There Is No Justice In Rewards-Based Crowdfunding
Ever since covering the Hanfree project in January, we’ve received a handful of emails from project backers looking for a way to deal with campaigns gone bad. Note that I’m not referring to failed...
View ArticleRetrospective: Susan Wilson’s Kickstarter Success And Resulting PR Fiasco
Now that the dust has settled regarding the Kickstarter campaign to send a 9 year old girl to “RPG Camp,” I think it is extremely important to reflect on what happened, digest the events and see if...
View ArticleOp-Ed: How Crowdfunding Made Social Justice Cool
An Internet connection has the power to make world-class problem solvers out of all of us. My first experience supporting a cause was “adopting” a Native American boy through Save the Children when I...
View ArticleCrowdfunding: Crowd Wisdom, Mob Mentality
The concept of “crowd wisdom” is often cited as a strength of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. The wisdom of the crowd is the process of taking into account the collective opinion of a group of...
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