Want to Really Network? Stop Using Social Networks

Relationships: They don’t make them like they used to.

Sign in to Facebook. Tweet, pin stuff and then spend a few minutes on Google+. Okay, time for a coffee, and then a LinkedIn update. Networks are formed, and relationships are established.

Crowdsourcing's New Platform: Prime-Time Reality TV

The red-hot industry of crowdsourcing is spreading its tentacles, this time into reality TV.

Crowdfunding Goes Mainstream: Why Donald Trump and Google Are Supporting Grassroots Financing

A mélange of high-profile brands and personalities are trying to ride the coattails of the recent explosion in the popularity of crowdfunding.

Crowdfunding's Growth Spurt Going Strong

Crowdfunding is global and growing. Quickly.

There are approximately 600 crowdfunding platforms, which help users raise small sums of money from a group, throughout the world, according to Los Angeles-based crowdfunding and crowdsourcing research firm Massolution.

Want to Raise Money With Crowdfunding? Consider These Tips

The law that President Obama is set to sign this week is expected to unleash a wave of crowdfunding. That promises to give some startups access to capital they wouldn't have had otherwise, but it could set up unwary entrepreneurs for a headache.

3 Rules for Successful Crowdfunding

For an increasing number of startups, crowdfunding is a way to get their companies off the ground when traditional avenues, such as a bank loan, are not an option.

The Basics of Crowdfunding

What it is: Crowdfunding is about persuading individuals to each give you a small donation -- $10, $50, $100, maybe more. Once you get thousands of donors, you have some serious cash on hand.

The 3 Keys to a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign

After watching crowd-funding for several years with great interest, I recently decided Trident, my product commercialization company, would try our hand at it with Quickey, a one piece, key-shaped multi-tool designed to open mail and packages. Our 60-days campaign onIndiegogo far exceeded our wildest expectations with contributions totaling $221,619 from 7,460 backers. More than 35,000 Quickeys were earned as perks.

5 Kinds of Crowdfunding You Never Thought Of

As the alternatives in financing from the crowd expand beyond the more mainstream options of perk- and equity-based campaigns, more niche opportunities for those needing capital -- and those seeking a return on their investment -- are surfacing. Here are a few clever and more unique funding platforms you may have not yet run across.

Crowdfunding Can Be Really Effective -- If You Know What You're Doing

Most people do not understand crowdfunding. "I built it, but they did not come" is a common complaint. Some people are shocked and unable to understand why nobody donated to their crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo or GoFundMe.

10 Top Crowdfunding Websites

In her book Cash From the Crowd, Sally Outlaw, founder and CEO of crowdfunding website peerbackers, reveals the secrets of funding your business with help from colleagues, peers, family, friends and even perfect strangers through a crowdfunding campaign. In this edited excerpt, the author offers details on some crowdfunding platforms that offer entrepreneurs the opportunity to generate funds for their new venture.

Israel Bombardir Gaza

GAZA- Lebih dari 120 serangan udara Israel di Jalur Gaza menewaskan 11 warga Palestina dan melukai 115 orang lainnya. Pejuang Palestina membalas dengan menembakkan 130 roket ke Israel.

Gencatan Senjata Berlaku di Gaza

Add captionMembers of the Palestinian al-Attar family, displaced during the eight-day conflict with Israel, return to their home in the al-Atatra area in the northern Gaza Strip November 22, 2012, a day after a ceasefire took hold in and around Gaza. A week of cross-border violence between Israel and Palestinian militants has killed at least 160 people. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI Add caption

GAZA- Gencatan senjata yang dimediasi Mesir, kemarin, diterapkan di Jalur Gaza, setelah sepekan pertempuran sengit antara pejuang Palestina dan Israel.

Korut Dapat Luncurkan Rudal Tiga Pekan Lagi

A South Korean Navy mobile sea base platform operating off Yeonpyeong island is pictured on the second anniversary of North Korea's attack on the border island on November 23, 2012. South Korea marked on November 23 the anniversary of North Korea's 2010 shelling of a border island with a military drill and memorials, clouded by the threat of a fresh attack from Pyongyang. AFP PHOTO / KIM JAE-HWAN

 SEOUL- Korea Utara (Korut) dapat meluncurkan roket jarak jauh dalam tiga pekan mendatang. Perkiraan ini berdasarkan citra satelit yang menunjukkan peningkatan aktivitas di lokasi peluncuran.

Status Baru di PBB: Akta Kelahiran bagi Negara Palestina Merdeka

Palestinians celebrate in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 29, 2012 after the General Assembly voted to recognise Palestine as a non-member state. The UN General Assembly on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to recognize Palestine as a non-member state, giving a major diplomatic triumph to president Mahmud Abbas despite fierce opposition from the United States and Israel. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI

Keberhasilan Palestina meningkatkan statusnya menjadi negara pemantau non-anggota di Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa (PBB) seakan menjadi akta kelahiran bagi negara Palestina merdeka.

Jepang Gerebek Perusahaan Jalan Raya NEXCO

East Nippon Expressway Company workers check the roof of Japan's longest road tunnel, the 11-kilometre-long Kan'etsu tunnel on the Kan'etsu expressway on the border between Niigata and Gunma prefecture on December 4, 2012 following the collapsed roof inside the highway tunnel on December 2 in Koshu, Yamanashi prefecture, some 80 kms (50 miles) west of Tokyo. At least seven people were trapped inside a highway tunnel in Japan after it collapsed, setting a car ablaze and raising fears of another cave-in that forced a halt to rescue efforts. Two vehicles were crushed in the original collapse and one other was set ablaze when large concrete ceiling panels fell in inside one of Japan's longest motorway tunnels at nearly five kilometres long. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA

TOKYO- Polisi Jepang menyelidiki kecelakaan runtuhnya terowongan Sasago akhir pekan lalu dengan menggerebek perusahaan jalan raya Central Nippon Expressway (NEXCO), kemarin.