Category: crowdfunding
Rotterdam Crowdfunds a Walkway
Last week we looked at the potential for crowdfunding urban improvements. This week Springwise has a piece on efforts by the City of Rotterdam to crowdfund a pedestrian walkway: [A] wooden pedestrian bridge dubbed the Luchtsingel will span 350 meters and require 17,000 planks. Citizens are invited to chip in and help fund the effort [...]
Can Kickstarter Solve Urban Problems?
Over at the Design Observer Group, Alexandra Lange has a very thoughtful piece on how to use Kickstarter to fund public projects: Most of the Kickstarter projects under the Design tab congregate around the themes of bikes, cheese, typography and iAnything, yet there is now a subset of urban interventions. A plastic tent for a [...]
Crowdfunding Goes Mainstream
Want proof? How about a big story in the business section of the New York Times? Here’s what it had to say about the recent growth of Kickstarter: “This year marks the year that we’ve seen Kickstarter enter the real world in a number of ways,” said Perry Chen, one of its founders. “At Tribeca [...]
Changing the Economic Development Game: Ireland Crowdsources Job Creation
This from a recent Springwise post: Businesses can benefit from crowdsourcing in many ways – from problem-solving with university talent to gaining new ideas for economic improvement. Now ConnectIreland is encouraging the crowds to pass on the details of business contacts looking to expand in Europe, in exchange for monetary imbursement. The initiative has been [...]
Crowdfunding Goes to College
It is really hard to tell if this is good news or bad news. Care2.com reports the launching of Takeashine, a crowdfunding site intended to raise college tuition money for “underserved” students: Through the proven effectiveness of crowdfunding, Takeashine’s online community platform will help students meet their financial needs for higher education. The platform will [...]
Crowdfunding: Everybody’s Doing It
Well, maybe not everybody. But a lot more people and organizations are participating. According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, there are now more than 400 crowdfunding sites on the Internet: As regulators consider easing online fundraising rules for small firms, a new directory lists more than 400 websites around the world that already generate [...]
