Neil Young may be a great rock and roller but he's an even better crowdfunder. Young ran a rewards crowdfunding campaign that raised millions of dollars. Young didn't stop there -- he went on to raise an equity crowdfunding campaign that was even more successful. 

What was Mr Cinnamon Girl's secret sauce? On this week's TWiC, we invited Rose Spinelli, of TheCrowdfundamentals.com fame and crowdfunding coach and teacher, on to the show to deconstruct his approach, what he did right/wrong, and what we can learn from his success.

Watson on Crowdfunding examines a new world of corporations crowdfunding that raises money from the public. 



014 How Neil Young raised millions via crowdfunding (and how you can, too) -- with Rose Spinelli

One of the most exciting forms of crowdfunding is what's going on right now in real estate. Investment properties, which were once owned wholly by large real estate firms, are now finding crowdfunding investor interest. And vice versa -- individuals, who once struggled to get access to 'insider' deals -- can now invest in real estate via platforms like RealtyMogul.

RealtyMogul's CEO and founder, Jilliene Helman joins us on episode #15 of TWiC to talk about how her firm got off the ground and is now working with both top-flight real estate development projects and attracting investor interest.

Watson on Crowdfunding tackles the complicated -- but really important -- issue of accreditation for crowdfunding. The rules of who qualifies to participate on a crowdfunded investment are in flux and Prescott sorts things out for our listeners.

Your hosts, Zack and David, discuss recent movement in Kickstarter's Terms of Use which signal the direction the rewards-based crowdfunding leader is taking in terms of addressing failed projects and the project creators' responsibilities towards backers.

Lastly, in the Stark Tank, David Starkinator describes his favorite crowdfunding project right now, which, surprisingly, is an artistic endeavor.

015 How individual investors can invest in top real estate deals -- with Jilliene Helman

In TWiC, David Stark and Zack Miller look at Reddit's recent moves into crowdfunding and about the recent Indiegogo campaign, Hour of Code. Backed by tech entrepreneurs like Gates and Zuckerberg, this crowdfunding project aims to train 10,000 teachers to teach 10 million students about computer science.

Watson on crowdfunding wows us with another amazing fact about crowdfunding.

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016 Reddit gets into crowdfunding (and so do Gates and Zuckerberg)

Equity crowdfunding is probably the newest form of crowdfunding, Kickstarter and Indiegogo's little brother. But the momentum is there -- OurCrowd estimated that upwards of $700M would be invested via equity crowdfunding during 2014.

While thousands of investors have taken to equity crowdfunding platforms, there is a lot of runway for new investors to embrace crowd investing. In this week's episode of TWiC, we explore (and bust) 4 myths of equity crowdufnding.

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017 The 4 Myths Of Equity Crowdfunding (And Why They're Wrong)

On this week of the TWiC, Jared Iverson, the cofounder and CEO of Healthfundr joins hosts, Zack Miller and David Stark, to discuss equity crowdfunding for health-related startups.

In particular, pay close attention to some of the innovations Healthfundr has developed to help investors better informed investment decisions and how experts can influence this.

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018 Is Crowdfunding the Perfect Way to Invest in Medical Tech? With Jared Iverson of Healthfundr

What gets you excited about crowdfunding? Is it the passion, perks, participation, pride or profit? Crowdfunding is expected to top $10 billion this year. Join This Week in Crowdfunding’s hosts, David Stark and Zack Miller as they interview successful entrepreneurs, deconstruct campaigns, and hear from the smartest people around on this transformative, massive financing trend.

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