$13k in the first 24 hours

Man-child is an independent feature film that explores sports, education, religion, and sex in America through the eyes of a talented 13 year-old basketball player.

The film is the first feature by Koo, who co-wrote, directed, shot and edited the Webby Award-winning web series The West Side. He also runs the independent filmmaking web site NoFilmSchool. The campaign is using a $1-per-frame format on Kickstarter, where every dollar pledged equals one unique frame of the finished film. The script for Man-child was also accepted to IFP's Emerging Narrative Program.

In 2009, the NCAA lowered the age limit on who can be considered an official basketball "prospect" to include 7th graders. While there have been a number of basketball films made about high school, college, or pro athletes, today's recruiting -- legal and illegal -- begins much earlier. It's a fascinating and treacherous world which often leaves big decisions in the hands of little kids.

$13k in the first 24 hours

Sometimes even we are touched by a Crowdfunding project

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1702572248/skana-goddesses-and-more-a-new-show-at-galapagos-n

Vocalist Muriel Louveau and composer Charles Kim produced the CD Skana entirely in cyber space. The concept of staging Skana as a mixed journey with compatible artists who follow the same cyber creative process came as a natural consequence. We are invited to create a live theatrical version joined by dancer Emily Pope Blackman and conceive Skana, Goddesses and More as a co bill event with composer Milica Paranosic. The show is scheduled on 9/27 in NY at Galapagos Art Space. We need financial support to cover the production costs for rehearsals, equipment rental & artist fees. This campaign is vital to launch our
project. This is the first step towards a future multimedia show we aim to develop.

If you want to support this project, click here

Sometimes even we are touched by a Crowdfunding project

IDEAME.COM LAUNCHES IN LATIN AMERICA TO PROMOTE CREATIVITY THROUGH CROWDFUNDING

In Latin America, there is an extraordinary pool of creative and innovative talent that faces obstacles to find funding. Some of these ideas could become products, works of art, or experiences that could change the world.

IDEAME.com is an online community that helps remarkable Latin American creators make their ideas happen and expand internationally through the power of crowdfunding, social media and value added services.

Our fundamental goal is to provide financial support for creative and artistic Latin American talent in in a variety of areas, including music, cinema, visual arts, design, fashion, innovation and technology.

The crowdfunding phenomenon is booming in developed economies as a natural evolution of social media. We are adapting those successful models on a global level to meet the needs of artists and creative talent in Latin America.

We are planning to launch the platform in August 2011. The market rollout will initiate in Argentina and Chile and later on expand to other Latin American markets, including Mexico, Colombia and Brazil.

We’ ll keep you posted with our updates!

Let’s support LatinAmerican talent at IDEAME.com!

Sebastián Uchitel, CEO IDEAME.com

IDEAME.COM LAUNCHES IN LATIN AMERICA TO PROMOTE CREATIVITY THROUGH CROWDFUNDING

BRING CHI L’HA VISTO TO THE CINEMAS

As you may have noticed, I’ve been into the CROWDFUNDING subject quite a bit lately, and have, among other things, supported filmmakers to raise funds for their film projects that way. 

At the moment I am collaborating with the Berlin based director/producer Claudia Rorarius to organise and promote the theatrical and DVD release of her Film CHI L’HA VISTO – WHO SAW HIM. 

The story follows its protagonist, Gianni Meurer, on a trip from Berlin to Italy. There, Gianni, a man in his early thirties, wants to search for his father, whom he has last seen 25 years ago. Aside from faded childhood memories, all Gianni has left from his father are a few letters and a photo. Gianni shows this photo to everyone he meets on his way to Rome, because that is where he believes his father to be.

In August 2011, CHI L’HA VISTO – WHO SAW HIM will premiere in German cinemas and inspire many people, notably indie-filmmakers, road movie- and drama enthusiasts, friends of the Italian Cinema, people in search of their true identity, homosexuals and lesbians or people with bi-national background. 

Subsequent to it’s German theatrical premiere the film is to be released for international audiences and will be marketed internationally via DVD and download. 

For this last tour de force we are still lacking the necessary change. Therefore we have launched a crowdfunding campaign on startnext for our German speaking fans. Additionally, for our audiences outside Germany, we are running an international campaign on IndieGoGo.

We need to raise a total of about EUR 15.000 to be able to produce the necessary film copies, create subtitles, produce various promotional materials (posters, postcards, trailers, etc.), record audio comments, author the DVD and to organise press screenings etc.

If you are able to support this project, please click on the widget below or spread this article among your friends on facebook and twitter or via email. For your financial support we offer some nice perks, such as a personalised „Thank-You“-video from our leading actor Gianni Meurer, a signed film poster, a DVD, an invitation to the opening night or even a dinner with the director.

Feel free to follow CHI L’HA VISTO – WHO SAW HIM on Facebook or stay up-to-date viaTwitter. In a few days there also will be a blog online, where you can find all the news about the theatrical release and the funding.

Until then, all that’s left for me to do is to show you the video to our crowdfunding campaign (including a trailer):

Payoff: This guestpost is a translation of the original german text "CHI L'HA VISTO in die Kinos bringen!" by Wolfgang Gumpelmaier, translated by Spoxx.

BRING CHI L’HA VISTO TO THE CINEMAS

Global Strategic Management Institute Presents Startup Competition, VentureEngine, at Enterprise Tomorrow Conference

A competition geared for companies and products focused on
innovative enterprise software and technologies

San Francisco, CA: GSMI announced today the launch of their first ever start up contest VentureEngine, which will be geared towards startups in the enterprise software and technologies market within the following 5 themes; Collaboration, Social Communications, Crowdsourcing, Enterprise Mobility and Gamification. The competition is part of the Enterprise Tomorrow Conferencebbeing held in San Francisco on September 13-15th, and will give the 7 chosen finalists the opportunity to present their idea in front of a panel of investors and VC’s in order to win the cash grand prize.

The VentureEngine Startup Competition offers a unique opportunity to those selected and unlike other launch events, there is no application fee. The VentureEngine Competition will highlight emerging companies by throwing them in front of our panel of industry experts and investors to judge their groundbreaking technologies, products and services. Each finalist will then have 5 minutes to pitch their idea followed by two minutes of Q and A and panelist feedback. Only seven of the most innovative and disruptive companies will make the cut, and only two will win. A cash prize will be awarded to both the judge’s pick and the audience’s favorite presentation. If selected, finalists will receive:

o Opportunity to pitch publicly to investors, corporate buyers and the media

o Two free passes to the event

o Highlighted exposure

o Listed in event material, social media marketing and press releases

o 30in Exhibitor table top with internet access and space for a sign

o Chance to win cash grand prize and fan favorite prize! 888.409.4418

Startups that would like to be considered for VentureEngine, please visit www.ventureenginestartup.com, fill out the application form and wait patiently to be contacted about your entry. The VentureEngine Startup Competition will debut at the Enterprise Tomorrow Conference and Exhibition in San Francisco, CA on September 13-15 2011. For more information on VentureEngine and the Enterprise Tomorrow conference please visit us online at www.enterprisetomorrow.com or call 888.40-.4418 ext. 10.

Eligibility: 

Companies must launch a working version of product at VentureEngine (companies presenting products that have been released for more than 6 months will not be accepted), must be at the startup phase and received Angel, Series A funding or less to be eligible. Visit ventureenginestartup.com for more information regarding eligibility.

About GSMI:

GSMI is dedicated to creating rich environments for learning, networking and ensuring their attendees have great experiences. GSMI hosts dozens of summits, around the world, each year. They are leaders in their industry and strive to always provide the best, most relevant speakers, quality workshops and the right environment to both network and learn.

Global Strategic Management Institute Presents Startup Competition, VentureEngine, at Enterprise Tomorrow Conference

Help out a Crowdfunding researcher

To all Crowdfunding Platform Owners/Employees

As a master student of the University of Amsterdam I would like to ask you to participate in
this research on Crowdfunding. As you will know Crowdfunding has become a phenomenon
of high interest the last couple of years. Academic research on this topic is very scare to non-
existent.

With this research I would like to get a better insight in the concept Crowdfunding. Although
there is a definition, I would like to find out whether one can observe particular streams of
crowdfunding. The results of the research will hopefully lead to generalizations about this
concept that are academically sound.

The questionnaire will be treated completely anonymous and is for research purpose only. It
will take you no longer than 5 minutes to complete.

The link to the research is: http://www.thesistools.com/web/?id=196620

If you are interested in the results of the research please let me know via:
F.A.terKuile@student.uva.nl
or find me on twitter: http://twitter.com/Thesiscrowdfund

Kind regards,

Frank ter Kuile

Help out a Crowdfunding researcher

Dutch Equity Based Crowdfunding platform presents Exclusivi

The recently launched Equity-based Crowdfunding platform www.mkbcrowdfunding.nl features some of its latest proposition via www.crowdsourcing.org. The platform uses the innovative construction developed by the Dutch company Symbid. One of the selected propositions is Exclusivi. The idea for Exclusivi was developed by Anthony Carter.

Exclusivi is a new mobile application which shows you in your favorite shopping area any special offers that are exclusive to members only. So how does this concept exactly work which is unique in the Netherlands? First you download the free application from www.exclusivi.nl to your Smartphone. Once the application is running, you'll see a list of special deals in your neighborhood. Such a deal could be for example a free pair of Levi's jeans when you walk into a specific clothing store as one of the first one hundred customers. The application will display a promotion code that you show to the cashier. The coolest feature is that the application can also notify you automatically of any special offers in your area. This way you do not have to open the application and go through the list of deals every time. Isn’t this easy! Partners can publish their deals for free. The application is soon available on multiple platforms.

Also check this guerilla marketing video made by Anthony:

Link to pitch

The Crowd can use www.mkbcrowdfunding.nl for investing in Exclusivi’s Equity. For more information about Exclusivi check their Crowdfunding page or their website.  

Dutch Equity Based Crowdfunding platform presents Exclusivi