the world and those who want to help them. I had the pleasure of talking to co-founder Tom Dawkins during the research phase of the book … Continue reading
Tracking Trends on Kickstarter with Kicktraq
I have to thank Mat Walker for tipping me off about this cool project tracking tool for Kickstarter projects. Kicktraq shows funding goals and the trends towards that goal. You can also look at pledging levels per day, average pledges and how many people have supported the project. I wanted … 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