ABSTRACT

Crowdfunding is emerging as a new source of financing for creativity and innovation. It promotes the launching and scaling of new projects for different types of creators by providing networked platforms and handy digital tools.

This book provides insight into crowdfunding and how crowdfunding contributes to our communities and society. The book includes an overview of existing discussions across different disciplines, i.e. entrepreneurship, information systems, marketing, and correlates the literature to the best crowdfunding practices.

The book begins with origins, basic notions, and antecedents of crowdfunding. In the main parts, it demonstrates the five distinguished facets of crowdfunding: Creativity, diversity, balance, connection, and change. It also addresses the drawbacks of crowdfunding and subsequent outcomes of crowdfunding success. Finally, it provides a perspective on the future of crowdfunding.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

part 1|25 pages

About crowdfunding

chapter 1|3 pages

Crowdfunding

An old story?

chapter 2|5 pages

How crowdfunding works

part 2|66 pages

Beauty of crowdfunding

chapter 5|10 pages

Creativity

chapter 6|15 pages

Diversity

chapter 7|13 pages

Balance

chapter 8|11 pages

Connection

chapter 9|15 pages

Change

part 3|23 pages

Behind crowdfunding

chapter 11|7 pages

What comes next after crowdfunding

chapter |5 pages

Epilogue

Divergence and convergence