&nbsp;

[caption id="attachment_3248" align="aligncenter" width="291"]<img class="size-full wp-image-3248 " alt="Get your project Funded using a crowd! " src="http://business-strategic-solutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Picture-5.png" width="291" height="166" /> Get your project Funded using a crowd![/caption]
<h4>                                                                     The Origins of CrowdFunding</h4>
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.

&nbsp;

Here’s a quick timeline of how the crowdfunding movement has progressed:
<ul>
	<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>
</ul>
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.

Here’s what Forbes quotes as the top 10 rated crowdfunding sites:
<ol>
	<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>
</ol>