Crowdfunding is an effective and common practice for raising money and funding a cause. But things sometimes might fall flat. See some representative examples of successful and failed crowdfunding cases.
Small Business Funding
visualized by: shieldfunding.com
Working capital is vital for a small business to keep running in a harsh economic context. In the aftermath of 2008 recession, residues of financial insecurity are still clogging entrepreneurs’ decision to move on and take advantage of new opportunities in the credit market. This report will help you realize the situation and the potentials.
Game Development Costs
visualized by: nowsourcing.com
Do you have any idea of the costs involved in game development ? Here you see 6 examples from various times in game industry history with production cost and sales volume. Following there’s a typical $10 million budget breakdown and some reference to the options available for funding a game idea.
P2P Lending Benefits
visualized by: Neo Mammalian Studios
Learn what makes Peer-to-peer lending or simply put “social lending” particularly appealing to both borrowers and lenders compared either to bank loan or savings account.
offers lower interest rates for borrowers with higher returns for savers.
Golden e-Startups
visualized by: Staff.com
Some of the highest valuated online startups that started after 2004 featuring Twitter, Dropbox, Zygna, Groupon and more.
There are not many startups that made it to a billion dollar valuation, but here are the few that did make it. We’ve only included companies that started in 2004 and onwards (the year when Facebook was founded).
How Investors Think
visualized by: Anna Vital
Raising money for funding a start-up requires carefull and thorough planning. Digging into the think process of investors’ mind is an interesting approach that helps entrepreneurs realize the true potentials of their proposals and a more secure way to succeed in fundraising.
Factoring and Invoice Discounting in UK
visualized by: Linda Watson
An outline of the recorded growth in alternative funding solutions for the UK businessses through factoring and invoice discounting.
Crowdfunded Advertising
visualized by: LoudSauce
Some insights from the citizen-powered ad platform “LoudSauce”.
Kickstarter Stats
visualized by: AppsBlogger.com
What are the fundamentals for driving a successful project on one of the most popular funding platforms for creative projects?
Saving the US Economy
visualized by: Rock the post
Crowdfunding might be the last resort for US Economy and small businesses due to rigid limitations in bank funding. See an alternative proposal on helping new enterpreneurs to the direction of saving the SB’s ego.