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Hadlie’s Bucket List: a little lady with a brain tumor.

Hadlie’s Bucket List: a little lady with a brain tumor.

  We Need your Help!!!!  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hadlie-s-bucket-list   We would like to raise funds so Hadlie can have her dreams come true. Please help us make memories for our family in the short time we have left! On March 28, 2011 Sarah, Kade and I were blessed with our beautiful daughter, Hadlie Violet. Hadlie was born with an amazing fiery spirit and an invincible personality. She is fearless and exemplifies the popular quote from Mr. William Shakespear, “and though she be but little, she is fierce”. She makes us laugh everyday…

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TheSohoLoft hosts NYC Crowdfunding Real Estate Conference Event

TheSohoLoft hosts NYC Crowdfunding Real Estate Conference Event

Interested in meeting Real Estate Investors? Then register for The Soho Loft and the FundingPost Real Estate Investing Conference on Thursday, November 14, in New York City! Let the keynote message from CEO of Rockefeller real estate management group Dennis Irvin inspire you. See the leading crowd funding realty players talk about their amazing growth in the industry – see top 10 crowdfunders in realty according to Forbes that 21,000+ people read about already: http://www.forbes.com/sites/groupthink/2013/04/19/crowdfundings-latest-invasion-real-estate/ The Soho Loft and FundingPost has hosted 200+ sold-out venture events in 22 cities over the…

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Exclusive Interview: Devin Thorpe with Deposit-A-Gift CEO Dana Ostomel

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Live Interview September 25th, 2013 @ 2:00 PM PST Dana Ostomel is currently the founder and Chief Gifting Officer of the crowdfunding website, Deposit a Gift: the most fun, flexible, hassle-free way to raise money online for anything that matters to you. DepositaGift.com launched in 2010 as a cash gift registry service for people across the globe to communicate that they would prefer cash gifts for all of life’s Big Events. Since then we’ve helped thousands of users raise millions for everything from medical bills and disaster relief, to supporting…

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Crowdfunding Brazilians seek to finance Independent Reporters

Crowdfunding Brazilians seek to finance Independent Reporters

Publica, a non-profit investigative reporting and journalism agency in Brazil, has launched its first crowdfunding project. Publica will distribute ten grants of 6 thousand reais (2,500 US dollars) for investigative projects chosen by the public. The competition’s purpose is to expand the grants given to independent reporters and at the same time increase participation of the public, which will participate as an editorial board formed by those who contribute with crowdfunding. According to Natalia Viana, director of Publica, it is a journalist’s dream: O trabalho vai no sentido inverso dos…

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The Wisdom of Yoda takes over the 3D Printing market

The Wisdom of Yoda takes over the 3D Printing market

By: Robert Mullins, CFB Sr. Staff Writer Startups in the 3D printing space advertise their device capabilities with samples of products like smartphone cases, gears, or replicas of the Eiffel Tower, but if you want to be taken seriously as a printer maker, you’ve got to give people Yoda. “For some reason, the Yoda head is kind of the symbol of what your 3D printer can do,” said Braydon Moreno, CEO of the crowdfunded startup RoBo 3D. “Everyone across the board is saying ‘Let me see your Yoda.’” A review…

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