I spoke to Mateo Neri & Grant Delgatty, URB-E bicycle @Launch 2014. Its the world’s most compact bicycle & is designed to go 20 miles on a single charge. Its all electric & has a giant lithium battery in the front. Top speed of 15mph & it folds so you can take it with you anywhere you go including train, bus or car. It weighs only 27lbs & you can lift with one hand. They are doing a crowd funding campaign on Indiegogo. They are trying to take cars off the road not replace the bicycle. You can view more on their website I want a pink one!
Crowd funding
Cheryl Kellond, Bia Sports: Bypassing Investors
Video interview with Cheryl Kellond, CoFounder Bia Sports about how & why they had to bypass investors to get their startup funded.
Danae Ringelmann, Indiegogo: Fundraising by Crowd Sourcing
Video interview with Danae Ringelmann, CoFounder & COO Indiegogo. Danae co-founded IndieGoGo to democratize fundraising. She brings finance and entertainment industry expertise, and Fast Company Magazine recently named her one of the Top 50 Women Innovators in Technology. Prior to IndieGoGo, Danae was a Securities Analyst at Cowen & Co. where she covered entertainment companies including Pixar, Lionsgate, Disney, and Electronic Arts. Danae also focused on cable network, NFL, newspaper and hedge fund clientele while at JPMorgan’s Investment Bank and Private Bank. In the wake of 9/11, Danae co-produced a concert reading of Incident at Vichy, an Arthur Miller play addressing the politically charged topic of racial profiling. You can find Danae on Twitter @GoGoDanae