Does Money Grow On Trees?

November 14, 2011, 7:31 pm

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That’s what we’re trying to do here, so help out by planting a seed donation and watch it grow…

Donate to good causes…feel good about yourself…help those that need it…

Aimed at raising money for local Tampa Bay and West Florida charities!  Compared to $35 you spend on dinner or a round of drinks, this $35 will go further.  With the help of a crowd of our friends that same donation will add up and grow to be thousands of dollars very quickly.

Click on the “Donate” button you see for any project and you can help that project by donating via TheCharityCrowd, and we will direct collected funds to featured charities and projects we are involved with locally.

Check this site often and we will identify specific causes, provide more information on what the cause’s purpose is and allow for directed donations under “The Team” …  Do your part and together we can give more…!

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Video Descriptions

December 4, 2011, 2:23 pm

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Click the following links to learn more…

– Crowd Funding described (YouTube)

– Videos from CrowdSourcing.org

Introductory Articles

December 4, 2011, 2:27 pm

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Click the following links to learn more…

– Tampa Entrepreneur Turns to Crowdfunding to Start Business

– Congressional Crowd Grows for CrowdFunding

– House Overwhelmingly Passes JOBS Act

– JOBS Jumps Senate Hurdle

– Senate Toughens CrowdFunding Rules, Passes JOBS Bill

– Pennies From Many

– Nation of Venture Capital Through Crowdfunding

– When “Friending” Becomes a Source of Start-Up Funds

– Deregulation Bill That’s Drawing Crowds

Gov’t and Policy Info

December 4, 2011, 2:32 pm

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Click the following links to learn more…

– A Look at the Proposed Amendments to CrowdFunding Bill (via CrowdSourcing.org)

– H.R. 3606: “Jumpstart our Business Startups” Act (text as of Mar. 28, 2012)

– Statement of Administration Policy – Exec. Office of the President – Nov. 2, 2011

– North Carolina Congressman promoting Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act (H.R. 2930)

– Social Networks and SEC Laws

 

How to Run a Crowdfunding Project

June 24, 2012, 9:13 am

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How can you use crowdfunding and your social media to raise money for your ideas, charities or projects?

Steps in defining your project:

1. Be specific about your project idea
2. Set a monetary goal to reach, along with a timeframe to reach it by
3. Plan out which social networks you’ll target
4. Write a concise & compelling short story to email and post to your networks
5. Use images and video to get attention
6. Share your message via email and social media, then follow up regularly with updates

 The purpose of crowdfunding is to get as many of your friends and contacts to donate small amounts to your cause, and to help by spreading the word to their connected networks as well.  The more eyes you reach, and heart strings you tug on, the more success you’ll have funding your charity and project!

 Start now and contact me if you have any questions or want to post a project.

3 Rules for CrowdFunding Success

July 9, 2012, 2:29 pm

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So you’re considering using crowdfunding to raise some money for an idea or cause you believe in!?

Well then you should read this article and if you need help, contact us…click here to read

Be intriguing or compelling with your story…send your story and link to your network…and give cool perks to those that help donate to your cause!

Having a credible and effective crowdfunding expert is also a great idea!  TheMoneyCrowd can help with charitable fundraisers…

Need Funding? Ask a Crowd of People!

August 17, 2012, 5:03 am

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Funding is one of the toughest areas a new business owner must tackle, whether as a creative, as a for-profit, or as a non-profit charity.

However, there is another option that is beginning to take hold since President Barack Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Start-ups, or JOBS, Act on April 5: crowdfunding. That refers to a network of people willing to pool their money and resources to establish funding for a start-up.

Crowdfunding began in the music industry when musicians needed to find sources of funding to get their music recognized online.  The musicians shared their projects online, created emotional connections with their fans, provided a targeted amount of money they needed to raise and gave a deadline by which they needed to raise it. Then, they invited all of their fans and connections to view the project and contribute.

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TheMoneyCrowd Explained…Behind the Curtain of the Name

August 23, 2012, 4:53 am

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What does TheMoneyCrowd mean, how did it get its name and what does it do?

Simply put it is The organization that gathers Money from an online Crowd for the benefit of local charities and community projects.

That’s it…it’s the Robin Hood of the Internet!

The purpose of the site is to build an online community of philanthropists looking to donate to specific project needs in the community, mostly focused on charities who have seen their budgets cut in these economic times.  Local projects partner with TheMoneyCrowd to post their projects on the site, get assistance to promote via social media and highlight their cause using video streaming, and then get plugged into local networking events for maximum personal exposure as well.

TheMoneyCrowd bundles social and personal networking with an online tool to collect donations. 

It also got its name because every other cool moniker for a website involving “crowd” or “crowdfunding” was taken on GoDaddy. 

 

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Forbes Blogger Picks Up Story on TheMoneyCrowd

September 22, 2012, 8:27 am

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This past week something huge happened for TheMoneyCrowd.com and crowdfunding for charities in Tampa Bay.  Below is a re-cap…

We had:

• A very successful first week raising over $1,165 for Hannah’s Homeless after they launched 9/15/12.
• A great happy hour at The Manhattan in Tampa for Big Brothers Big Sisters raising close to $300 in one night.
• Awesome exposure via a Forbes.com blog (link below)!!

http://www.forbes.com/sites/annefield/2012/09/21/hyper-local-crowdfunding-site-for-nonprofits-recently-launched/

 

Pretty exciting, so helps us share this news in order to get attention to the projects that need funding. Please tell everyone to visit and donate at www.TheMoneyCrowd.com

 

Keep up the support and don’t stop spreading the word!!  The projects we feature need your help getting the word out about their needs… Thank you!

 

Special thanks to our local Socially Responsible friend Robin Weston for getting us the exposure on Forbes, and for posting on his blog too – http://sociallyresponsibletampabay.wordpress.com/

Art Show Featuring TheMoneyCrowd Piece! Oct 19 – Tampa

October 5, 2012, 7:53 pm

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Amazing Art in Downtown Tampa!  If you’re into art, non-profits & philanthropic giving you should check out this event on October 19 from 8-11 pm at the Tampa Museum of Art for their “Art After Dark” Series.

There will be small 5×5 squares of artwork completed by famous artists and local professionals on display!  Each of these will be on sale for a nomial amount…

What’s the catch!?  You can buy these small squares of art and have a chance that one of them is an ORIGINAL piece by a famous artist who donated it for a good cause!

TheMoneyCrowd has a piece in the exhibit – see images below of it being created!   You never know, we might have commissioned an artist so you get the chance to have them hanging on your wall at a great value!   Come out to show support of the local art community and the local giving community…. TheMoneyCrowd – Donate and feel good about yourself…