Women have higher success rates at crowdfunding scientific projects than men, according to new research from ESMT Berlin. The study suggests that the crowd may apply different decision-making criteria than traditional funding ...
Economics & Business
Mar 8, 2019
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When it comes to success on a crowdfunding site, race matters.
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2019
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While men have benefited from a gender bias against women when seeking financing for business start-ups, the opposite may be true for female entrepreneurs seeking initial investment through crowdfunding efforts, according ...
Economics & Business
May 10, 2018
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Scientists from the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program (STDP), the University of Sydney and Toledo Zoo spent eight days exploring the south west wilderness on a quest to find and trap devils in an area that nobody had trapped ...
Ecology
Apr 30, 2018
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When trying to entice people to invest in your product on a crowdfunding website, potential funders are more concerned about your ethical characteristics than your actual ability to make and deliver the product, according ...
Economics & Business
Mar 28, 2018
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People who are more image conscious tend to support more crowdfunding campaigns according to a new study.
Social Sciences
Mar 1, 2018
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In one of the first crowdfunding studies focusing on social enterprises, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have found that how a pitch is voiced and worded is much more important for social entrepreneurs ...
Economics & Business
May 31, 2017
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A Dutch environmental organization has launched a crowdfunding campaign to pay for new legal action aimed at forcing the Dutch government to do more to combat air pollution.
Environment
May 11, 2017
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Research from North Carolina State University finds that the number of backers a new product attracts during crowdfunding predicts the financial success of the product when it reaches the marketplace - but the amount of money ...
Economics & Business
Mar 7, 2017
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Today energy crowdfunding platforms and investors experience many problems if they want to finance projects that cross the legal boundaries between the EU member states. International experts are striving to harmonise to ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 28, 2016
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