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    Research Report: The Rise of Crowdfunding

The Rise of Crowdfunding: An in-depth research report of the crowdfunding field

Daily Crowdsource has spent years conducting research on crowdfunding & now we're ready to make this research available to the public. We feel it's only natural to crowdfund our own project to finish development & produce the most comprehensive report.

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Research Report: The Rise of Crowdfunding

Why a Research Report on Crowdfunding? Crowdsourcing is growing fast, and so is crowdfunding. From debt-based to donnation-based to equity-based platforms, crowdfunding is an increasingly popular way to raise funds to start businesses, complete projects, and change people's lives. The time has come to quantify this impressive effect.
Producing the most accurate research on the crowdfunding field will finally give media outlets, investors, & potential clients the accurate data they need to make informed crowdfunding decisions.

What will it look like? This project will create a 15-20 page research report, informational map, and 5-8 page mini-report that will help crowdfunding companies and others who wish to understand the current state of crowdfunding.
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Questions the report will address:
  • What is the market size?
  • Who are the major players and how are they poised to grow?
  • How will H.R. 2930 affect current donation based platforms?
  • What can American companies learn from equity based platforms in Europe for when H.R. 2930 is passed? 
  • What is a good taxonomy for crowdfunding?
  • Who is donating to crowdfunding projects and why?
  • What is a good summary of current research on crowdfunding?
  • What is the geography of donors and platforms?
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How will it be used? With this report, companies will have a tool to prove the value of crowdfunding to investors, see how they fit in the big picture, and give them something objective to reference when talking about their stats to the media. Individuals can use the report to make decisions about investments and which platforms to use, etc.  This will be especially helpful as American companies join the equity based crowdfunding space if and when the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act is approved.

Where is your donation going?  The money raised will cover production & promotion costs of our 2nd research report. Our professional analysts will use the funds to finish analyzing the research which we've been able to acquire, & collect more data. 

What if we raise more than our goal? If we raise more than our goal, we will use the funds to make the report more extensive to cater to more interests and perspectives.
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" In an emerging industry, such as the crowd funding-industry, research is pivotal to gain further insights in current practices in order to improve our service to our customers on a global scale..."
 
-Korstiaan Zandvliet
CEO Symbid 

"I look forward to reading a global and unbiased report on emerging trends in crowdfunding. We've only hit the tip of the iceberg when it comes to crowdfunding adoption, so a universal examination would be quite valuable."
-Vladimir Vukicevic
Co-Founder & CTO, RocketHub

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Quotes from our Report on Microtasking:

"Daily Crowdsource's report can get you miles ahead in
your thinking in a few minutes. This data shows how significant the changes to the industry and it's players really are."

-Richard Weddle

Analyst at Department of Defense
"This [microtasking research] report is the first objective look at the crowdsourcing industry. It's essential for anyone who's trying to understand this new business model."

-David Alan Grier
IEEE Computer Society, President Elect & Author of When Computers Were Human