Crowdfunding Specialist Award Stop the press!! Lime Consultancy have just been named Acquisition International Magazine ‘Crowdfunding Specialist Adviser of The Year’ in their M&A awards 2014. For anyone who is not aware, crowdfunding is the fastest growing business finance sector in the UK, now we are officially 2014’s Specialist Crowdfunding Advisers! Lime Consultancy owner Dave
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Crowdfunding, Not a Modern Thing For most people, crowdfunding has been something that has come to the fore in the last few years. Stories of electric bikes, lego cars, solar powered TVs, 3D Printers etc have all made the news for being projects financed through crowdfunding. However, crowdfunding is not a modern thing. In 1885
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Introduction On the surface crowdfunding appears to simply be a social media marketing mechanism that integrates a potential online community with an accounting function. Closer examination of a crowdfunding campaign shows a unique marketing opportunity that requires business owners to promote their companies, using social media, to new audiences. This organized promotion increases the campaign’s
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The Case Of The FCA vs Crowdfunding The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are starting to make their mark on the UK financial industry. In the last few years the UK has seen an unprecedented level of financial innovation. The market is seeing more new entrants, privately funded lenders, peer to peer and crowdfunding platforms. Crowdfunding
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What Is Kickstarter Kickstarter is a crowdfunding platform. It is a way for businesses to raise finance for a particular project. Why Kickstarter Differs There are loads of platforms out there to raise finance for your business, however Kickstarter is very different from other platforms. I will try and show how. Your Investors Don’t Want
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What Is Crowdfunding If you are unsure what crowdfunding is then watch the 90 second video at the end of this post. In effect there are two types of crowdfunding, these are; Debt Finance (borrowing and repaying) Equity Finance (investment in your business) Debt Finance takes the shape of an ordinary business loan, maybe invoice
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Crowdfunding Options Explained We talk a lot about the benefits of crowdfunding, how this lending model can offer solutions to businesses who have struggled with the banks over the last few years. One of the most common questions we get asked is about ‘equity’ and ‘investment’. In other words the belief that crowdfunding is an
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The British Bankers Association (BBA) is today thought to appease critics over thoughts it has not done enough with a scheme aimed at appeasing Vince Cable. The BBA are set to announce at it’s annual dinner tonight (22nd July) that it will publish business lending statistics in postcode format. This follows accusations that it has
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