Fuelling the Start-ups: Nexus of Crowdfunding Awareness, Perceived Parental Influence, and Internet Familiarity on Start-up Intention

Can start-ups finish up?

n this issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Xu et al present findings from a search of US patents related to bare-metal coronary stents in an effort to gain insight on how medical device innovation starts and how policies in the United States might help to promote more innovation. 1 Of the 245 patents identified by their search strategy for the years 1984 to 1994, the auth...

TinkerFund: Kick-start Caltech Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding has rapidly become a mainstream method used by individuals and groups to raise money for various projects and ventures. Increasingly, organizations that chiefly raise monies for charitable purposes have also been turning to crowdfunding as an additional funding source. Multiple higher-education institutions have done this by integrating crowdfunding as a staple of their fundraising...

Motivations for crowdfunding: What Drives the Crowd to Invest in Start-UPS?

Equity-based crowdfunding is an increasingly popular source to fund start-ups. In equity-based crowdfunding, a form of crowdsourcing, many crowdfundees collectively fund a start-up by providing parts of the requested funding in prospect of financial returns. While extant research has provided insights into the crowd’s motives for participating in various forms of crowdsourcing initiatives, we k...

Motivations for Crowdfunding: What Drives the Crowd to Invest in Start-ups?

Equity-based crowdfunding is an increasingly popular source to fund start-ups. In equity-based crowdfunding, a form of crowdsourcing, many crowdfundees collectively fund a start-up by providing parts of the requested funding in prospect of financial returns. While extant research has provided insights into the crowd’s motives for participating in various forms of crowdsourcing initiatives, we k...

Bottom-up sales forecasting for Pre-revenue Start-ups