Ekaterina V. Spiridonova, Dmitry S. SoshnikovPublished in:
Russian Journal of Entrepreneurship
– Volume 17, Number 22 (November 2016)

JEL classification: E22, M13, O30

Keywords: crowdfunding, funding, innovations, project


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Abstract:

Both in Russian and the foreign practice, more and more successful examples of financing of creative and social projects, as well as start-ups and business ideas through crowdfunding appear. The author discusses the experience of implementation of various projects on the basis of well-known crowdfunding platforms Boomstarter.ru (Russia) and Kickstarter.com (USA). The key factors of successful companies and common mistakes of the unsuccessful ones have been identified.

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