Crowdfunding can be an invaluable resource for businesses of all kinds. Smaller and medium-sized companies, though, will perhaps benefit the most. Crowdfunding green business campaigns can draw from all over the world, so if you’re considering using a crowdfunding...
New research from the USC Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab and ESADE Business School investigates whether people are swayed more by emotional or cognitive appeals in requests for funding by social enterprises. Conventional wisdom is that having a compelling story is...
On March 3, the National Crowdfunding Association of Canada hosted Canada’s first Crowdfunding Summit at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto. A sold-out crowd of more than 350 attended. Like many other social entrepreneurs in attendance, I was there trying to...
“Social entrepreneurship is like the new palm wine—very sweet and delicious but lacks some depth of the more mature wine,” says Lucas Wirba at the Catholic University of Cameroon (CATUC). More specifically, Wirba raised the concern that crowdfunding and reliance on...
