- Broadening horizons for crowdfunding platforms Equity crowdfunding platforms are joining forces more and more, in a variety of ways, with established players within the ecosystem. But could the platforms have more ambitious aims in the background? How the platforms currently make money As you would expect, enabling investors to buy shares in fast-growing private companies is still the bread […]
- Collaborative Economy Market Contraction Signals Maturity Platforms are proliferating. What began as easily parseable tasks, such as coding and data entry, has now moved up the complexity spectrum to include creative challenges: design, video, campaign concepts and more. However, most platforms are open to public view and merely request a social media account to log in. That may be fine on […]
- How i crowdfunded my PhD research About two years ago, one of my friends mentioned Catarse, a new Brazilian crowdfunding platform that lets people raise money for creative projects. Later that week, my supervisor Professor Mauro Rebelo, who has a long history within science communication, coincidentally told me he thought crowdfunding might be an interesting way to fund our research — investigating the […]
- Understanding Elon Musk This is a sneak peak of a four-part series by author and TED speaker Tim Urban. If you enjoy reading please supprt Tim at Patreon. I’m fascinated by those rare people in history who manage to dramatically change the world during their short time here, and I’ve always liked to study those people and read […]
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