Kickstarter
The granddaddy of crowdfunding, Kickstarter, has an excellent blog that is part education on how to run crowdfunding campaigns and part news repository about the company. Anyone thinking about running or participating in a crowdfunding campaign, especially on Kickstarter, would benefit from spending some time on Kickstarter’s blog.
deBanked
Peter Renton’s created Lend Academy to focus on the social lending and peer-to-peer lending market. The forum included investment strategies, news on the industry, interviews with entrepreneurs in the space, and educational content. Renton was early into the P2P lending space and has publicly tracked his returns for years. In 2021, after a brief period of downtime, Sean Murray reached out to Renton about folding Lend Academy into his deBanked platform. Renton continues to run a fintech news site, while Murray operates what remains of the Lend Academy platform.
OurCrowd
OurCrowd is an equity crowdfunding platform that offers a global community of venture capitalists the opportunity to invest in early-stage companies. The blog is a great resource for investors new to equity crowdfunding. OurCrowd’s blog deals with many investing topics core to investing in private companies.
Early Investing
Early Investing is a great resource for information on current investment opportunities in equity crowdfunding. Early Investing curates deal flow for investors and tries to identify higher-quality investment candidates. In particular, Early Investing seeks out opportunities with the potential to be high-risk/high-reward investments that far outpace the S&P 500. This also opens investors to the potential of significant losses.
Crowdability
Crowdability has many helpful resources for investors. While the Crowdability newsletter is a great resource to learn about higher-quality investment opportunities in private companies, the blog is even better. The Crowdability blog is the place where the site’s editors focus primarily on investor education that can help investors manage risk and learn how best to approach investing in startups, real estate, and peer-to-peer lending.
Devin Thorpe
Devin Thorpe offers a variety of resources for those interested in crowdfunding. He has written books, maintains a website, and regularly releases podcasts focused on the people and big ideas powering the global crowdfunding movement. His site is full of videos, people pieces, and stories about inspiring crowdfunding projects going on around the world. You can also book coaching sessions or sign up for educational courses.
Ross Dawson
Ross Dawson’s blog is a place where he explores opportunities for business and society in a hyper-connected world. Ross is a futurist and keynote speaker and he shares a lot of his ideas. He’s also the author of “Getting Results from Crowds,” which he calls a definitive guide to crowdfunding.
Working the Crowd: Know the Fundamentals
Rose Spinelli has turned her blog and website on crowdfunding into a Udemy course. The course details practical and theoretical components of executing a successful crowdfunding campaign.
Indiegogo
You may know that Indiegogo is a massive player in the rewards-based crowdfunding market. But you may not know that Indiegogo has one of the best blogs on crowdfunding anywhere. The blog is chock-full of data, information, and tips on what contributes to a winning crowdfunding campaign.
