Paradigm shift

Can crowdfunding be the upcoming paradigm shift in

the financial world?

Traditional financial/entrepreneurial world

New financial/entrepreneurial world

Crowdfunding

• Crowdsourcing (Wikipedia)

• Connecting people (social media)

• Financial sector? (doing it without the banks)

SellaBand

KIVA

President Obama

Crowdfunding

• Investing (CrowdAboutNow, start up companies)

• Lending (KIVA, P2P)

• Supporting (SellaBand, creative projects)

• Donating (President Obama, aid)

Projects with a clear, social and understandable result

USPs

• New source of capital• Social networks• A tribe of angels• Future customers?• Proof of concept• Global visibility• Lean & mean