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Lee Speigel

Young Dinosaur Hunter Secures Funds To Begin Search For Giant Reptiles

HuffingtonPost.com | Lee Speigel | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Newmac Expedition, Mokele-Mbembe, Weird Amazon, Weird Science, Vance Nelson, Animals in the News, Congo, Weird Congo, Jurassic Park, Cryptozoology, Video, Harry Nibourg, Stephen Mccullah, Sauropods, Lake Tele, Living Dinosaur, Amazon Rainforest, KickStarter.Com, The Flintstones, Extinct Sauropod Dinosaurs, Weird News News

Stephen McCullah needed to raise $26,700 by May 11 in order to secure enough funds through Kickstarter.com to, well, kickstart his expedition to the R...

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Kickstarter Bug Exposes Info From Thousands Of Projects

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Video, Kickstarter, Kickstarter Security, Kickstarter Projects, Online Privacy, Startups, Cybersecurity, Kickstarter Startup Projects, KickStarter.Com, Kickstarter Bug, Startup Projects, Technology News

Just a few weeks after its third birthday, Kickstarter, the crowd-funding platform behind such successful projects as inPulse's Pebble iPhone watch, i...

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Katherine Bindley

A Grizzly Bear Coat Raised $14,000 On Kickstarter?

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Griz Coat, Coats Video, Griz Coat Kickstart, Grizcoat, Grizzly Coat, Grizzly Bears, Halloween Costumes, Grizzly Bear, Griz Coat Kickstarter, Kickstarter, Bear Coat, Bear Coat Plans, Kickstarter Bear Coat, KickStarter.Com, Technology News

The crowd-funding website Kickstarter is known for getting projects -- both practical and noble -- off the ground. There's that watch that syncs i...

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New Crowdfunding Law Helps Small Businesses Find Investors

AP | Joyce M. Rosenberg | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Video, Small Business, Startup, Crowdfunding, Kickstarter, Crowdfunding Law, Small Business News and Trends, Startups, Venture Capital, KickStarter.Com, Crowdfunding Bill, Jobs Act, Small Business News

(AP - Joyce M. Rosenberg) Finding investors is probably the biggest challenge that business startups and small companies face. But small businesses ar...

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Bring An Abandoned Amusement Park Back To Life

Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Kulturpark, Video, Theme Parks, Germany Art, Urban Planning, Kickstarter, Amusement Parks, Social Awareness, Imagination, KickStarter.Com, Berlin, Arts News

When we think of amusement parks the first things that come to mind are long lines and dripping ice cream, but there was a time when these places pres...

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Nate C. Hindman

The Segway And The Skateboard Just Had A Baby

HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Zboard, South by Southwest, Small Business, Segway, Video, Kickstarter, Small Business News and Trends, KickStarter.Com, Fundraising, Skateboard, Los Angeles, Sxsw, Skateboarding, Small Business News

AUSTIN, Texas -- The past month has been one wild ride for Ben Forman and Geoff Larson, the creators of a weight-sensing electric skateboard called th...

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Kickstarter Is On Track To Beat The National Endowment For The Arts In Funding

The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: Video, Yancey Strickler, Rocco Landesman, Kickstarter, Kickstarter Art, Kickstarter National Endowment for the Arts, Nea, KickStarter.Com, Kickstarter Funding, National Endowment for the Arts, Kickstarter Nea, Culture News

Fundraising website Kickstarter is on track to beat the National Endowment for the Arts in funding, Talking Points Memo reports. In an exclusive in...

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Photographer Captures IKEA's Staged Reality

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Ikea, Video, Amy Lombard Photography, Ikea Photography, Fine Art Photography, Kickstarter, Amy Lombard, KickStarter.Com, Arts News

IKEA's showrooms are notorious for their quaint living spaces, with perfectly outfitted bedrooms and well-appointed bathrooms. These mini-homes dot th...

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Vincent Moon Wants YOU to Fund His Next Film

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Nightmare Before Christmas, VIncent Moon, Video, Animal Colelctive, Broken Social Scene, Saul Williams, Apt Fest, Josh Pearson, All Tomorrow's Parties Festival, Lift to Experience, Lydia Lunch, Kickstarter, All Tomorrow's Parties, Atp, Damo Suzuki, KickStarter.Com, Explosions in the Sky, The National, Culture News

We've seen Kickstarters for pools floating on the waterways of New York, iPad stylus mockups and more, so it makes sense that Vincent Moon would turn ...

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Community Plus Commerce

Ellen Snortland | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Now That She's Gone, Indiegogo, Crowdfunding, Groupon, Social Commerce, Homerun, IMPACT Personal Safety, Sellaband, KickStarter.Com, Living Social, Pta, Kgbdeals, Townloop, Impact News
Ellen Snortland

"Green" thinking is now a part of our collective consciousness, and the new Internet phenomenon of " social commerce " is in full flower.

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How Will You Show Some Love? Reinventing Valentine's Day

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Generosity, Acumen Fund, Kickstarter, Valentines Day, Flowers, Kiva, New York City, Kiva.org, Jacqueline Novogratz, Civic Engagement, Social Entrepreneurship, Public Radio, Chocolate, Service, Tahrir Square, Valentine's Day, Nicholas Kristof, Greeting Cards, KickStarter.Com, Strategy of Generosity, Tikkun Olam, Twitter, Coffee, Facebook, Youtube, Homelessness, Impact News
Jonathan Greenblatt

It's certainly a special thing when we pause to appreciate our loved ones. But perhaps we can raise our game in 2011 and do a bit more on this date.

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Crowd-Sourcing a Film's Budget Takes a Charitable Spin

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kristen Stewart, Josh Hamilton, Daphne Rubin-Vega, KickStarter.Com, The Cake Eaters, New York Foundation for the Arts, The Independent Collective, Gelsey Kirkland, Mary Stuart Masterson, Crowd-Sourcing, Jayce Bartok, Elizabeth Berkley, Tiny Dancer, Creative Minds, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Independent filmmakers have done everything from maxing out their credit cards to forming limited partnerships, creating hedge-fund tax shelters, sque...

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Nonprofits: Open Up Your Data, Become a Platform Organization

Tanja Aitamurto | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Change, Open Data, Platform Organization, Crowdfunding, Nonprofits, Non-Profits, Open-Data-Environment, KickStarter.Com, spot.us, Impact, Funding Nonprofits, Impact News
Tanja Aitamurto

Nonprofit organizations are facing a similar challenge to other organizations: the old structures don't apply to this era, and the new structures are yet to be found.

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Just Call Me "Rough" and "Tough"

A. Moret | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pretty Rough and Tough, Garet Field Sells, Writing, Art History, Art Criticism, KickStarter.Com, Arts News
A. Moret

Somehow I became a writer -- and an art writer by accident. I live to get lost museum spaces and wait patiently for the art works to unravel, reveal a glimpse of their creator, and surrender a story.

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MLK2010: Harnessing the Heritage of Haiti

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Volunteermatch, Doctors Without Borders, The Extraordinaries, Kennedy School of Government, Aspen Institute, Allforgood, American Red Cross, KickStarter.Com, allforgood.org, Kiva, Haiti, Impact News
Jonathan Greenblatt

At a time when our own deficit is soaring and the US faces innumerable challenges, we must unlock our creative capacities and cast new lines to help Haiti.

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CrowdFunding: How to Kickstart Your Business

Juliette Powell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kiva.org, Wikipedia, threadless.com, Crowdfunding, Juliette Powell, Crowdsourcing, 33 Million People, Perrychen, KickStarter.Com, Small Business, Social Networking, Funding, Business, Crowd Funding, Social Media, Digital Media, Social Networks, Entrepreneurship, Business News
Juliette Powell

'Crowdfunding', a spin on 'crowdsourcing', is the latest funding opportunity at a time when our funding institutions are failing.

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