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<h5>                                                                     <strong>The Origins of CrowdFunding</strong></h5>
How long has crowd funding been around?

Believe it or not its roots date back to 1700’s. However the source of modern day crowdfunding occurred in 1997 when a British rock band went on a reunion tour funded completely by online donations from fans.

Here’s a quick timeline of how the crowdfunding movement has progressed:
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	<li>2008 GiveForward, inspired by Hurricane Katrina was created to give people a platform to give to people and causes they care about.</li>
	<li>2009 Kickstarter launches its website devoted to helping entrepreneurs raise money for projects and business ideas.</li>
	<li>2010  Giveforward is the first crowdfunding website for personal and medical fundraising.</li>
	<li>2012 – President Obama signed the JOBS act, a piece of legislation lifting a previous band preventing private companies to raise funds through public solicitations.</li>
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<em><strong>Today there are more than 500 crowdfunding platforms all over the world that facilitate crowd funding for entrepreneurs, business projects, new ideas, specialized fields, charities, individuals, music and writers.</strong> </em>

Here’s what Forbes quotes as the top 10 rated crowdfunding sites:
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	<li><a href="http://kickstarter.com">Kickstarter</a>– A site for creative projects/businesses to raise donation – based funding.</li>
	<li><a href="http://indiegogo.com">Indiegogo</a>– A crowdfunding site based on donation funding for anything and everything.</li>
	<li><a href="http://crowdfunder.com">Crowdfunder</a> – Crowdfunding for businesses with a social network of investor’s startups, small businesses, and social enterprises.</li>
	<li><a href="http://rockethub.com">Rockethub</a> powers donation-based funding for creative projects. They have programs that are designed to help campaign owners create successful campaigns.</li>
	<li><a href="http://crowdrise.com">Crowdrise</a> – Crowdfunding platform for donation-based funding for Causes and Charity.</li>
	<li><a href="http://somolend.com">Somolend</a> –A lending site for small businesses in the US providing debt-based investment funding to qualified businesses with existing operations and revenue.</li>
	<li><a href="http://quirky.com">Quirky </a> - A crowdfund platform for inventors. Helps to bring an invention or product to life by allowing community participation in the process.</li>
	<li><a href="http://appbackr.com">appbackr </a>– A niche community for donation based funding devoted to helping mobile app developers.</li>
	<li><a href="http://angellist.com">AngelList</a>. - Tech startups that already have a lead investor signed and looking to build momentum. Accredited investors and institutions on AngelList have been funding a growing number of select tech startup deals.</li>
	<li>10. <a href="http://invested.in">Invested.in</a> – A platform for individuals to create their own crowdfunding donation based funding community for a specific group or niche market.</li>
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