CROWDFUNDING
}Finance (Basics)
}Oslislo Elise
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Summary
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}I- What is Crowdfunding ?
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}II- Benefits
qInvestor’s view
qEntrepreneur’s view
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}III- Risks
qInvestor’s view
qEntrepreneur’s view
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I- What is Crowdfunding ?
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Ø Small amounts of capital from a large number of  individuals
Ø Helped anyone who has an idea throught social media
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ØInspired by Crowdsourcing = obtaining feedback from the crowd after posting an idea on a network.
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Ø Started in the 90’s with art projets
    Really exploded in 2009 with Kickstarter
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Ø900 crowdfunding website today
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II- Benefits of Crowdfunding
}For the Investors
•Reward-based in advance
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•Without any minimal amount of money to invest
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•Simple
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}For the Entrepreneur
•More accessible
•You don’t lose control of your compagny with venture capital investors
•Good for marketing
•Possibility to have feed back
•Immediate reaction from the market
•Solid consumer-base
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III- The Risk of Crowdfunding
}For the Investor
•Fraud
•No possibility to follow-up your money
•No possibility to be refunded when you doesn’t get your promise reward
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}For the Entrepreneur
•Incomprehension from the investor/consumer
•Easy fund raising ≠ easy commercialisation
•Must know how to balance their funds
•No protection of intellectual property
•Tax law regarding e-commerce are not clearly define.
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Conclusion
}Helpful for people who don’t have network
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}Accessible
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}Need some adjustment
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}A change in the economy we know:  for a Participative economy ?
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Thank you for listening !
}Sources
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}http://www.forbes.com/sites/tanyaprive/2013/02/20/top-9-advantages-of-investment-crowdfunding/#70e
80a2a2e14 }https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/advantages-and-disadvantages-crowdfunding
}http://www.forbes.com/sites/tanyaprive/2012/11/27/what-is-crowdfunding-and-how-does-it-benefit-the
-economy/#1d3e337a4ed4 }http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/crowdfunding.asp
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