James Portnow, Seattle-based game designer and co-creator of Extra Credits, a web series on pro-social game design.
Raised over $125,000 from over 4,000 people.
James and Extra Credits were featured at SXSW, Gamasutra, and the homepage of Reddit.
Meghan Sebold, Brooklyn-based social entrepreneur and designer.
Raised $5,000 for a sustainable clothing line that uses the textiles and talent of Ghana, West Africa.
Her fashion line, AFIA was featured in EcoSalon, TreeHugger, Refinery29, and is now available in boutiques across NYC.
Aram Bajakian, NYC-based avant-garde guitar player.
Raised $4,000 from fans and strangers to fund his album.
Lou Reed heard Aram and chose him as his new guitarist while Aram's album is now released by John Zorn's Tzadik record label.
Darko Lungulov, Serbia-based award winning international filmmaker.
Raised $9,000 from movie buffs for feature film project Here and There.
Film won "Best New York Narrative" at Tribeca Film Festival, featured in Variety, L.A. Times, New York Times, and was a top-10 indie box office theatrical release.
When Last We Flew, NYC-based Off-Broadway theatrical production team.
Raised $7,000 from theatre fans for the premiere Off-Broadway run.
Show sold-out at NYC Fringe Festival, won a GLAAD Media Award, and was featured in New York Times, Bloomberg, and American Theatre Magazine.
Regan Wann, Kentucky-based small business owner.
Raised $5,000 to expand her tea shop business.
RocketHub campaign featured in the Wall Street Journal exposing her business to millions.
Laura Boyd, NYC-based portrait and landscape photographer.
Raised $6,000 architectural photography project on location in Paris.
Photos featured in Artsicle Photography Show in the heart of Chelsea, NYC via LaunchPad.
Joshua Reuben Lewis, NYC-based singer-songwriter.
Raised $7,500 to record his first album.
Showcased at The Gibson Showroom and made A&R connections at Sony, Warner Music Group, and EMI via LaunchPad.
Paul Davis, Berlin-based fashion designer.
Raised $8,000 from fans and strangers for a new fashion line.
Clothing line featured at Berlin Fashion Week.
Caira Conner, Tennessee based NYU Master of Science.
Raised $2,000 to study Brazilian land and infrastructure development.
Featured in Americas Quarterly, completed innovative research, and submitted successful academic thesis.
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Any contribution of $1 receives: You get listed as a sponsor on my site and on a shirt I'll wear to the conference! 2 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $5 receives: I love (hop) Local Craft Beer sticker (3x3) 3 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $10 receives: I love (hop) Local Craft Beer bumper sticker 4 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $15 receives: I will review a beer of your choosing on my site
Any contribution of $20 receives: Craft Beer T-shirt 6 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $50 receives: Video thanking you on TheBeerBabe.com 3 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $75 receives: I will ship you a hard-to-find Oregon Beer from the conference 3 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $150 receives: I will be your tour guide for a Portland, ME Beer Tour / Pub Crawl
Any contribution of $600 receives: Personally host a beer dinner at your house (Continental US)
Started by Carla Companion July 1st, 2011
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My name is Carla Companion and I am a beer blogger more commonly known as "The Beer Babe" of www.thebeerbabe.com. I have been writing about American craft beer for more than four years, and I have been a strong voice for beer industry issues and trends over that time. I also created "Beer Bloggers Unite" a Ning-based social network for beer bloggers.
Last year, the first-ever Beer Bloggers Conference was held in Boulder, CO, and was an astounding success. I attended with more than 200 other bloggers and shared tips, tricks, and learned a lot about blogging, beer and collaboration. This year, the conference is in the city of Portland, OR, on the opposite coast of where I live in Portland, ME.
Last year I found the conference to be a valuable part of my professional development as a writer and blogger, and helped me to form collaborative partnerships with several other bloggers to start a podcast, do guest posts, and discuss some of the most interesting topics in craft beer.
To defer the costs of attending the 2011 conference, I am seeking sponsors to help get me there. While my tax return last year allowed me to attend the conference little outside help, this year is proving to be more difficult to collect the airfare in particular - which is what my target amount is reflecting.
I appreciate - with all sincerity and humble thanks - every donation that I recieve. I've tried to setup some rewards that would be worthwhile, and I'm just grateful that the craft beer loving community cares enough to help me meet this goal.
A few things about Rocket Hub:
1. RocketHub is not an investment or charity. It is an exchange: funds from fans for rewards from me. (A win-win, right?)
2. if I don't reach my financial goal RocketHub lets me keep what I raise. But in the event that I don't make my goal, or can't attend the conference, all the funding raised will go to Pints for Prostates (http://www.lyke2drink.com/pints/).
CHEERS and THANKS!!