Crowd Funding Creativity | Kate Russell | TEDxSalford

Kate Russell speaks about whether crowdfunding offer up an unfair shortcut to success?
Kate Russell is a journalist, reporter and author who has been writing about gaming, technology and the Internet since 1995. Best known for weekly appearances on BBC technology programme Click, she is a frequent face on TV, radio and in magazines as a technology expert, with regular columns in National Geographic Traveller and BBC Focus. She is author of two books; Working the Cloud, a business book about the internet and Elite: Mostly Harmless, her debut science fiction novel based in the gaming world of Elite, which achieved over 400% of its funding goal on Kickstarter. In addition, Kate speaks regularly at technology events and conferences and in schools and universities, inspiring the next generation of technologists.
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[@antoniodossantos5960]

Thanks Kate🌎 I am launching a Crowdfunding campaign in FundRazr... Ecological Gardens project. The Planet deserves a lot more from us. The Venezuelan Immigrant writer, ecologist, entrepreneur 🇻🇪

[@minookalantari]

Thank you

[@ourblackgaydiaspora]

Thank you for this. Very informative.

[@antoniodossantos5960]

Thanks TED 🌎

[@moon-lit-rider987]

Wow great content & very well executed thank you ✨👍

[@Helicopter_Harry]

Your awesome KATE!

[@taylorpretorius2986]

Well said!

[@angelicasbestversion3301]

Yes. So agree!

[@SmallBizGeekUK]

At 5:04 she is pretty much describing many of the MEPs in Brussels. Elderly legislators trying to throttle the internet.

[@sobiasher1251]

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[@ayerayer9911]

Very well said

[@antoniodossantos5960]

The Universe conspires...🌅🌅

[@healthywealthyandeducation2072]

Nice idea.

[@sobiasher1251]

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Join my team of crowd sharing no one team✌