Is Crowdfunding Worth The Effort?

Is Crowdfunding Worth The Effort? By Caroline Drewett Business is on the move. There's no doubt about it. From hotdesking, to the Social Stock Exchange, to increasing social awareness and accountability, the future of entrepreneurial business for Millennials seemingly lies in business driven by communal social initiatives. With collaboration on the web providing an opportunity for exponential growth, starting a business has never been so exciting. No longer does it necessitate a one-man-band startup hidden behind a laptop with seemingly no way to make it out of your home office. Now, the power of the masses is at your fingertips, where collective ideas, resources and strategies can be readily tapped into by the budding entrepreneur.  There are, of course, still many challenges and big decisions to consider before starting out, but one of the fastest growing ways for startups to get a boost is crowdfunding. Everywhere you look, there are exciting crowdfunding opportunities for the well informed and the forward thinking. Crowdfunding was recently catapulted from relative obscurity into the mainstream when Facebook bought Oculus VR, a successfully crowdfunded tech product, for $2bn, which according to Zuckerberg 'is just the start' of a 3D visual platform revolution. So the successfully crowdfunded project can bare enormous fruit. According to Forbes, 2014 saw $16 billion crowdfunded, with that figure estimated to grow to over $34 billion in 2015. In 2016, the crowdfunding industry is on track to account for more funding than venture capital. So what exactly is crowfunding, and is it all as it's cracked up to be?... Click Here To Read The Full Story The Master Investor Market Report The FTSE 100 closed the day at 6,590.64, an increase of 56.85 points. The FTSE 250 rose 278.94 points to finish at 16,177.75. The FTSE All Share climbed 39.98 points to finish at 3,555.10. 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