Note 6

University of Sri Jayewardenepura
University of Sri JayewardenepuraChairman Board of Management at University of Sri Jayewardenepura and Coordinator, PhD in Management programm à University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Created by
Jacqueline Murphy Miller
for CultivateNC
What is Crowdfunding?
Crowdfunding is a method for
obtaining project funding, by
soliciting contributions from a
large group of people, and
especially from an online
community.
http://en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/crowdfunding
Crowdfunding isn’t really new
Early crowd funding efforts can
even date back to the
18th century when writers and
musicians gathered money from
many investors to publish large
pieces of work.
Giveforward
One of the earliest crowdfunding
platforms was launched in 2008 after
its co-founder could not find a
meaningful way to help families
affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Giveforward motto
“We’re here to help if you’re looking
for a way to raise funds for friends or
loved ones in need.”
KICKSTARTER
Another early crowdfunding platform
that has generated huge success is
KICKSTARTER.
KICKSTARTER specializes in creative
projects such as films, games, art and
technology.
http://www.kickstarter.com/hello?ref=nav
KICKSTARTER
• $850 million pledged
• By more than 5 million people
• Funding more than 50,000 creative
projects
http://www.kickstarter.com/hello?ref=nav
More
than
500
crowdfunding
platforms
Why does it work?
Small donations from many people
can raise a lot of money.
By tapping into your online social
connections, you can reach a much
broader audience in less time than
traditional fundraising processes.
Examples of Crowdfunding sites
• Crowdfunder (specializes in business and
tech start-ups)
• Crowdrise (funds charities & causes)
• Quirky (funds for inventors)
• Invested.in (to create your own funding
community)
• Indiegogo (no specialization)
Crowdsourcing or Crowdfunding?
Crowdfunding falls under the Crowdsourcing
umbrella, but not all crowdsourcing services
are looking for donations.
Some crowdsourcing sites collect innovative
ideas or work on problem solving questions
Two basic models
for fundraising
1. Donation based
2. Investment based
The Process
Create a
Page
Spread
the Word
Collect
Donations
Selecting a
Crowdfunding Service
The Giveforward website offers four
suggestions or things to think about if
you are considering using an online
crowdfunding service.
http://www.giveforward.com/s/learn/
Choose a user friendly service
Navigate through the website.
• Does it make sense to you?
• Do you like how the pages look?
• Can you easily update and edit the
information?
Website Tools
The best crowdfunding website will
have social tools to assist in sharing
your fundraiser on social media.
Make sure the website has
Facebook and Twitter applications as
well as an easy way to share via
email.
Fundraising Coaches
Check to see if the people behind the
website are accessible. Do they have
email addresses, a live chat, a phone
line, or all three?
It is very important that you feel the
website and the team behind it are
honest, responsible, and legitimate.
Fees
Normal fees for personal fundraising
sites range from 7% to 12%.
Some organizations charge the credit
card processing fees to the donor;
others roll the fees into the
organization service charges.
This information came from the Give Forward online
crowdfunding website.
Example
All-or-nothing funding is a core part
of KICKSTARTER
If a project is successfully funded,
they apply a 5% fee to the funds
collected plus credit card processing
fees of 3 to 5%.
Read the fine print and get
legal advice
http://www.crowdsourcing.org/directory
Crowdfunding Directory
Watch a crowdfunding
success story from
Tarboro, NC.
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tarboro-
brewing-company--2
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Note 6

  • 1. Created by Jacqueline Murphy Miller for CultivateNC
  • 2. What is Crowdfunding? Crowdfunding is a method for obtaining project funding, by soliciting contributions from a large group of people, and especially from an online community. http://en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/crowdfunding
  • 4. Early crowd funding efforts can even date back to the 18th century when writers and musicians gathered money from many investors to publish large pieces of work.
  • 5. Giveforward One of the earliest crowdfunding platforms was launched in 2008 after its co-founder could not find a meaningful way to help families affected by Hurricane Katrina.
  • 6. Giveforward motto “We’re here to help if you’re looking for a way to raise funds for friends or loved ones in need.”
  • 7. KICKSTARTER Another early crowdfunding platform that has generated huge success is KICKSTARTER.
  • 8. KICKSTARTER specializes in creative projects such as films, games, art and technology. http://www.kickstarter.com/hello?ref=nav
  • 9. KICKSTARTER • $850 million pledged • By more than 5 million people • Funding more than 50,000 creative projects http://www.kickstarter.com/hello?ref=nav
  • 11. Why does it work? Small donations from many people can raise a lot of money. By tapping into your online social connections, you can reach a much broader audience in less time than traditional fundraising processes.
  • 12. Examples of Crowdfunding sites • Crowdfunder (specializes in business and tech start-ups) • Crowdrise (funds charities & causes) • Quirky (funds for inventors) • Invested.in (to create your own funding community) • Indiegogo (no specialization)
  • 13. Crowdsourcing or Crowdfunding? Crowdfunding falls under the Crowdsourcing umbrella, but not all crowdsourcing services are looking for donations. Some crowdsourcing sites collect innovative ideas or work on problem solving questions
  • 14. Two basic models for fundraising 1. Donation based 2. Investment based
  • 15. The Process Create a Page Spread the Word Collect Donations
  • 16. Selecting a Crowdfunding Service The Giveforward website offers four suggestions or things to think about if you are considering using an online crowdfunding service. http://www.giveforward.com/s/learn/
  • 17. Choose a user friendly service Navigate through the website. • Does it make sense to you? • Do you like how the pages look? • Can you easily update and edit the information?
  • 18. Website Tools The best crowdfunding website will have social tools to assist in sharing your fundraiser on social media. Make sure the website has Facebook and Twitter applications as well as an easy way to share via email.
  • 19. Fundraising Coaches Check to see if the people behind the website are accessible. Do they have email addresses, a live chat, a phone line, or all three? It is very important that you feel the website and the team behind it are honest, responsible, and legitimate.
  • 20. Fees Normal fees for personal fundraising sites range from 7% to 12%. Some organizations charge the credit card processing fees to the donor; others roll the fees into the organization service charges. This information came from the Give Forward online crowdfunding website.
  • 21. Example All-or-nothing funding is a core part of KICKSTARTER If a project is successfully funded, they apply a 5% fee to the funds collected plus credit card processing fees of 3 to 5%.
  • 22. Read the fine print and get legal advice
  • 24. Watch a crowdfunding success story from Tarboro, NC. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tarboro- brewing-company--2

Notes de l'éditeur

  1. It’s an updated version of a traditional fundraising process. It used to be that church groups or civic groups would raise money to build a school or some community project. With the internet, that local group can reach out to a much larger population.
  2. This was taken from the Give Forward website: http://www.giveforward.com/p/crowdfunding/crowd-funding websites?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=adcenterppc&utm_campaign=_a_crowdfunding_sites
  3. One of the earliest crowdfunding platforms was launched in 2008 after its co-founder could not find a meaningful way to help families affected by Hurricane Katrina.  In 2010, Give Forward became the 1st crowd funding website for personal/individual medical fundraising and for fundraising around catastrophic events such hurricanes and typhoons.
  4. http://www.kickstarter.com/hello?ref=nav
  5. Since its launch on April 28, 2009, over $850 million has been pledged by more than 5 million people, funding more than 50,000 creative projects. According to Chance Barnett, (Forbes Magazine), Crowdfunding has revitalized the Arts at a time when support for public art is steadily dying off.
  6. With this kind of success, many other crowdfunding platforms have jumped on the bandwagon. According to an article in Forbes Magazine, there are over 500 active crowdfunding platforms. http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryancaldbeck/2013/06/23/crowdfunding-trends-which-crowdfunding-sites-will-survive/
  7. Most crowdfunding platforms specialize or focus on a specific area such as art, business or charities.
  8. There are even platforms for generating ideas and problem solving for scientific research. In these cases the donors are not providing money but are sharing their skills; there may be some monetary reward. Click on the link to see an example of problem solving research. http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/02/11/crowdsourcing-innovation-harvard-study-suggests-prizes-can-spur-scientific-problem-solving/JxDkOkuIKboRjWAoJpM0OK/story.html
  9. The donation based crowdfunding platform was the original model. Donors contribute to a project idea or charity. They may receive products or some sort of perk but no financial return. Investment based or equity funding is a newer model where businesses seeking capital sell ownership stakes online in the form of equity or debt. Individuals who fund these businesses or products have the potential for financial return which is not possible in the donation model. http://www.forbes.com/sites/chancebarnett/2013/05/08/top-10-crowdfunding-sites-for-fundraising/ Investment based funding is a new platform and some of the legal aspects are still under review. Our best recommendation is to obtain legal council if you have a group that is interested in this type of fundraising. Check out this link to learn more about Investment-based funding https://www.crowdfunder.com/
  10. In general, the process for setting up a crowdfunding account follows a similar pattern. Create a page. Write a compelling story about your product or cause. Spread the word, develop social media resources Collect donations The process is not complicated but steps one and two are critical to the success or failure. The story is your only marketing tool. You might want to consider getting some professional or expert help in developing the story. In addition, you should plan to spend time on the outreach campaign. Once the website is up, you need to send people to the website and those people need to share the story with their friends. In the movie Eat, Pray, Love, the main character (Julia Roberts) sent an email to her friends asking them to help out a new friend she had met on her travels (in lieu of birthday gifts). She wrote to them explaining the problem, and also included a description of the person and why she was special. The response was overwhelming and generated more funds than was needed. (The movie captured a simple form of crowdfunding.)
  11. Link to Give Forward http://www.giveforward.com/s/learn/
  12. This information came from the Give Forward online crowdfunding website. Be sure you understand the processing fees for credit card charges. http://www.giveforward.com/p/crowdfunding/best-crowdfunding-websites
  13. All-or-nothing funding is a core part of Kickstarter--it's less risk for everyone. If you need $5,000, it's tough having $1,000 and a bunch of people expecting you to complete a $5,000 project.  The majority of funding initially comes from the fans and friends of each project. If they like it, they'll spread the word to their friends, and so on. Press, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and Kickstarter itself are also big sources of traffic and pledges. If a project is successfully funded, Kickstarter applies a 5% fee to the funds collected, if the project does not meet its funding goal, Kickstarter does not process the credit card donations. Kickstarter website: http://www.kickstarter.com/help/faq/kickstarter%20basics
  14. Read the fine print. Get legal advice. There are many online websites that offer crowdfunding and the list of options is growing everyday. Each of these services has different guidelines and fees.
  15. http://www.crowdsourcing.org/directory
  16. Video link: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tarboro-brewing-company--2