IBM’s Internal Crowdfunding Initiative Promotes Employee Innovation

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Wednesday, September 25 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS IBM’s Internal Crowdfunding Rewards Employee Innovation — We take a look at an internal IBM program that makes use of crowdfunding to help Big Blue stay innovative. The initiative was first implemented during summer 2012. Since then, it’s been tried at two …

The Crown Cafe: On Friday, I reactively penned my thoughts on the Ubuntu Edge’s failure to reach its $31 million goal. I think much of the press missing the story.

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

  Don’t hesitate to get in touch! [email protected] TheCrowdCafe Weekly – August 25, 2013 Aug 25, 2013 10:44 am | Jonathan Sandlund |View Original Post|   Happy Sunday, all. Another busy week in the crowdinvesting industry, with an acquisition in the UK and a number of new platforms & services launched. Before …

The Crowd Cafe: The Economics of Equity Crowdfunding

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Don’t hesitate to get in touch! [email protected] TheCrowdCafe Weekly – August 18, 2013 Aug 18, 2013 11:15 am | Jonathan Sandlund |View Original Post|   From the Cafe The Economics of Equity Crowdfunding TheCrowdCafe Community: We’d love to hear your questions, thoughts and commentary on the crowdinvesting industry. A List of Accredited …

CrowdSourcing.org: The Costs and Benefits of Open Innovation

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Open Innovation — What are the costs and benefits of open innovation? We spoke to industry experts to find out what the less obvious costs and benefits are, and how to maximize the potential of an open innovation campaign. …

The CrowdCafe: A Historic Week in Crowdinvesting – July 13, 2013 (07/13/2013)

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Don’t hesitate to get in touch! [email protected] A Historic Week in Crowdinvesting – July 13, 2013 Jul 13, 2013 12:33 pm | Jonathan Sandlund |View Original Post|   As you’ve undoubtedly heard, the SEC voted 4-1 on Wednesday to lift the ban on general solicitation of private security offerings to accredited investors. The rules will …

The Crowd Cafe: The Rise of Meaningful Investing

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

  Don’t hesitate to get in touch! [email protected] The Rise of Meaningful Investing Jonathan Sandlund |View Original Post|   Crowdinvesting is the byproduct of two strands of disruption: technical and cultural.  We explored the technical disruption in the first part of this series. Specifically looking at low-end disruption, a pattern codified by Clayton …

TheCrowdCafe weekly: curated summary of crowdinvesting news

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

TheCrowdCafe weekly • Issue #12 – June 16, 2013 • • Share on Twitter! •  Happy Sunday, All! Here’s this weeks’ curated summary of crowdinvesting news. Also, check out our updated database. I made a few changes to make it more user-friendly and useful. Specifically, it now supports filtering and search (e.g. equity platforms serving …

TheCrowdCafe Weekly: Own Your Neighborhood | Slate

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

TheCrowdCafe weekly • Issue #11 – June 10, 2013 • • Share on Twitter! •  Aloha! Hope you all had a fantastic week. Here’s our curated summary of this week’s happenings in the crowdfund investing ecosystem. Give me a shout at [email protected] if you have any questions or updates! Selected Articles Own Your Neighborhood | Slate I disagree …

TheCrowdCafe weekly: Reigniting Alumni Engagement with Crowdfunding

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

TheCrowdCafe weekly • Issue #8 – May 12, 2013 • • Share on Twitter! • Happy Mother’s Day! 🙂 From the Cafe Reigniting Alumni Engagement with Crowdfunding Union Square Ventures is Cornering the Crowdfunding Market Selected Articles The SEC’s recent “no action” letters | Crowd Valley SEC’s White Said to Push for Lifting ban on …

Conventional Wisdom About Clean Energy Is Still Way Out of Date – GTM Daily Newsletter

Jay OwenGreentech

Friday May 10, 2013 LATEST NEWS: This ‘Monumental Shift’ in the US Buildings Sector May Surprise You  Stephen Lacey – May 9, 2013 “I don’t think people truly understand what just happened.” San Antonio’s CPS Backs Off Solar Net Metering Power Grab  Eric Wesoff – May 9, 2013 How much …