Crowdfunding

It’s no news that Colorado’s schools have faced a funding crunch in the years since the great recession. And the same is true across the nation. To fill…

It was 2 a.m. on a snowy February night when Daisy Mauterer and Brian Weikel arrived home exhausted after playing a double bill for their bands The…

Crowdfunding is popular among musicians, filmmakers and artists looking for a way to finance their next project. Now the Securities and Exchange Commission is considering rules that would allow small companies to solicit investments over the Internet and sell shares to the public.

Built by a former automobile engineer, the ELF bike is a pedal-driven, solar electric-assisted bicycle that offers its riders some protection from the elements. One customer picked up his new bike in North Carolina — and is riding it home to Massachusetts.

A $99 video game console funded through Kickstarter went on sale this week. Ouya is significantly cheaper than the big-brand consoles and also relies on a different business model. Games are sold through something like an app store, allowing customers to sample them before buying.

Israel inventor Izhar Gafni hopes to make reliable, tough bikes that can sell for only about $20 each. Videos of his invention went viral last year. He's using the Web to raise money.

Israeli inventor Izhar Gafni's creation became an Internet sensation last year. Now he and a business partner are launching a Kickstarter campaign that promises "limited and exclusive access" to those interested in getting their hands on one of the bikes.

Thanks so much to everybody who backed the Planet Money t-shirt. We can't wait to start telling the story of your shirts.

We're making a t-shirt that tells the story of its own creation.

As independent financing and filmmaking becomes more accessible, conservatives are turning to movies to get their message out to a larger, younger audience. It's an attempt to get the conservative story out to a broader demographic.