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Crowdfunding platforms make raising money look simple. A campaign succeeds, the platform takes its fees, and the remaining money…

Ethan Mercer · October 8, 2026

Last verified against each platform's official fee pages on September 21, 2026. Fees change often, so use the links in the final…

Daniel Brooks · September 21, 2026

Most funding gives a project a moment. A crowdfunding campaign raises a lump sum, the money lands, and then it is spent and gone,…

Daniel Brooks · August 13, 2026

For a long time, a founder needing money to grow faced only two real doors. You could raise equity — selling a permanent slice of…

Daniel Brooks · July 28, 2026

There is a painful gap in the crowdfunding world that first-time founders rarely see coming. A campaign hits its goal, the backer…

Daniel Brooks · July 24, 2026

Not long ago, the idea of a single person building a real company was mostly a romantic fiction. You could freelance alone, you c…

Daniel Brooks · July 21, 2026

For most of modern history, investing in an early-stage company was a privilege reserved for a narrow circle: venture capitalists…

Daniel Brooks · July 14, 2026

When Nigel Eccles helped build FanDuel, he turned daily fantasy sports into a multibillion-dollar category and one of the most re…

Ethan Mercer · June 26, 2026

For three years, the loudest story in artificial intelligence has been language — chatbots that write, summarize, and argue. A Pa…

Daniel Brooks · June 26, 2026