Crowdfunding or crowdsourcing can be a great way to make money online for a particular need or project. With lots of crowdfunding platforms available now there is lots of options available for both personal and business campaigns.

Here's some things to think about:

What type of campaign do you want to start? Is is personal like a medical need, or for a business like a start up project?

What kind of features do you need? And are you wanting to pay...

SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) business assistance grants can come in many forms and used for a variety of purposes but mostly technology related development. In this post we’ll explore, briefly, options for those seeking to either build or expand business using not only SBIR but grants in general. In another article written some time ago, we faced down and destroyed the argument which teaches government grants aren’t available to ‘for-profit’ businesses and new startups. ...

Getting started with Kickstarter.com, a crowd funding website; requires understanding some basic principles. As we begin this series of blog posts on crowd sourcing funds for your business, product or service, it is necessary to give an overview of this popular source of investment capital. There are few who could, with integrity anyway, deny crowdfunding represents one of the most titanic shifts in business funding since Angel investment became main stream. Until recently, a few wealthy individuals...