CrowdIt about:
What is CrowdIt?
CrowdIt is a revolution in crowd funding! A web based
platform in which “Dreamers” submit projects to crowdit.com and “Believers” can
then pledge to give support to those projects and help make dreams come true. At
CrowdIt we believe everyone at some point in their life has had a dream that
never came true due to a lack of capital, now with the help of CrowdIt those
dreams can be a reality. CrowdIt marries the best of crowd funding websites
with the power of social media to create a platform where there are no limits
in the dreams that you can achieve.
Submit Your Project Now!
Don’t just Dream it, CrowdIt! Click on that big
CrowdIt button you see on this page and submit your project to us now so that
when the ticker hits zero and CrowdIt goes live on the World Wide Web, your
project can be one of the first projects featured on CrowdIt! Get creative,
dream big, only the strong will survive and make the cut!
"Just as we believe all great ideas, all dreams
can become a reality through CrowdIt, we too want to do everything we can to
drive that revolution! And you can make that a reality! By pledging to our
project CrowdIt, you can have a tremendous amount of influence over making this
site the best crowd funding site in the world. We will use all the money raised
through our "Drive the Revolution" campaign to continue to build and
improve upon crowdit.com, to always make the first pledge to every project
approved for our site, to continue supporting crowdfunding legislation, and to
build a community of "Dreamers" and "Believers" that
together can make incredible dreams come true. If that’s not enough, just check
out all the cool swag you can receive for making your pledge!
At CrowdIt you make it happen, when you "Drive
the Revolution" you control what CrowdIt is and more importantly what
CrowdIt can become. At CrowdIt we know that crowd funding is all about making
your dreams come true, all about breaking down the barriers of creativity and
entrepreneurship which is why we want you to control your own destiny and
"Drive the Revolution"! Let your voice be heard, let CrowdIt be the
platform where YOU control the future of crowd funding.
History of the Crowd Funding Revolution:
Crowd funding (alternately crowdfunding, crowd
financing, equity crowdfunding, crowd sourced capital or street performer
protocol) describes the collective cooperation, attention and trust by people
who network and pool their money and other resources together, usually via the
Internet, to support efforts initiated by other people or organizations. Crowd
funding occurs for any variety of purposes,[1] from disaster relief to citizen
journalism to artists seeking support from fans, to political campaigns, to
funding a startup company, movie [2] or small business[3] or creating free
software.
Groups and cooperatives have been micro lending for
several hundred years. One of the larger and more popular programs was called
the Irish Loan Fund. Started by Jonathan Swift in the 1700s, the fund provided
loans to low-income families in rural areas. As time went on Crowd Funding took
on various aspects to this form of group lending power whether in the form of
actual group financing or in the form of donation or pledges by many in return
for small incentives, trinkets or product.
NOW!
With the evolution of the internet and more important
social media crowdfunding began to see a high rate of growth, especially among
creative projects, independent film makers, artists, and technology based
projects. Fast forward to the collapse of the U.S. economy, the tightening of
lending regulations and the lack of capital freely flowing from the banking institution
and the perfect storm was created. Crowd funding has begun to explode on the
scene as one of the few viable options for raising capital when bound by a lack
of personal or corporate assets. Although still bound by strict SEC regulation
Crowdfunding was not a viable option for starting a business or company due to
the inability to exchange stock for investment unless you had the rescources to
reach “Accredited Investors” and put together a fully regulated and acceptable
prospectus meeting the SEC guidelines for such an offering. But as Crowdfunding
grew so did the voice of the people and the masses to deregulate SEC guidelines
when pertaining to Crowdfunding for start-ups, enter the “Entrepreneurs Right
to Capital Act” also known as bill H.R. 2930 or the “Jobs Act”.
Future of the Revolution!
The future of crowdfunding is NOW and is allowing
investors’ equity in an idea or business. If we can fund ideas from friends who
want to see us become successful, imagine if those friends actually got to
participate in the revenue stream. Wouldn’t you give a little extra if, instead
of receiving a simple return, you had the opportunity not only to make a profit
but also to own a percentage of the company itself? With the passing of the
"Jobs Act" by the House and Senate and then being signed into law on
April 5th 2012 the future is now! Crowdfunding can now be utilized by anyone
under new less restrictive guidelines to raise capital for start ups in
exchange for ownership or stock. This is huge, and will drive a revolution of
creative projects and innovative companies the likes of which have never been
seen. Crowd funding still relatively unknown to the masses will in our opinion
impact and revolutionize the face of business and entrepreneurship in a way
that is yet to be fully realized. Now anyone can realize their dreams so join
the revolution with us at CrowdIt and "Don’t Just Dream It, CrowdIt"!
