So, what is crowdfunding? Crowdfunding is a means of getting money for a project or purpose from your peers and having to either pay it back, give up a stake in your project, or merely give certain perks or rewards to those who choose to invest in you. Thus the answer...
Crowdfunding & Fundraising Articles
General information on how crowdfunding and peer-to-peer fundraising actually work, from both the fundraiser’s and the investor’s side, across equity, debt, rewards, and donation models.
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Rewards-Based Crowdfunding Overview
Rewards-based crowdfunding is probably the most popular type of crowdsourcing available today, given that there are no limits on who can invest and who can apply for funds. The perks and rewards available with reward-based crowdfunding may not add up to a financial...
Equity Crowdfunding: Investor Overview
Equity crowdfunding investments are challenging and take a good bit of homework. Finding the product or service that has the most potential is only the start; you also need to understand the percentage of equity that makes sense to both sides. But equity-based...
Peer-to-Peer Lending
Peer-to-peer lending is less commonly mentioned than crowdfunding, but it is a potentially fruitful way to get your project off the ground. Like a traditional lending source like a bank, the P2P lending investor cares most about whether the person can repay things. ...
Peer-to-Peer Business Lending
Peer-to-peer business lending is increasingly popular and provides an alternative to traditional loans and crowdfunding. In other words, while some businesses turn to conventional lenders like banks for loans that might pay for ongoing operations, expansions, or times...
Crowdfunding for Nonprofits
Crowdfunding for nonprofits can help a company raise money for its mission or cause. We tackle this topic in two ways: The more obvious way of nonprofit crowdfunding is to raise money externally, just like traditional crowdsourcing, and crowdfunding platforms for...