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Jan. 8, 2015

Is crowdfunding the new frontier of financing?

What do a potato salad recipe, an unpaid $362 Uber taxi bill and a mobile phone with massive computing power all have in common? They are all subjects of recent successful crowdfunding campaigns. By Tom French


By Tom French


What do a potato salad recipe, an unpaid $362 Uber taxi bill and a mobile phone with massive computing power all have in common? All are subjects of recent successful crowdfunding campaigns.


"Crowdfunding" can mean at least three types of activities: (i) rewards-based crowdfunding, which Indiegogo and Kickstarter both pioneered; (ii) equity-based crowdfunding, which involves the sale of private equity securities in startups and e...

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