South Africa’s crowdfunding platform hits the R5 million mark

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Since being founded in June 2013, Thundafund.com, South Africa’s leading crowdfunding platform for innovators and creatives, has grown considerably and now boasts a tally of 136 successfully funded projects and over R5 million raised for these projects.

Thundafund.com provides an online platform for entrepreneurs with innovative and ground-breaking ideas to present their idea to the world, receive the mentorship and support that they need, so that they can raise the funding they need to bring their ideas to life. It’s not a hand out – it’s a hand up.

Currently, Thundafund.com has 34 projects live on their crowdfunding platform with special partnerships with the Department of Arts and Culture, in the form of “Creative Economic Development Project”, as well as a partnership with UCT Upstarts, the University of Cape Town’s Vice-Chancellor’s Social Innovation Challenge.

For more information please visit www.thundafund.com or contact marketing@thundafund.com

#ThundaTip : Action Learning (learning from your mistakes)

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Action Learning is basically learning from your mistakes and asking the important questions that will get you to the results you want to achieve.

The Action Learning Model can be applied to any aspect of your Thundafund crowdfunding campaign. Whether that’s your social media marketing, setting up your campaign on Thundafund or even your marketing strategy. Applying this model to your creative and collective processes will get you closer to your dreams and goals.

Applying the Action Learning model to your campaign:

1) Plan – decide on what you want to achieve and what the first step toward that goal will be.

2) Act – apply the first step/action.

3) Observe – after implementing the first step ask yourself if you have achieved the goal you set out to achieve.

4) Reflect – what have you learned from this exercise? What needs to change? What could you have done differently?

5) Start Again – Start the cycle again, and again and again until your objectives are achieved.

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So simple, yet so rewarding.

Good luck with the rest of your campaign. Let the FUNDing find you and remember the Thundafund Mantra:

#MakeItRain

10 Steps To Crowdfunding Success Infographic

With the ever increasing amount of noise on the internet it can be hard to get noticed. Crowdfunding for a project or cause can be a very rewarding process if you include the essential ingredients to success.

The FundRazr Coaching Team created this infographic on how to get your crowdfunding campaign noticed, this includes tips on activating your community and how to generate buzz for your campaign.

Share it, pin it, print it, but whatever you do … use it.

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Via Hoda Toloui-Wallace for FundRazr Blog