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bagpuss

Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 11 12:39 pm Post subject:
One of the important aspects of crowd funding it spreading the message wide enough so to find the people who will actuall give you money up front

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Sun Nov 06, 11 1:07 pm Post subject:

Nick wrote:

Sally agreed to rub us all down with soap.

I missed that offer.

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Loon, I thought you lacked focus and ambition?

Very true. I'm looking for ways to find focus.
Put a job in front of me and I'm generally very good at doing it... unless it is a job with no purpose.

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Are you a wise bet?

It's a bit like poker. The bet depends on the whole hand, and I've only got two of the cards...

Barefoot Andrew
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Posted: Fri Nov 02, 12 12:21 pm Post subject:
For those that have traversed this route already, have you encountered any rules or ethics that would prohibit two concurrent crowdfunded projects - either via the same site or via separate sites? A.

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Fri Nov 02, 12 12:28 pm Post subject:
I wonder if you'd have problems when promoting the idea, as it seems to work best when you start by targetting people who know you, and it spreads from there. So, social networking is a major route to attract funders. With two pitches, you still only have the same starting pool of contacts to approach.

Barefoot Andrew
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Posted: Fri Nov 02, 12 12:31 pm Post subject:
My thoughts too. I wonder if there's a way of mingling the two ideas I have in mind into one. Somehow. A.

Hairyloon

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Posted: Thu Sep 05, 13 9:14 am Post subject:
Coming back to this... I know that some of you have tried a few different crowdfunding platforms. Any chance of a brief review of what each one is like?

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: York

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 13 11:58 am Post subject:
They all gather money on your behalf, adding an air of legitimacy and taking a cut of the proceeds.

Hairyloon

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Posted: Thu Sep 05, 13 12:32 pm Post subject:

Rob R wrote:

They all gather money on your behalf, adding an air of legitimacy and taking a cut of the proceeds.

I knew that much.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: York

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 13 12:37 pm Post subject:
That's all there is to know, you can compare the rates and the legitimacy of each one, I guess. Peoplefund.it (the one Nat used for Jersey Beef) charged 5% + 3% transaction fees, so 8% in total.

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
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Location: South Wales

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 13 1:15 pm Post subject:

Barefoot Andrew wrote:

My thoughts too. I wonder if there's a way of mingling the two ideas I have in mind into one. Somehow.
A.

Could you do it as some sort of staged funding?

Barefoot Andrew
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Posted: Thu Sep 05, 13 2:04 pm Post subject:
That situation no long exists. A.

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
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Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 13 2:08 pm Post subject:
I wonder if the film industry uses crowd funding to fund crowds.

Rob R

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Location: York

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 13 2:25 pm Post subject:
Sometimes, yes.

Penny Outskirts

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Posted: Thu Sep 05, 13 6:18 pm Post subject:

vegplot wrote:

I wonder if the film industry uses crowd funding to fund crowds.

Snigger

Barefoot Andrew
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Posted: Thu Sep 19, 13 9:14 am Post subject:
Crowdfunder UK are running a crowding funding hour on Twitter this evening from 5pm. Simply follow hashtag #crowdfunder to participate. See https://twitter.com/crowdfunderuk/status/380619892036104192. A.

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