Gijsbert Koren
Gijsbert Koren is editor of Smarter money and co-founder of CrowdAboutNow, the Dutch crowdfunding & crowdsourcing platform for start-ups.Latest Tweets
@jelleprins damn.. Bad luck! En nu? - posted on 01/09/2010 21:50:15- @FemAJH vond het ook een leuk gesprek! @pifworld is een super mooi initiatief waar we ongetwijfeld nog veel van gaan horen! - posted on 01/09/2010 21:47:36
- @frankbeijen Daar ga ik of een collega van http://www.crowdaboutnow.com graag op in!
- posted on 01/09/2010 14:19:05 - @frankbeijen heb hetzelfde 'probleem'. Prijzig!
- posted on 01/09/2010 09:19:05 
@GWKoren Article about another app designer: http://bit.ly/bT3PTz - posted on
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P2P lending in the US and UK
Posted on August 28, 2010 | 2 CommentsPeer to peer lending (or P2P lending) platforms provide a new type of personal loans. The personal loan market (excluding credit card debt) is currently over $1,600B in the US and more than £10B in the UK. P2P lending is breaking the power of large... -
Crowdfunding without costs for investors and entrepreneurs?
Posted on July 20, 2010 | 2 CommentsThe organisations behind crowdfunding platforms have to make a living and they do this in a fair and transparant way by charging a fee for every completely funded start up or project. This means that your success is also their success and gives the platform... -
Review – Ex Ante Crowdfunding and the Recording Industry: A Model for the U.S.?
Posted on July 20, 2010 | No CommentsCrowdfunding is a new subject for academic research and from now on, I will review and summarize academic papers about crowdfunding for Smarter money. In this paper (2009, Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review, Vol.29, Issue 3), Tim Kappel explores crowdfunding in the music industry... -
Crowdfunding design: 100×100 lights
Posted on July 8, 2010 | No CommentsDutch designer Daniel Schipper is crowdfunding the production of a pendant lamp shade from recyclable plastic. Daniel will start producing his lamp, as soon as 100 pre-orders have been placed. Customers who want to pre-order the lamp don’t have to pay until the goal of... -
Videos explaining crowdfunding & crowdsourcing
Posted on July 7, 2010 | 2 CommentsWhat is crowdfunding & crowdsourcing? Four short videos give you an answer to that question! Crowdfunding 1. Ulule promotional video 2. The Biracy Project promotional video Crowdsourcing 1. What is crowdsourcing? 2. Jeff Howe about crowdsourcing -
8 reasons why entrepreneurs should crowdfund their company
Posted on July 6, 2010 | 2 CommentsWhy should you – as an entrepreneur – choose to crowdfund your company, when you can also choose to get capital from one big investor? Here are 8 reasons why! 1. Availability of capital With less money being available at the side of (in)formal investors... -
A plethora of crowdfunding platforms
Posted on June 26, 2010 | 4 CommentsCrowdfunding platforms and initiatives are popping up around us (for a complete overview scroll down) and if you take a close look, you can recognise several important differences between those platforms. Funding: investing, lending, supporting or donating? Within the concept of crowdfunding, there are four... -
Crowdfunding, microfinance and peer to peer lending
Posted on June 19, 2010 | 4 CommentsCrowdfunding is closely related to microfinance and peer to peer lending. All three are financial models for which capital can be raised through online campaigns. Crowdfunding is about a crowd of people pooling money together, while microfinance and peer to peer lending don’t necessarily require... -
Crowdfunding creative projects
Posted on June 11, 2010 | 2 CommentsCrowdfunding has many faces; when someone talks about crowdfunding, he or she either means investing, supporting, loaning or donating. The concept of investments, loans and donations are clear, but what is supporting exactly? Crowdfunding creative projects is about supporting: the crowd finances a creative project... -
2000%
Posted on May 26, 2010 | 2 CommentsEverybody is watching Kickstarter’s most-successful-project-to-be: Diaspora. Diaspora has raised almost $200,000, which is 2000% of it’s $10,000 goal. With this huge amount of support and attention, Diaspora has the potential to prove the concept of crowdfunding to non-believers. What is Diaspora? “Diaspora is the privacy...
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Crowdfunding for start-ups
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