From the office
September 4, 2011
Posted by pledgeme
What is crowdfunding?

  So – what is crowdfunding? Whenever I try to explain what Camilo, Reuben and I are doing, I get the blank stare. ‘Crowdsourcing? Crowdfunding? What’s that?‘ First off, here’s the ‘all knowing’ wiki definition: Crowd funding (sometimes called crowd […]

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August 31, 2011
Posted by Anna
Meet the team

Camilo, our technical guru, hails from the fair climes of Brazil (seriously, fairer than Wellington on a sunny day!). He’s crazy, passionate, loves to get to know people, and in his own words “not the typical IT guy”. He has […]

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August 28, 2011
Posted by Anna
Feel good moment

Camilo and I were grabbing a coffee in Newtown yesterday — and what do we see over the picnic table?? A poster for the lovely St Rupertsberg girls’ albulm release tour. We helped with that and it makes us feel […]

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August 8, 2011
Posted by Anna
Shameless plug – Netguide awards

Well, my dear readers — we need your help to win the “best online fundraising initiative” category of this year’s Netguide awards. Here’s the link: http://www.techday.co.nz/webawards#21 Please do your thing – just type or copy our web address in (pledgeme.co.nz) and […]

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August 3, 2011
Posted by Anna
We luuurv Radio One!

Thanks Radio One (and particularly Aaron) for interviewing the PledgeMe team yesterday. Don’t worry if you missed the show, we’ve got the podcast for you right here. And, congrats to Nicole from Pūrākau Taranaki for getting her project funded – at 166%! […]

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July 26, 2011
Posted by Anna
Let’s make Pūrākau Taranaki happen!

Ok, people, we’ve got six days to get this project up and running. Through Pūrākau Taranaki, Nicole Freeman plans to create artistic representations of maori myths from the Taranaki region. Pretty cool, huh? She’s helping visualise the storytelling culture through […]

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July 20, 2011
Posted by Anna
St Rupertsberg = success!

Just a quick note to say, they did it! The St. Rupertsberg girls are the first (of hopefully many) successful projects to be funded on PledgeMe. Good job girls – and keep on going! Still 21 days to go if […]

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