Community-minded Crowdfunding

August 22, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden

 

Hot off the heels of our article on Smallknot; an online platform that assists independent neighbourhood enterprises to create their own funding projects, comes Brickstarter.

Still in the prototype phase, the community-minded…

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From Good.Is: The six Variables Behind a Kick-ass Kickstarter Project

April 16, 2012 | White Spaces

 

“We had our Eureka!… moment when my cofounder, Brad Geswein, recounted a story from last summer. “[My friend] Dave had his bike light stolen.  Riding home that night, he got hit by a car.” We knew the idea was stickyRead More

Calfee Design | Helping Entrepreneurs in the Developing World

August 10, 2010 | White Spaces

Calfee Design is helping entrepreneurs in the developing world make locally sourced bamboo bicycles for domestic and international sale. Through the Bamboosero initiative, Calfee set up two bike-building groups in Ghana who build frames…

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