The Crowdfunding Revolution: Social Networking Meets Venture Financing - Softcover

Lawton, Kevin; Marom, Dan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1456334727 ISBN 13: 9781456334727

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010

Synopsis

Deep and intertwined in our humanity, is a need to support and feel involvement in the kinds of projects and companies which we care about. Until the recent crowdfunding phenomena emerged, our more centralized and intermediated capital formation and funding mechanisms scarcely recognized the social power of crowds which form affinities around any kind of mission. Crowdfunding is a natural systemic response to fill this gap, and an expression of our collective human will. It is perhaps, one of the most powerful developments in our modern-day socio-economics, and promises both to transform the capital formation landscape and to offer an avenue for a creative and intellectual re-birth. Whether funding sports-car racers, startup companies, indie movies, fashion, scientific research, or community projects -- crowdfunding is already well under way, changing not only the way that we fund efforts, but the way we interact and support them. It is in the most simplistic terms, social networking meets venture financing. And a number of people in venture financing are now getting involved it. There are now nearly 7 billion of us, with over 2 billion having Internet access. Never before has there been such potential to bridge the collective creative and productive capacity with capital and other resources which are required to translate that capacity into social and economic activities. Even as exciting, is that crowdfunding links funding with the social dynamics and affinity groups which naturally surround efforts that resonate with our many motivations. That alone, is enough to cause a monumental shift in the way business and organizations operate. This is a deep and broad look at the history of finance that got us here, the present day zeitgeist of crowdfunding and its associated social networking & group dynamics, and a visionary look into the future and greater empowerment of crowdfunding. Join us on this intellectual discovery. Be part of the Crowdfunding Revolution!

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About the Author

Kevin is a progenitor of PC virtualization (now a multi-billion dollar cloud-related industry), many-time startup entrepreneur, trend-caster and visionary blogger at the intersection of biz & tech (www.trendcaller.com/), contributor for VentureBeat and SeekingAlpha, public speaker, prolific idea creator, protagonist of two open source projects, and news, innovation, economics and business book junkie. Kevin holds a B.A in computer science and started his career at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Dan is a PhD candidate in Finance at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has been highly engaged in R&D and management for several years, as a technologist and a CEO and co-founder of a startup company. Although currently concentrating on academic activities (researching and teaching), Dan is also involved in several technology ventures as a consultant. Dan holds a MBA (Cum Laude) and a B.Sc in electrical Engineering.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1456334727
• ISBN 13: 9781456334727
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 254