Topic: Kickstarter Inc.
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Top Picks: Running late? There's an app for that, West African music, and more
A Boston time-lapse video captures the city with haunting music, eBookMall.com brings 'American Idol' for books to the Internet, and more top picks.
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The Entrepreneurial Mind
The future of crowdfunding: Crowd-investing?Thanks to websites like Kickstarter, a number of small online donations made by a network of interested parties can fund a new project or start-up. Some believe that this system of crowdfunding can be used for equity investments in addition to donations, Cornwall writes.
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Horizons
Ouya Kickstarter drive nets $8.5 million. What's next?The team behind Ouya, an open-source video game console, has raised an astonishing $8.5 million. Completed consoles are expected in March.
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Change Agent
Teach Twice shares stories with the worldTeach Twice's title echoes its dual purposes: Provide parents with great stories to read to children, and provide financial aid to schools and students in developing countries.
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The Entrepreneurial Mind
Crowding into the Board Room: A new way to investThe newly-approved JOBS Act broadens the pool of people who can invest in small businesses and offers an exciting new avenue for raising money for start-ups, by harnessing the power of the crowdfunding movement.
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The Simple Dollar
Starting a side business doesn't have to break the bankIt doesn't have to cost much, but a successful side business does take up a lot of time. Before launching, make sure you're willing to make that commitment.
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Change Agent
A quirky, tiny grass-roots effort backs only 'Awesome’ projectsThe Awesome Foundation is a loose collection of some three-dozen local groups usually made up of 10 volunteers each, who offer $100 a month toward a simple, no-strings-attached grant, or Awesome Fellowship.
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Change Agent
'Lemonade Detroit' film shares stories of resilienceDocumentary film by Erik Prouix highlights the resilience of Detroit while paying for itself through a Buy-A-Frame offer
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Opinion: My 'Millennials' generation is busy reimagining a life of ethics
The Millennial Generation is less religious than either the boomers or even Gen-Xers were at our age. But don't be misled: Though we may go to church only on Christmas or celebrate Ramadan but skip the fasting, we are busily and earnestly engaged in reimagining the ethical life.
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The Simple Dollar
Saving money vs. paying debts: How to decidePay off your debts as quickly as possible, but make sure you keep an emergency expense account funded. Question 2 in this week's mailbag.
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Ground zero mosque opened to public Wednesday
Ground zero mosque: An Islamic cultural center near the site of the terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center held its first exhibit Wednesday evening without incident.
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Does America need a full-size, fully functioning AT-AT? Do we even need to ask?
The grassroots 'AT-AT for America' project proposes building a fully functional Imperial walker. Needless to say, Lucasfilm's lawyers aren't crazy about the idea.
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Robocop statue: A youthful lift for Detroit or a monument to blight?
Could a Robocop statue do for Detroit today what the sci-fi movie hero did for the dystopian Motor City of the future? Critics of the proposal dismiss its pop-culture pop as Rust Belt chic.
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Horizons
Robocop statue plan nixed by Detroit mayorRobocop statue supporters may have to wait before a life-sized Robocop replica shows up in Detroit.
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Creative idea? Kickstarter connects artists with online funding.
Kickstarter.com points online patrons toward worthy projects they didn't know existed.
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Horizons
Could a start-up called Diaspora knock Facebook off its perch?For now, Diaspora is a work-in-progress. But if all goes as planned, Diaspora could go head-to-head with Facebook, the reigning king of the social media world.
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