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Biohackers Are Kickstarting Some Unregulated Experiments

L. Jim Thomas | Posted 05.10.2013 | Canada Business
Read More: Arabidopsis, Synthetic Biology, Gmos, Synthetic Life, Bioeconomy, Kickstarter, Green, Biotech, Convention on Biological Diversity, Crowd Funding, Biotechnology, Biodiversity, Bioengineering, Environment, Usda, Gmo, Canada Business News
L. Jim Thomas

Three biohackers from California have hijacked the Kickstarter machinery -- they have made Kickstarter the conduit for a nationwide release of untested, unregulated and unmonitored bioengineered organisms.

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'Change Heroes' Sells 'Friend-Funding' To Build Schools, Libraries

John F. Gray | Posted 02.21.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: Poverty, Illiteracy, Charity, Vancouver, Change Heroes, Crowdsourcing, Startups, Crowd Funding, Bc Business, Canada British Columbia News
John F. Gray

Recognizing the power of personal connections, Change Heroes has designed their platform around the concept of "friend-funding." The goal of each change hero is to bring together 33 of their friends, family, and co-workers together to donate $3.33 a day for three months which equates to $10,000 which will fund the building of a school or two libraries.

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If You Think the Music Industry is Dying, You're Not Paying Attention

Brian Buchanan | Posted 10.17.2012 | Canada Music
Read More: Digital Music, Enter the Haggis Globe and Mail Album, Enter the Haggis, Music Industry, Kickstarter Funding, Kickstarter, Music Industry Dying, Crowd Funding, Canada Music News
Brian Buchanan

Is there any hope for music? Can the industry adapt to meet the pressures and challenges of a rapidly evolving digital frontier? My band, Enter the Haggis, decided to fund our forthcoming record through Kickstarter and we more than doubled our goal in under 10 days. From where I'm sitting, it's hard to understand the argument that the music industry is dying. I'm currently on tour, playing songs I wrote for people who are willing to pay to see me, and they're funding my career directly. From my perspective, the music business is thriving.

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