Type a startup movie

Type a startup movie A free website where you can make a movie sounds like an oxymoron for an entrepreneur. Movies cost a fortune, right? Wrong. Go to xtranormal.com and find out how you can type a movie. Do ask to see mine yet, but I'm working on it. If you plan what you want to say, you can do it in minutes, then upload it to your website, YouTube or send it to your contacts. There is a more sophisticated version for business that you can use when you've mastered the free version. It'...

Entrepreneurship crowdfunding dream is coming true

Entrepreneurship crowdfunding dream is coming true The US House of Representatives has passed, by a walloping majority (407 t0 17), the Bill called HR 2930: Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act. It now needs to pass in the Senate, but is hardly likely to fail. This new legislation is very important for the vast majority of entrepreneurs seeking to raise up to $5 million in equity funding, by means of crowdfunding. Crowdfunding is a way of raising relatively modest sums of money on the Intern...

Crowdfunding may get a Congressional boost

Crowdfunding may get a Congressional boost In September, President Obama included a crowdfunding exemption in his proposed jobs bill, and there is a bill in congress (HR 2930 McHenry) that proposes a very similar exemption.  It is elegant in its simplicity! It includes  provisions that: creates a crowdfunding exemption from the federal registration requirements for offerings of up to $5 million with each investor investing a maximum of the lesser of $10,000 and ten percent of the investor'...

Raising finance meets brand marketing

Raising finance meets brand marketing Profunder.com, the brainchild of Jessica Jackley, co-founder of kiva.org, it the tip of a silver-lined iceberg. Crowdfunding is a significant way to go for people who want to start a business. Crowdfunding is using the Internet to pitch your project to a mass audience, or just your friends and family. Raising money for your startup can be a huge and often unsuccessful effort. Crowdfunding, crowd finance or raising crowd capital can be a much mor...

Google Caffeine: Do you like coffee?

Google Caffeine is likely to be a major revision of the way that Google ranks web pages. Google has not revealed the details of Google Caffeine yet. Rumor has it that the following factors may play a role. Slow loading websites may not get high rankings; broken links may have a negative impact; a lot of links from known spammers will will probably be even worse than now; the new algorithm is likely to be concerned about the total quality of websites. You will probably need good opti...