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Build Your Crowd - Build Your Business

If I was down to my last Dollar, I would spend it on PR

-Bill Gates-

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CrowdBuilder is a step-by-step publicity execution system that incorporates all of the tools, systems, templates, expert knowledge, reporting and on-call expert public relations talent needed to help companies gain the visibility they need to skyrocket to success in as little as 6 weeks. This program is not only focused on generating publicity–it helps business owners build a strong and reputable company no matter their budget. In addition to providing an in-depth publicity execution plan, this program walks you through the process of building your brand, attracting high quality social media followers, increasing sales through high-quality messaging, and even helps you to create messaging that will increase your chances of raising capital.

This platform has been built with small businesses in mind but is perfect for anyone looking to learn how to attract media attention. People who have executed this plan have gone from little to no media results to scoring dozens of mentions per quarter in top-tier publications. This program has been used to cross-train customer service and marketing staff to execute publicity for their firms as well as founders launching their first crowdfunding campaign.

CrowdBuilder™ includes: proven and tested publicity strategies, reporting and tracking, database management, custom built media lists, industry specific editorial calendars, discounted press release distribution services, scheduling, and on-demand help from expert PR professionals—giving small businesses the ability to generate big results by leveraging PR to accomplish their business goals.

Whether you use this tool to crowdfund your dream project or cross-train your marketing staff—results are guaranteed. If you do all of the work outlined in this program and do not generate a media placement within three months of completing the program, we will give you a 100% refund of your monthly subscription costs. CrowdBuilder

NOcamels On Mimoona

Now Israel is the latest player to hop on with its own equivalent of Kickstarter, called Mimoona (Mimoona is the Hebrew word for “funding” and also a sweet-filled celebration to break the Jewish holiday of Passover.) The site, founded by Nadav Trenter Moser and Arik Marmorstein, has already seen more than NIS 2 million ($ 560,000) in projects funded by the crowd, which has allowed the startup to remain self-funded by taking commissions.

But Trenter Moser and Marmorstein say they’ve done things differently. According to hem, the abundance of projects looking for crowdfunding sometimes stops those with merit eaching the funds they need. That’s how they came up with the concept of “Plug & Fund” to make asking for money over the internet that much easier.

The Plug & Fund platform, still in beta stage, sets out to solve some inherent problems with crowdfunding. “The major problem is a marketing problem. People upload projects to crowdfunding websites and then need to generate traffic, but most people do not know how to go about making their project stand out,” the founders tell NoCamels. Indeed, if you know anyone who has ever put up a crowdfunding effort, they will tell you that the most difficult part is attracting enough traffic to the project. (This is probably because the majority of people do not spend their time looking for home-grown projects to spend their money on.) More Information

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BancBox Crowd

BancBox Crowd, what is — as far as we can tell — the first independent escrow service aimed at crowdfunding portals that operate on equity, debt or revenue share models.

The company is also announcing partnerships with crowd investing services 99Funding, SoMoLend and Localstake.

BancBox Crowd claims to be the only solution on the market that provides online investment portals with an automated escrow solution that can replace the manual paper escrow process. They also say it is compliant with FINCEN, FINRA and SEC requirements.

In essence it means being able to create independent escrow accounts for each crowd-backed project, collect funds from those many investors, and either safely return funds if the project doesn’t work out, or disburse those funds when the project, whatever it is, reaches its funding goal.

Goyle says: “We want to have the payment part of the experience of an investor to be a sticky experience so we make it as easy as possible to pay and go through the process.” He says the business model is based on a set transaction fee to the platform partner.

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Guardian Witness

Guardian Witness about:

GuardianWitness is our new home for content you've created, online and on your mobile. You can contribute your video, pictures and text, and browse all the news, reviews and creations submitted by others. Posts will be reviewed by our team and suitable contributions will be published on GuardianWitness, with the best pieces featured on the Guardian site – you could even help shape the news agenda.

Contributions fall into three main categories:

1) Assignments. Editors will issue call-outs for your input on a wide range of topics - be it a photograph of the first daffodils, your filmed thoughts on the latest cinema release or a witty re-imagination of a sporting event.

2) Live news tie-ins. Our editors and reporters will sometimes flag live blogs as suitable for contributions, which will enable you to be part of a breaking or fast-moving story. We'll include the best contributions in the live blog - for instance your experiences of austerity protests around the world or your videos of the latest extreme weather event.

3) Open suggestions. This is where you can send us something that we haven't requested. There are two main elements.

1) Send us a story: This might be a tip-off or something you may have witnessed in your local area that you think we might want to see. We're always looking for unreported stories, so we would like to hear about things that we might decide to follow up as a story for the Guardian.

2) Send us your assignment ideas: Have you got an idea that your think other Guardian readers would like to participate in? It might be a simple but beautiful idea such as asking everyone to take a picture at a certain time of day or it might be a way of investigating an issue in more detail. For example asking everyone to share the cost of parking at their local hospital. Or it might simply be an interesting or funny assignment idea which doesn't fit into any of our current assignments.

Assignments will be updated regularly so check back for new assignments and contributions. The GuardianWitness badge will appear in lots of places where you can get involved on the Guardian site, so keep an eye out for it on your favourite areas.

The project is supported by EE, the first providers of 4G in Britain, who are transforming the way people share news, information and entertainment. 4G works up to five times faster than 3G so you can upload and download photos, videos and stories more quickly than on traditional mobile networks. With EE, you're part of a network for the new digital age.

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If the image, video or text was originally created by you, you will still own it. If you were given permission by a copyright owner to use the contribution, they do. By using GuardianWitness, you are allowing us to use your content. Read our Terms and conditions to learn more.

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Wibbitz is an innovative technological company creating a new visual way of experiencing content. By analyzing text we can deeply understand exactly what it’s talking about. Our Text-To-Video Platform can then match the best visual representation for the text, add voice-over narration and generate an engaging video out of it. These videos create an enhanced lean-back viewing experience that can be watched on any device. Using Wibbitz almost any article, post or feed on the web can be instantly turned into a short video clip.

Altruja

Das von Altruja angebotene Spendensystem lässt sich in jede Webseite integrieren. Das Tool passt sich der Corporate Identity des jeweiligen Kunden an, Altruja selbst bleibt im Hintergrund, übernimmt aber die komplette Zahlungsabwicklung. Unterstützer erreichen via Social Media neue Spendergruppen und können so das Spendenvolumen signifikant erhöhen. Nach dem Prinzip „Freunde werben Freunde“ können private Unterstützer Kampagnen per E-Mail, Facebook und Twitter empfehlen. Es ist auch möglich, eigene Spendenprojekte anzulegen, um eine bestimmte Summe für eine Organisation, die mit Altruja zusammenarbeitet, zu sammeln.

Ein potenzieller Spender, der von einem Freund angesprochen wird, spendet in der Regel häufiger und auch mehr

erläutert Initiator Reis.

Neben dem Spendensystem bietet Altruja die Möglichkeit zum Fundraising per SMS. Eine individuelle Social-Media-Beratung oder die Erstellung einer Social-Fundraising-Homepage runden das Serviceangebot von Altruja ab. Speziell für Unternehmen gibt es das Portal spendet.org. Dort bietet die Möglichkeit zur Vernetzung mit Mitarbeitern, Kunden und Partnern Vorteile.

Das Münchner Startup Altruja ist eine Ausgründung der Amiando AG. Es ist so alt, dass es noch ohne Crowdfunding auf die Beine kommen musste. Im März 2010 gegründet, machte Altruja bereits im Gründungsjahr auf sich aufmerksam: 

• 2. Platz im Businessplan-Wettbewerb 2010
• Auszeichnung Doing Good and Doing Well 2010

2011 Finalist der Internet World Business Idee. Das Projekt spendet.org hat 2012 den Deutschen Fundraising - Preis in der Kategorie Beste Innovation gewonnen. Die Gründungsfinanzierung wurde durch ein Exist - Stipendium in Höhe von 94.000 € ermöglicht. Weitere Beteiligte: Hightech-Gründerfonds, Seedfonds Bayern, Extorel Business Angels Kirchner und Ferber. Alles ganz unspektakulär. 

Altruja ist eine Adaption des nordamerikanischen Spendenmarktes. Was dort gut läuft, musste nur an deutsche Gegebenheiten angepasst werden. Also ein validiertes Geschäftsmodell mit vermindertem Risiko des Scheiterns. 

Das Gründerteam:

Nicolas Reis, CEO

Nicolas Reis ist CEO von Altruja und Gründer der Firmenidee. Er hat an der TU München studiert und seinen MBA an der San Diego State University absolviert. Danach arbeitete er fast drei Jahre bei The Active Network , einem der erfolgreichsten Softwareanbiet er im Bereich Online- Fundraising in den USA und war bei amiando  für die Bereiche Sport Events & Charity verantwortlich.

 

Andreas Jagdhuber, CFO/COO

Andreas Jagdhuber verantwortet die Bereiche Operatives, Recht und Finanzen. Während seines Bachelorstudiums absolvierte er eine kaufmännische Ausbildung („Stammhauslehre“) bei der Siemens AG. Danach studierte er eineinhalb Jahre in Sydney und machte den Master - Abschluss in International Business. Im Anschluss arbeitete er fast 3 Jahre in der Beratung, u.a. bei Roland Berger und Simon, Kucher & Partners.

Stefan Grothkopp, CTO

Stefan Grothkopp ist bei Altruja zuständig für die Entwicklung und die Konzeption des Produkts sowie den technischen Betrieb und die Administration der Plattform. Schon während seines Studiums der Informatik an der Technischen Universität Mü nchen leitete Stefan Grothkopp mehrere Softwareprojekte. Nach seinem Studium verantwortete er über 2,5 Jahre die Programmierung von Hochsicherheits  -  Software für den Satellitenbetrieb.

Build Teams Before It's Too Late!

What founders need to know about building management teams

Eric Vishria, CEO and Co-founder of RockMelt:

If you aren’t working on building your management team now, then start

Executive recruiting is a pain in the ass.  Finding the right people is a pain in the ass, interviewing them is a pain in the ass, closing them is a pain in the ass, compensation negotiation is a pain in the ass; just about everything related to hiring management is painfully time-consuming.

So start now and don’t stop.  Don’t wait until you hit a big milestone to build your management team.

Getting clear

Once you’ve identified the position you want to fill first on your management team, get incredibly clear on what you need (and don't need) from that position.  This is the hardest thing to do, and it’s radically different from drafting a job description.  If you do this well, it’ll allow you to cut down the actual time involved in filling the position.  This seems obvious, but it almost never happens.

At RockMeIt, for instance, they wanted to bring on their first marketing leader and thought they wanted someone who was great at paid user acquisition, someone who understood virality, someone who had done historically well with PR, and someone who had a track record of building long-term brands.  The problem is that nobody is great at all four of those things.  That person doesn’t exist – or if they do, there is probably only a few of them and the chance of recruiting them is almost zero.  Instead, you should hire for strength in a couple of areas that matter most to your business right now, someone who’s world-class in the area that’s most impactful for you.  You want to avoid bringing on someone who’s merely good at everything.  The goal in hiring is always world-class, not good. View Full Text at firstround.com

About RockMelt

Rockmelt got started in 2009 with a simple vision: make exploring the web faster and more fun. The majority of computer time is in the browser. In fact, the only activity people do more than browse the web is sleep. They think that's a big opportunity. 

Founded by Eric Vishria (CEO) and Tim Howes (CTO) based on the observation that the way we all use the web has changed dramatically while web browsers have not, Rockmelt is re-imagining what browsing the web should be: mobile, visual, social, and personalized. They released a desktop browser in November 2010. Since then, they have also released Rockmelt for iOS in late 2012.

Rockmelt has raised $40M from some of the technology industry's greatest innovators, including Andreessen Horowitz, Accel Partners, Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital and industry legends Bill Campbell, Ron Conway and Diane Greene. In addition to Eric and Tim, our board of directors includes Marc Andreessen, Jim Breyer, and Vinod Khosla.

 

A guide to running your campaign

The Crowdfunding Handbook

Alle wollen TAME

Gestern Abend war die Webseite von Tame overloaded. Wenn man diesem Hinweis nicht geglaubt hat und den dort vorhandenen Link zum Blog von Tame geklickt hat, war die Anwendung trotzdem erreichbar und hat tadellos funktioniert. Tame hat also seine erste Herausforderung gut gemeistert! Der Anfang ist gemacht.

Mit der App von Tame werden aus meiner Timeline die 10 wichtigsten hashtags, die 10 wichtigsten User und die 10 wichtigsten Links dargestellt. Sauber unter- und nebeneinander dargestellt. Am Ende dieser drei Listen befindet sich jeweils ein kleiner Pfeil. Wenn man ihn anklickt werden die nächsten Rankings gezeigt. Gestern habe ich es schon mal bis auf den 89. Eintrag geschafft, erst danach war Schluss. Tame fasst also die relevanten Einträge zu hashtags zusammen, gibt diesen hashtags einen Namen und sortiert sie nach der Wichtigkeit. Damit ist auch schon ein wichtiger Unterschied zu GOOGLE klar. Diese Kontextsuche ist nicht nur für die eigene Timeline, sondern für das gesamte Twitteruniversum möglich. Zu diesem Zweck gibt man einfach den gesuchten Begriff ein. 

In dieser Matrix ist jeder einzelne Eintrag anklickbar und bringt jeweils eine Mini-Timeline zu dem entsprechenden Kontext. Dass diese Popups nicht aktiv geschlossen werden können, sondern die Ranking-Liste optisch verlängern, ist ein kleiner Schönheitsfehler, der möglicherweise noch behoben wird. 

Der Hinweis von Tame, dass deren Kontextsuche auch für das gesamte Twitteruniversum möglich sei, hat mich skeptisch gemacht. Also habe ich den Suchbegriff Unternehmensbewertung eingegeben. Während GOOGLE tausende von Einträgen bringt, durchaus von hoher Relevanz, erscheint bei TAME nur ein einziger hashtag, ein einziger User und zwei Links. Das ist also etwas dürftig. Der Suchbegriff "Valuation" hingegen bringt die normale 10er-Liste. Hier muss also im Hause Tame noch etwas getan werden oder ich habe diese Funktion spontan falsch verstanden. Mal sehen. Jedenfalls macht Tame Spaß und lädt zum Ausprobieren und Spielen ein.

 

Small Business Is Bigger Than You Think

 
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Decide with Zipinion

New Platform for instant crowdsourced feedback

Yesterday Zipinion, a technology company with focuses in the market research and customer insight spaces, announced the release of its ground-breaking crowdsourced polling application. Companies large and small can now create an online poll/survey and get real-time feedback from a pool of over 500,000 respondents in just minutes. Zipinion’s platform is the fastest and most affordable way to ask questions and get valuable, reliable responses helping business make better decisions.

“The idea for Zipinion was born when we looked deeply into how business decisions are made today,” describes Zipinion’s GM/Partner Michael Gualano. In most cases advertising, social media, and countless other decisions are bounced around the office between friends and colleagues for feedback. This helps but can be biased and subjective. We’re excited to bring a low cost objective solution that will literally reinvent how decisions are being made.” Read more

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Tame macht Twitter relevant

Tame sortiert hashtags, tweets und links nach Relevanz und erstellt automatisch ein Ranking von 1 bis 10. Entweder für Deine eigene Timeline oder für das gesamte Twitteruniversum. Anstelle Deiner timeline kann auch ein freier Suchbegriff eingegeben werden und Tame sortiert auf dieselbe Weise.

Wer auf  Twitter einer Vielzahl von usern folgt, verliert im Chaos der eigenen Timeline schnell die Übersicht. Interessante Funde waren bisher mehr oder weniger zufallsabhängig. Tame ermöglicht jederzeit rückwirkend eine Zerlegung der Timeline nach relevanten hashtags, tweets und links. Das Relevanzranking kann über die ersten 10 Einträge hinaus beliebig erweitert werden. Ausgehend von den wichtigsten hashtags, tweets und links kann das ganze Twitteruniversum durchschritten werden, von den wichtigsten bis hin zu den weniger wichtigen Einträgen.  

Ich habe tame getestet und es innerhalb weniger Sekunden begriffen. Sehr intuitiv und anwenderfreundlich. Ausserdem kostenfrei. Was will man mehr. 

Tame bietet sogar einen Tweet-Editor, so dass man direkt aus der Anwendung heraus tweeten kann.

Die Nacht verbringe ich mit Tame!

This is for all the lonely people

StudioNow is the industry-leading online video production company. Working with a global network of videographers, filmmakers, editors and photographers they manage every aspect of production. 

Not only for the big brands but also for you!

 

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Without Technical Hassle

TOWEMA.COM delivers a white label crowdfunding platform for all The easiest way to launch your own crowdfunding platform. Signup, customize, done! They handle all the technology and payments so that you can focus on what's important. Used by IncitEd for example:

How Incited works:

Towema's fundrising provision: 1 %
Monthly free: $19

Support unlimited 24/7 email

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Talking To The Crowd

What they do:

 

How they work:

kriticalmass allows you to post a project in minutes. You have complete control and responsibility over your project. Want to build a school for underprivileged kids?  Want to make a movie? Want to launch your own fashion collection? This is the perfect place to do it! List your project in minutes, set your kriticalmass targets and get started!

If people out there like what you have in mind, supporters, promoters and cash will flock to you.

On kriticalmass we allow 2 types of projects:

For profit: All or nothing funding. If the project reaches the goal its publisher has set by the deadline he chose. the project will be considered successful and the funds transferred to the Project Publishers account. If the project fails to reach kriticalmass, then all charges will be refunded within 7 working days after the end of the project deadline.

Charity focused: These projects do not need to reach the kriticalmass element before the funds are transferred to the project publisher. At kriticalmass we believe that any money going to a charitable cause makes a difference.  Funds will be transferred to the project creator 7 days after the project deadline has been reached.

Why they think they're revolutionary:

We believe we are the first platform that is actually talking to the crowd. Some key points differentiate us from our competitors. Firstly we have a much closer integration to social media than most platforms out there. We believe that some successful platforms available today actually make it difficult for people to share their project and rather than helping projects go viral, they hinder it through lots of friction. Have a play on the platform! You will notice this very quickly. Secondly we allow people to interact with your project on a number of different levels other than just cash. This comes from our personal experience and from a great deal of research we carried out on crowd funded projects. Interacting with projects is crucial for a project’s success, therefore we have given people, who might not be able to come to the event you are organizing through kriticalmass, the opportunity to help out either by just liking your project on Facebook, publishing it to their wall for their friends to see, or becoming an actual promoter of your project. These things make a huge difference. They are what makes a party go from 500 to 20,000 people.

It's kriticalmass