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Pastilda. Part 1. The beginning.
By: Third Pin
Tags: Electronics Design, Hardware Development, Opensource Hardware, Crowdfunding, Information Security

Problem

A lot of notes and discussions are devoted to the difficult issue of safe password storage, the topic is interesting and seems to be relevant for a long time to come. There are various software solutions for storing passwords, but many of them are characterized by the following disadvantages:

· Closed source code reduces trust and bug fixing speed;

· You need to install additional software for auto-complete;

· After entering the master password, the entire database is open and accessible, including for malware, especially on untrusted devices;

· Using mobile applications for storing passwords still implies manual keyboard input, for example, when you need to log in to your desktop PC;

· Auto-completion is not possible in some cases, for example, in bios or console;

In Third Pin, we concluded that the most convenient solution would be a simple and inexpensive device that allows you to store and enter logins/passwords on any device in hardware without installing any software.

The small spoiler

First of all, we studied the information to understand who else came up with the idea of storing and entering passwords in hardware, and how it was implemented. The options found can be divided into the following categories:

· Encrypted drives or just a flash drive with a password. You can safely store documents, but you cannot enter them automatically;

· Devices with biometric identification (for example). Biometric identification looks attractive, but it is less universal than a character password. If you need to remotely give someone access to the device, fingerprint transmission will become a real problem. Additional sensors increase the cost of the product. In the case of compromise, it is difficult to quickly change prints;

· Software password managers with a hardware token key that gives access to the database (for example) have the same drawbacks as program managers without a token key;

· Devices for entering 1–4 passwords and their generation (example, example). The closest solutions. Of the shortcomings, it should be noted the limited number of stored passwords as well as the management of exclusive buttons on the device, which is not very convenient.

None of the devices found fully matched our idea. We were delighted and continued to think.
Kickstarter’s refusal to add the Facebook Pixel is hurting creators
By: Mark Pecota
Tags: Startup, Crowdfunding, Kickstarter, Product Launch, Indiegogo

Kickstarter’s refusal to add the Facebook Pixel is hurting creators

Let’s start with the good. Kickstarter has made huge impact in our world by helping creators raise over $4,476,252,214 from 168,223 projects and 16,688,068 backers as of August 15th, 2019.

Now, the not so good. Kickstarter could allow for even more projects to come to life if it would add the Facebook Pixel. Their refusal to do so (for reasons unknown to the public) is disempowering creators as it drastically impacts the ease at which someone can run their own Facebook advertisements.

Facebook has 20–25% of the advertising market share. It’s one of the largest sources of traffic to Kickstarter campaigns. Creators have no way of using it without complicated workarounds or turning to specialized, often ill intentioned, companies.

It’s time for Kickstarter to let creators use the Facebook Pixel.

What does the Facebook Pixel do?

Before I get into why I think the Facebook Pixel is so important, let’s briefly talk about what the Facebook Pixel does. The Facebook Pixel allows you to track your advertising efforts. If implemented on Kickstarter, you would be able to track important metrics such as:

If someone purchased from an ad

If someone visited the checkout but didn’t purchase

If someone visited the campaign page but didn’t purchase

Just this basic data would allow creators to measure the return on their ad spend easily or retarget visitors who didn’t buy with different ads.

Furthermore, giving Facebook this data will automatically make your ads more effective. When the Facebook Pixel tracks a purchase, their algorithm automatically starts showing your ads to people like the person that purchased. Without the Facebook Pixel, this can’t happen.

Kickstarter and the Facebook Pixel

Creators can’t control their own ads

Right now, Facebook ads are one of the largest sources of traffic to Kickstarter campaigns, but creators can’t measure the effectiveness of their ads like they should. Instead, they are hiring companies who have invested in systems to track their Facebook ads without using Facebook’s Pixel. Since creators feel stuck and unable to do the advertising themselves, many fall victim to companies with predatory business models.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that all advertising companies have ill intentions. But unfortunately, integrity is not very high in the crowdfunding space and it’s hard to know to trust. I personally know many creators who would opt to run their own ads if it was easier for them to do so.

I went back to many of our past clients at LaunchBoom to have them weigh in on the subject. Here’s what they said.

What do Kickstarter creators think?

Do you think Kickstarter’s refusal to add the Facebook Pixel hurts Kickstarter creators?
Beaver Hunch
By: Majo Corino
Tags: UX Design, UI Design, Crowdfunding, Website Design

Beaver Hunch is a Miami-based startup that brings crowd-funding to the real estate business in a clever way! It is made for Latinxs to invest in the US.

100% transparent & 100% remote.

My Role

In this case, I worked as part of an Argentinian Design Agency: Indicius. They have high standards for visual quality, and they also created the branding for BH. My role as a Design Lead was to collaborate closely with the Product Owner, Dev Team, and Indicius’s Founder, to define the entire product. They had a ball-park idea of what the platform was supposed to do, but that what’s it. By conducting workshops, different rounds of research, an exhaustive IA phase, and even writing User Stories, I created the website and the platform.

Beaver Hunch is the first crowd-funding website from Argentina that allows people from all over Latin America to invest in real estate in the US. It is familiar for Latin American citizens that have banking accounts in the US to protect their earnings from their politically unstable countries.

The business model and the brand strategy were clear, but there was still work to do in the product definition. How is it supposed to work, which information is relevant to generate trust in remote investments, reduce the learning curve, and make it understandable for the target audience: first-time-investors.

They had the need to create the company website + the web app to manage investments and monitor its progress.
ECOS Views: what do experts say about cryptocurrency and blockchain this week?
By: Ecos M
Tags: CEO, Experts Articles, Crowdfunding, Bitcoin Mining, Btc

Head of CryptoQuant Ki Young Ju expects Bitcoin to rise in price in mid-July. He wrote this on his Twitter account. The growth may happen because of the outflow of coins from exchanges. This has already happened before — in August 2017 and in December 2018.

“BUY #BTC when whales send bitcoins out of the exchange. The BULL market usually starts four months after the exchange average withdrawal hits year-high. According to the latest data, the #BTC BULL market is likely to start in mid-July. According to the latest data, the #BTC BULL market is likely to start in mid-July,” — Ju suggested.

He is supported by head of Galaxy Digital Mike Novogratz. During the interview with CNBC, Mike said that he would be surprised if the price of the coin does not exceed the level of $10,000 in the near future.

“When this happens, the next goal will be $14,000, and in the long term — $20,000,” — Mike added.

Cryptopotato portal analyst Yuval Gov also claims that after Bitcoin overcomes the resistance line of $9,800, cryptocurrency will grow to $10,500. Most experts share his view.

“What is happening on the cryptocurrency market today is similar to the beginning of the long-term growth phase that started in 2016,” said Michael van de Poppe, the analyst of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.

An interesting opinion was also expressed by CEO of Mediashares Gene Massey in the interview for ECOS YouTube - channel. He said that it’s still possible to earn on Bitcoin mining today.

“Bitcoin mining can be very profitable. The price of Bitcoin has to be high enough to make it profitable. If Bitcoin price goes down to $3000, it’s not profitable to mine Bitcoin” — he said.

Let us recall, that now Bitcoin is trading at $9103, according to Bitstamp.

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Frequently Asked Questions
Tags: Covid 19, Fundraising, Customer Care, Crowdfunding, Frequently Asked Queries

How to donate on Donatekart?

You can donate on Donatekart in just 3 simple steps:

1.Visit the campaign of your choice, add the desired quantities of products that you wish to donate and click on ‘Donate Now’

2. Enter your details and proceed to payment.

3. Choose your preferred mode of payment and complete the transaction

Note: For international donations ( Non-INR ) please change the currency on the checkout page to the corresponding currency like USD, CAD etc to successfully complete the donation using our international gateway, Stripe.

You may also refer to the tutorial below to understand the same:

International cards not working?

We do accept international payments. We request you to check the currency on the checkout page and proceed to pay. You will be redirected to our international payment gateway, Stripe, where you can complete the payment using your international card.

Note: International donations will not go through, when currency is set to ‘INR’ on the checkout page.

Are you looking for 80G tax receipt?

- You can obtain your 80G tax receipt using the GET80G button on the thank you page which comes right after making the payment

- Alternatively, the GET80G button is present in the order confirmation email sent to the registered email ID given during the transaction

- From this button, navigate to the claim form, fill in the required details as per PAN and click on submit

Note: Your 80G tax receipt shall be sent to the mentioned email ID within 24hrs

What is your Gpay/PhonePe/Paytm phone number /Account Number to transfer money?

We don’t have any UPI phone numbers as we do not accept direct money transfers. Our platform accepts in-kind donations instead of traditional monetary donations as Donatekart started with a motive to bring transparency in the donations made to charities.

Are the donations going to beneficiaries/is it legit?

We understand your concern about the distribution and utilization of the products. We post regular updates for campaigns, which you can find on the campaign page of the NGO that you have chosen to donate to. In these updates, you will find pictures/videos of the product distribution and their utilization.

Why do we collect the tip amount?

The tip amount is not a fixed amount. Donors can tip voluntarily and can customize the amount based on how satisfactory our service has been. The tip amount will be used by Donatekart to scale impact, promote campaigns, manage logistics, and the rise in prices of the listed products during the campaign.
Tier 3 Of Early Contribution MPC Token Sale is Open!
By: Partisia Blockchain Foundation
Tags: Blockchain, ICO, Crowdfunding, Blockchain Technology

Want to become a part of the Partisia Blockchain, whether as a node operator helping to power the network, or simply as a community member participating in the token economy? Then good news, we’ve begun to accept early contributions from our earliest community members.

So far, we’ve already added several node operators, as well as many community members who are active amongst many other crypto communities, and beginning to spread the word about Partisia Blockchain. We have seen phenomenal growth and interest in our community and token sale since announcing it last week.

Here’s how you can get involved and secure your allocation of MPC tokens at this early stage:

Complete your KYC registration at kyc.partisiablockchain.com You will receive an approval e-mail, alerting you that you’re now able to login to your portal at kyc.partisiablockchain.com. If you’ve already KYC’d, you can simply login to your account, and don’t need to wait for an e-mail.

3. Once logged in, you’ll see your “verified” status if you’ve been approved, and be presented the early contribution agreement for digital signature. Simply sign the agreement and hit next.

4. You’re done! You can now send your USDC to the official Tier 3 wallet address: 0x85F7158f4370B4dab46D3014303E88E872412D2A

Make sure to join us on our official telegram discussion channel where the community has begun to blossom: https://t.me/partisiachat

Cheers,

Partisia Blockchain Team
YIELD App Launches Equity Crowdfunding Round on BnkToTheFuture
By: Yield App
Tags: Defi, Yield, Crowdfunding, Bnktothefuture

We are pleased to announce our partnership with BnkToTheFuture, a global online crowdfunding platform for FinTech companies.

BnkToTheFuture’s network of over 85,000 qualified investors has enabled compliant equity funding rounds for a number of established crypto firms such as BitFinex, Kraken, ShapeShift, Wirex, and Abra, and has now facilitated almost $850 million of investments in the sector.

“I believe that choosing BnkToTheFuture for our first funding round proves to the market that we are here to become a major player in the industry’’ said Tim Frost, founder and CEO of YIELD App. “Nobody would ever doubt the seriousness of their due diligence process, and we are proud of this new partnership.”

BnkToTheFuture users can invest a minimum of $1,000. Additionally, investors will receive our utility token YLD (approximately 6.5 tokens for every $1 invested). YLD, when held on YIELD.app, will boost our users’ APY from 12% to 20%, and allow them to earn up to 10% APY on YLD tokens.

Simon Dixon, co-founder and CEO of BnkToTheFuture, commented: “We were getting lots of requests from our investors to look at DeFi projects, but we were trying to find one that actually has a well-structured company behind it; this is how we came across YIELD App.”

For more information, feel free to watch Episode 78 of BF Live, where our team answered questions from the community about YIELD App and our partnership with BnkToTheFuture.
Benefits of Creating a Kickstarter Video
By: Joseph Muchiri
Tags: Crowdfunding, Kickstarter, Kickstarter Campaign, Video Marketing

Benefits of Creating a Kickstarter Video

Kickstarter is an American crowdfunding platform that funds creative projects. With a mission to “help bring creative projects to life,” the platform, which is also a public benefit corporation, funds projects from around the globe in a range of areas such as music, films, video games, and technology.

What is a Kickstarter Video?

Kickstarter works by entrepreneurs or teams posting their projects on the platform’s campaign pages to attract investors who will fund their ideas or products.

A Kickstarter video helps showcase your innovation or creative idea to people. Through the video, you can introduce the concept, demonstrate how it works, and appeal to investors to fund it. A well-created video is a powerful tool to reach and move people to action to support your campaign.

What You Gain by Creating a Kickstarter Video?

1. Stand out from the crowd

A Kickstarter video helps you stand out from the crowd considering the platform’s popularity where thousands of people pitch their ideas. If you look at the statistics from Kickstarter itself, 48 percent of the campaigns raised using a video were funded. In contrast, only 26 percent of projects without a video attained their minimum goals. A video enables you to powerfully convey your idea without the need to spell it in so many words.

2. Wider reach

With quality and compelling Kickstarter video, you can scale up awareness creation of your project by sharing the video on multiple platforms. A broader reach will enable you to convince as many people about your innovation and ultimately contribute to your campaign’s success.

Conclusion

For exponential returns on your campaign, a perfect Kickstarter video is a tool you must endeavor to create. Even though you can get your campaign funded on Kickstarter without having a video, the platform advises that projects with engaging videos command a higher success rate.
Unpopular Opinions.
By: Sanjay Ambalath
Tags: Donations, Struggles In Life, Manipulation, Crowdfunding, Customer Sentiments

Crowdfunding websites are scum.

We scroll our social media feed everyday, pushing one post after another down, whiling away our time. We see friends posting heartwarming stuff, cringe stuff, funny stuff and whatnot. And there are the memes, which are based on the pages you follow and your taste.

And then, comes the ads.

With the fucking anomaly of an internet policy we have now, everything you search comes up as an ad, letting you view the same product you thought twice about, keeping it in your vision whenever you open your circle of apps everyday, making sure it etches in your mind.

This is just like the movie, Inception and we will go deeper into this another day. One of the category of ads we see along with these are crowdfunding ads.

I’ll give you an example. So, there’s a post which says “They need to study today for India to have a bright future tomorrow. Help us educate them.” So subtly put, you fuckers.

And you might feel like, “Hey, they are doing something good by connecting people in need with helpers. They’re doing god’s work.” Yeah, but no. In the name of connecting donors and receivers, they take a considerable cut in the middle.

If you had some time to check their terms and conditions before you donate, you would be able to see that they don’t really have any credibility about the fund and where the money goes. It’s like you drop something in a well and don’t look back.

There are lots of Kickstarter replica startups in which 75% of them started around last year. I don’t think people even donate in those websites but you see the ads everyday about helping people for a cause, guilt tripping people about having a normal quarantine and others suffering through.

And even if you fall for the trap, they make sure you connect all your accounts to donate. Why? So that they can flood you with donation ads left, right, and center on every app possible.

I have just two things to say about this. Delete your cookies frequently and please avoid using mediators for donation. It’s sad that people are suffering but it’s sadder that there are people who make money using the sentiment. This is the lowest of lows for a human to go in trying times. I feel this way and it may be an unpopular opinion but there, I said it.
Bootstrap — Crowdfunding — Gig Professionals: Hope for Entrepreneurs during COVID
By: Anveshika Sharma
Tags: Startup, Bootstrap, Gig Economy, Crowdfunding, Startup Fund Raising

During this CoVID time funding for startups has taken a dip, however, bootstrapping could be your key. Founder’s saving plays an important role here, but there are other ways as well which can help you fund your startup.

If not VCs or Angels, crowdfunding can be a good option. This is very effective for entrepreneurs who are just starting. You don’t have to dilute your equity and yet can raise funds for your passion project. If not investors, why not make your funders the angels.

Keep control of your budget. COVID has forced us to reconsider our monthly and yearly plans and keep a check on the expenses. The same applies to startups. You need to be very specific about how much and in what manner you want to spend, which leads me to the next point, cost optimization. Some of you may be getting good traction if your product is pro-lockdown, but remember not to spend unnecessarily on marketing or team building. You should choose to spend wisely.

Go completely virtual, give up your office space. With work from home trending, learn from the model and try to implement that to save up office rental. There are a variety of tools available now to help you streamline the work online, which includes, but not limited to, communication, project management, video conferencing, remote desktops, task management, reporting, etc. Build the WFH culture, but also respect your team’s personal space.

Paying employees’ salary may become difficult, but there are always more ways to keep the work going. ‘Gig economy’ has been in the buzz from quite some time, but the relevance can now be seen. While you may not be able to retain employees full-time, you can pay them for the amount of work and effort they put in. This goes not only form employees but advisors too. Platforms such as GetMeExperts solves this problem right and help you find the right talent for the right project at the right time.

These tips may not solve your problem of lack of funds, but can definitely help you to manage some of your expenses in these difficult times.
How Left Handed Giant LHG published digital membership cards for 1500+ investors in less than a day?
By: Mert Tatar
Tags: Digital Membership Cards, Crowdfunding, Raklet

Left Handed Giant -a brewpub from Bristol- started offering exclusive benefits to its investors with digital membership cards provided by Raklet. LHG also uses Raklet as a social network to allow all its users to stay connected in one single platform.

The fundraising campaign on Crowdcube

Left Handed Giant is one of the most highly rated breweries in the UK. They initiated a fundraising campaign with the target of £450.000 in order to open their own Brewpub in Bristol. Eventually, more than 1400 investors supported the idea and they gathered more than £1M. It is also possible to fundraise, keep donors updated along the way and boost your donations with Raklet. Learn more

Digital Membership Cards

Left Handed Giant offers various advantages to its investors such as a discount on beer and food, discount on merchandise, free beer on birthday and invitation to private parties.

LHG uses Raklet to provide different digital membership cards to its investors according to how much they donated. Investors can download the Raklet app and access their digital membership card. They can benefit from the discount and other exclusive perks by simply scanning the QR code from their smartphones.
The Initial Creator Fund
By: Pledgecamp Staff
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Startup, Crowdfunding, Blockchain, Money

To incentivize creators to join the Pledgecamp platform, 5% of the initial Token Allocation, or 500,000,000 PLG, will fund the Initial Creator Bonus. #TokenTuesday

This initiative to recruit initial projects to the early platform will take two forms. First, creators who run a successful Pledgecamp campaign will earn the following bonus:

C = PB * 0.2

C is the Creator’s Compensation

P is the median pledge amount in PLG

B is the number of individual backers

This amounts to an approximate 20% bonus added to the pledge of each backer. The cumulative bonus amount must be spent on services in the Market Network, to ensure that funds are used directly on their projects. This article describes the Market Network in more detail:

This will also attract early vendors who can receive these funds. Any campaign suspended by Moderators is not eligible for this bonus. In addition, portfolio companies of eligible startup incubators and accelerators will be awarded up to 50,000 PLG per company that runs a crowdfunding campaign on Pledgecamp. This incentive is to encourage companies to run their projects on our nascent platform. If the Initial Creator Fund is not depleted after 36 months, the remainder will be allocated to the Platform Fund.

In closing, the benefits of joining the Pledgecamp platform at an early stage are clear. We ask that anyone who may be looking to crowdfund with a novel platform and #BackerInsurance reach out to hello@pledgecamp.com with details about your project and the amount you’re looking to raise.
What is Peer-to-Peer crowdfunding?
Tags: Crowdfunding, Food Donations, Blood Donation, Eduction

Peer-to-peer is an architecture using which you two parties can deal with each other without involving the third one. It was originated as a concept in computer science and has now become an essential part of advanced payments systems. 25CF is a crowdfunding platform powered with peer-to-peer technology and it makes fund-raising easy for any purpose. In the very beginning, crowdfunding was used by writers and artists to raise funds to support their work.

Today, it has become a vehicle which underpins multiple purposes and it has been made possible by 25CF. This platform allows you to raise funds for various causes and it gives you an ingenious method to multiply your profits. It gives you a business model which works tremendously well for your personal growth as well. With the help of this website, you can help yourself or any other individual who needs funds on an urgent basis.

It connects users with a huge network and establishes a pool easily. Making direct referrals and working together as a team becomes very handy with this website. It also emphasizes on the personal growth of every individual who works on extending the network. With every crowdfunding platform, the methods of raising funds change, 25CF brings something new which works for everyone. It leverages technology and marketing both at their best.

The auto donation system works in the benefit of every contributor in the system. It gives leeway to find more innovative ways to optimize the technology and make it better than before. It is very easy for any individual to reach the apex of the hierarchy and achieve all the goals. With this website, you are going to achieve all your goals with the right strategy and you can all of it possible very easily, it allows changes to seep into the mechanism.

More Information Visit- https://25cf.org
Crowdhero x Migo Channel: A Sweet Handshake for the NFT supporters
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Crowdfunding, Blockchain, Crowdhero, Crypto

With a “honey-trap” of 6 million subscribers and 800 continuous established episodes on Youtube, Migo Channel has proven to be one of the most noticeable online Entertainment Producers in Vietnam. The team always delivers new concepts, potential casts, and up-to-date contents that catch up with local trends. This time, the team is ready to adapt and go into the crypto orbit.

Crypto-Crowdfunding: the potential link to get more connected to the fans

Migo Channel is the first in Vietnam, to crowdfund for their digital project called Sugar Baby with cryptocurrency. The results from this series have been very positive as well.

Sugar Baby is the first digital crowdfunding project with cryptocurrency in Vietnam (Photo: Ghien Mi Go Youtube Channel)

Sugar Baby is not just a project utilising urban life’s trending topics. This so-called series demonstrates some significant numbers. With the supportive backers, almost 7,5 million KAI which is 140,000 USD at the time has been raised (*). Web drama Sugar Baby is produced for nearly 3 months, starting from late September to November, with 6 episodes, 1 teaser and 1 music video.

The weekly report also shows an upward line in the revenue stream, which reaches higher than 6,400 USD/week in 2021 (*). Kicking off as a small content creator team on Youtube, and experiencing a new way to grow with crypto-crowdfunding, Migo Channel is the ideal model for any content creators to hop on the cryptocurrency and NFT bandwagon.

Sugar Baby’s Weekly Avenue Report (Source: kaistarter’s website)

What’s next for Migo?

Always seeking for new ways to foster more quality content, towards the Migo Channel Team, Sugar Baby is just a starting point. They have gained some from building a line up of prominent web-series casts, to uncovering deep-seated and secret faces of life. Now it’s time for Migo Channel to try on new methods in their production pipeline.

This is when Crowdhero — a global crowdfunding and NFT based platform — handshakes with Migo Channel for an upcoming plan. As a team of Industry Professionals with previous High-Tech Business Building Experience, together with Creator Connections, Crowdhero team are thrilled for this NFT project. And details will be revealed later. So please stay tuned for more updates.

Be our partner!

Crowdhero currently craves for more join-ups. We are at the moment prioritising working with many communities from fashion, game designers, illustrators, photogs, writers, music producers, film makers… So if you are leading a community or in the field we are seeking for, shoot us a message at hello@crowdhero.co

Get in touch

Telegram | Medium | Twitter | LinkedIn | Discord | Website |Facebook

Buy our CRWD token here.

Your first time purchase? See step by step how-to.

More weekly updates are coming. Talk soon.

(*) Reports and Numbers are taken from whitepaper.kstarter.co, kaistarter.kardiachain.io
97th — molecular future (MOF) weekly report
By: Molecular Future
Tags: Crowdfunding

HiFriends of the molecular future:

Molecular’s next week’s report is coming to issue 97. The benefit activities of “MOF and Hufu launch double ten and one heavyweight gifts: regular plan + financial management by bill” and “molecular’s future (MOF) million benefit distribution, winning 888 MOFs at most, shuangfan double ten one” are warmly participated by fans, and more benefit activities will be given back to you in the future; the molecular team is stepping forward step by step, has been moving forward, committed to building a global one-stop digital asset investment service platform!In addition, how far has the project progressed?Let’s review it with Xiaobian!

First,Strongest this week

Xbting Foundation

1

ETFfund(USDT)

Starting net worth (February 19) 1, latest net worth(10month17Day)1.6325

Total increase+63.25%

II. Talking about work

1

technological development

APPContinuous page optimization

Continuous optimization of official website page

In the process of overall adjustment, upgrading and optimization

…

2

MOF, together with Hufu, launched the double 11 heavyweight offering: regular plan + financial management by registered order

MOF, together with Hufu, launched the double 11 heavyweight donation regular plan + financial management by registration

Regular financial management, 30 days, 20% annualized, total amount of 300000 MOF (full amount)!

11From 12:00, Nov. 11 to 12:00, Nov. 18, the sales order is made in Hufu,

Up to 120% of the annual income of the financial management of the registered order. When you win, there will be income in the sales order!

3

Molecular future (MOF) million welfare distribution, winning 888 MOFs at most, double 11

The double 11 will give the future friends three benefits

Welfare 1: forward the activity poster to the friend circle to receive the cash red bag

Welfare 2: double payment of top up investment welfare, million income securities, double income cards, etc

Benefit 3: directly scan the code to play the game and win 888 MOFs at most

The activity was warmly participated by the fans, and the number of people receiving cash and honoring Awards was endless

We are also very busy and deeply feel the warm support from all of you

Friends who didn’t win a prize or prize this time, don’t lose it

Soon, we will have more welfare activities for you!

Three.APPinformation
The Cost to Create: Winky Skull Enamel Pins
Tags: Budgeting, The Cost To Create, Crowdfunding, Kickstarter, Creator Toolkit

My costs

In the end, my campaign raised $713 (142% of my original goal) from 70 backers, 66 of whom pledged to receive the pin. After fees and dropped pledges, I had a total of $642.53. Here, I’ll break down how I spent that money.

Manufacturing: $275.22

Manufacturer: Made By Cooper

Details: 110 enamel pins and backing cards

A fellow Kickstarter creator referred me to Made by Cooper, a good quality, affordable option for manufacturing the pins. However, the trade-off for the affordable price was time. It took over two months from the time of my order to receive the pins.

Design: $100

Designer: Courtney Moy

I asked Courtney, a friend of a friend and a designer I’d worked with before, to come up with some potential designs for the pin. I ended up going with a version that another friend made for the final pin, but I used Courtney’s original sketches for the backing card (see image below).

Packaging: $50

I bought some fancy envelopes for shipping the pins, but once I looked closer, I realized that they didn’t have any adhesive glue on them (WTF!). So instead of sinking more funds into buying new envelopes, I got some heavy-duty tape to make sure that they stayed sealed during transit.

Packing up the pins

Initial shipping: $50

I hand-shipped a few rewards. I only had a few backers in countries other than the U.S. I was surprised that shipping something to Canada was just as expensive as shipping something to Germany!

Additional shipping: $107.55

Shipping company: Shyp

This is probably TMI, but right around the time I was fulfilling my project, I got my wisdom teeth removed (see this update). Turns out that when you get your wisdom teeth removed, you do not want to go to the post office. So I ended up using Shyp. They picked up my remaining rewards and shipped them out for me. It was a little more expensive than doing it myself, but I had funds remaining that could cover the cost.
Real Estate Crowdfunding: Equity Investment
Tags: Investing, Investment, Crowdfunding, Real Estate, Equity

There are two main types of real estate crowdfunding investments at the moment, equity investments and debt investments. Investors need to consider several factors when deciding what investments they are going to take on. Usually, they vary in potential returns, liquidity and level of risk they possess.

In the previous article, we explained what debt or loan investments are about. In this one, we are going to take a close look at equity investments, and explain their strengths, and weaknesses, as well as what they mean for investors.

Related: Article: What is Real Estate Crowdfunding?

When investing in equity, investors own a proportional share of a specific real estate project. The return on investment is based on a property’s rental income and any change in the value of the property project.

Generally talking, equity investors receive higher returns than debt investors. They also receive regular rental income on a monthly or quarterly basis as well as earning income when the property is sold.

However, equity investments are associated with higher risk and longer holding periods than debt investments. The holding periods can vary between 3–10 years or more, which makes them less liquid as well.

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DAO Token’s Strategic Round is Complete
By: H. S.
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Fintech, Crowdfunding, Blockchain, Venture Capital

DAO Maker has been defying industry standards, for betterment, since its inception. With our token offering, we turned the frame of funding rounds on its head.

Typically, first come the institutional buyers and then the community. But as we believe communities are at the core of any tokenized development, we opened doors to the DAO token first to the community.

In November, we raised 50% of our cap exclusively from our core community, who became the first to own DAO tokens. In December, we opened the strategic round of our offering. The strategic round reached completion by the end of December as we spent considerable effort in ensuring each strategic buyer has a genuine intention to commit to the DAO ecosystem’s success.

We are getting very close to token generation, and January includes a number of events that will be a prelude to DAO token’s listing. We are excited to release more information on these.

In the meantime, we want to disclose notable participants in our DYCO.

The Latest DAO Token Holders

The strategic round includes a composition of funds, companies, angels, and influencers.

We have had a strong relationship with LD Capital even prior to our token announcement. The fund has one of the most supportive professionals in the industry and we have seen firsthand their commitment to provide ample resources, beyond capital, to the projects they work with.

We are happy to recognize them as the lead token holder.

One of the largest funds in the cryptocurrency market, with over $550M in AUM.

The venture arm of the industry’s leading OTC desk.

Fintech group managing over $2B and an early stage investor of Binance, BITMAIN, and over 70+ projects in the industry.

Major APAC fund with active involvement in a massive network of protocols.

Established cryptocurrency VC with a network built over several years of community efforts.

A Hong Kong family office with deep-rooted involvement in traditional asset management and enterprise business.

SevenX Ventures

Well-established industry VC with active investments in notable layer-1s and exchanges.

CoinIX GmbH is a publicly listed company based out of Germany focused on crypto and blockchain investments.

Angels

These are token purchases not from institutions but by executives or partners at institutions.

Partners from Brilliance Ventures

Partners from Woodstock

Partner from Rockaway

Executive from NEM

Founder of Pello Capital

Blockchain Companies

These are token purchases not from funds but by companies operating in the space.

The strategic round also had considerable involvement from industry influencers and media platforms. These won’t be named.

With the conclusion of the strategic round, we will begin pre-launch events, which will take place across the month of January.

Stay tuned for details.

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Website: https://daomaker.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedaomaker

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How To Join SportsBets.Crypto DWeb Ethereum Blockchain Crowdsale
By: Uply Media Inc
Tags: Crowdsale, Sports, Crowdfunding, Sports Betting, Token Sale

SportsBets.Crytpo created by Uply Media, Inc is a DWeb ecosystem new Blockchain Website published to Interplanetary File System (IPFS) is now already live on Ethereum!

SportsBets.Crypto is making plans to be the leading authority platform for Americans to wager more than $150 billion in “Sports Betting” through Blockchain technology and demand for accepting cryptocurrencies.

Sports betting is the activity of predicting sports results and placing a wager on the outcome. In the $39 billion licensed sports-books industry, bets in their automated system can mistakenly generate odds on a game. Causing massive wins that companies can’t cash or payout or refuse to honor.

This is what Blockchain technology solves by allowing verifiable permanent records through an unchanged transaction ledger. A solution to show transparency for every transaction level.

Attractive to supporters is also the immense ability of tokens from a Crowdsale to be bought and sold on the open market later. In this case, 1 ETH buys as many as 20 Tokens that can gain their own market value independently of SportsBets.Crypto outside of access usage. Making this a win-win for early adopters. As the success of SportsBets.Crypto grows the tokens have the potential to increase enormously in value to produce even greater profits later.

The future of sports betting is Blockchain technology and having the ability to accept Bitcoin and up to 60 top cryptocurrencies give this project an advantage in the marketplace. With more cryptocurrencies payment options to be added in the future.

Minimum Purchase is just 1 Token!

Join in on the excitement become a Crowdsale contributor for special token access to SportsBets.Crypto Go Here!
“We’ve partnered with GiggedIn: the Netflix of live music!
By: Pozible Team
Tags: Initiatives, Music, Equity Crowdfunding, Crowdfunding, Live Music

We are excited to share the news that we have teamed up with GiggedIn to offer our Pozible community the chance to receive an exclusive deal on memberships so you can join their community of music lovers and get into the moshpit with mates every weekend while also supporting your favourite artists of tomorrow.

GiggedIn is offering the first 200 people to sign up via this link an exclusive offer to receive $45 of credit for just $15 — redeemable on tickets to 150+ gigs (including some Pozible alumni!).

What is GiggedIn? GiggedIn gives music fans access to 150 + of the best gigs and other upcoming events in Sydney & Melbourne with one simple monthly membership. Events range from concerts headlined by international and local acts across all genres of music, to outdoor cinemas, comedy and many other experiences. Upcoming events include Laneway Festival 2020, FOMO 2020, Two Door Cinema Club, Grapevine Gathering and two of our favourite Pozible alumni (see more below).

Check out the Channel 7 News story this week.

Every month, you’ll get access to tickets to 150+ gigs and festivals which are always recommended retail price or less. Plus, your monthly $14.95 membership fee is redeemable on tickets so you can save even more on tickets every month. Credits rollover to the next month if you don’t use them, so you can save them up to use on your favourite artists.

Bugs — Friday, 22nd Nov @ Howler, Melbourne.

Hailing from Brisbane, Bugs are a lighthearted group of mates who find joy in crafting infectiously happy pop music, and packaging it up with a dose of honest and relatable songwriting.

Having run a successful Pozible campaign earlier this year, Bugs are thrilled to release their newest offering, ‘Seriously’, the fourth and final single off their long-awaited second album, ‘Self Help’. The boys are embarking on their own five-city national tour, on the back of supporting Australian rock legends Grinspoon throughout October. If their Sydney show last weekend was anything to go by, you’d better not miss their show in Melbourne this weekend.

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How Crowdfunding Technology Is Solving Homelessness Through Skills Training
Tags: Crowdfunding, Social Impact, Social Enterprise, Homeless

In episode 31 of the Disruptors for Good podcast, I speak with Alex Stephany, the founder of Beam, on solving homelessness using crowdfunding and technology.

Beam is a crowdfunding platform that enables new career opportunities for homeless men and women. Beam uses technology and global citizens to help fund skills training and education to homeless individuals. With the Beam platform, you can help someone start a new career and leave homelessness for good.

The platform works like this. Each person on the platform is referred to Beam by an established homeless charity or their local council. They receive a dedicated support specialist — a Beam employee who supports them all the way into their new career! The support specialists conduct basic security checks to make sure the referred person is mentally and physically ready to enter full-time employment. After that they help each person develop a tailored career plan, building on their unique strengths and interests.

Once approved to be on the Beam platform, we as global citizens, can choose to help fund one person’s training or fund everyone equally. You can choose support once or monthly. You’ll get an email introducing you to a new person you’re supporting every month and learn more about their individual story.

The founder of Beam, Alex Stephany, was inspired to build Beam after getting to know a homeless man at his local Tube station in London. The man had spent decades out of work. Alex would buy him cups of coffee and pairs of socks, but could see his condition going from very bad to even worse.When the man had a heart attack, Alex asked himself: “What could we do to make a real difference to that man’s life?” The answer lay in giving him the skills to support himself. Alex knew that’d cost much more than a coffee. But what if everyone chipped in?

Before Beam, Alex ran the parking app, JustPark, which he grew from 2 to over 40 people and still support as a Board Advisor. At JustPark, he had his first experience with crowdfunding when he led a record-breaking equity crowdfunding round — what was the largest crowdfunding round for a startup in history.

He is also the author of a book on the sharing economy called The Business of Sharing, and also advised the city of Seoul as part of the Mayor’s Sharing Economy Advisory Panel.
From Plastic Bottles In the Ocean To Winning in Kickstarter
By: Khierstyn Ross
Tags: Startup, Digital Marketing, Crowdfunding, Kickstarter, Kickstarter Marketing

Gabby Samkova, originally from Australia, was living and working in Bali while surfing in her spare time.

While she thought she was getting as far away from city life as possible and experiencing nature, she was constantly brought back to reality.

Even while 100 meters offshore surfing, she would encounter plastic.

Plastic bottles… plastic bags… plastic particles.

She even kicked a dirty diaper trying to catch a wave!

Gabby was determined to figure out how she could do her part to fix the problem.

After doing her research, she discovered that we can now take old plastic and upcycle it into a polyester microfibre.

Gabby realized that meant that it was now possible to take used plastic bottles and turn them into fast-drying, sand resistant, and compact beach towels!

That’s when she founded SomerSide Towels and successfully launched on Kickstarter, even delivering early.

In this episode, we talk about the steps Gabby took to deliver a premium fabric upcycled from plastic bottles in the ocean from diaper to launch and go over many of the lessons Gabby learned along the way.

Watch the full YouTube video:

https://youtu.be/WTvufItTIEU

We also cover:

Having high standards GOOD! Spending the time upfront to manage product quality is crucial for a successful business after the launch

While volume is manageable, you need to be involved in every step of the process

Why you need to be backing other projects while planning your own launch

Be willing to write 300 or more thank you letters to your backers… and watch what happens as a result.

Did you resonate with Gabby’s story? Check out SomerSide Towels here at https://www.somerside.com.au/ and pick a towel at the same time.