Comments on: Kickstarter Crowd-funding Hits $1M A Week

By: crowd1

crowd1 — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 23:09:32 +0000

Good article. Although, to be honest, I am a bit weary of Kickstarter hyping the Diaspora, but you did your homework and mentioned some cool projects I had never heard of. That is refreshing reporting!

There are other crowdsourcing sites out there. I hope you will continue your interesting, informative writing and interview some of them.

http://crowdwinner.wordpress.com/

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By: George Brunder

George Brunder — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:36:38 +0000

Hi Ryan-

My name is George Brumder and I’m one of the founders of Audience Productions. Would love to chat with you. Please drop me a line on my site (www.yourmoneyyourmovie.com) so we can exchange emails.

Thanks,

George

By: Jeffrey Allen

Jeffrey Allen — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:25:09 +0000

Have heard of Audience Productions. Note however if you call it peer-to-peer funding, “crowd-funding” or membership funding. It’s still donating. Audience is an exception in that they are actually providing SEC securities for investors.

But if you want to know about options for dozens of financing approaches for film, music, TV, etc; try reading http://SinCityFinancier.posterous.com.

Remember in 8/07, Variety Magazine gave a “thumbs-down” on crowd-funding as not being credible for professional I.E. Institutional investors who are in the business of profit.

By: Carl Brent

Carl Brent — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:55:10 +0000

I read about Audience Productions on Thrillist on Monday, a company in Seattle that’s selling $10 shares in a feature film. I went to their site and it looks legit (they’re fully registered with the SEC and all), so I bought some shares. I hope it works, but they say I get my money back if they don’t raise the whole budget. Anyone else heard of these guys?

By: Jeffrey Allen

Jeffrey Allen — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:03:07 +0000

Pledges are not investments they are donations!

By: Jeffrey Allen

Jeffrey Allen — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:58:53 +0000

Why do people still confuse crowd funding as investing when it actually is just donating. $10 here and there.
“No real investor would take it serious” was the reply from an entertainment lawyer in Variety magazine back in 07.
Then there is the un-escapable fact that to actually offer any fiscal return to anyone requires a securities offering. Offering a copy of a DVD in the event a movie is completed is not a stock dividend.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 07:02:11 +0000

This is remarkable for such a young site. Kudos to Kickstarter!