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> “The 18- to 35-year-olds expect something like that, but they just didn’t have it,” said Tyler Hodge, 32, who used crowdfunding to help finance the shop. The
by Entangled 9y ago
> “The 18- to 35-year-olds expect something like that, but they just didn’t have it,” said Tyler Hodge, 32, who used crowdfunding to help finance the shop. The same tactic was used for a rock climbing gym opened in September by a group of young engineers who, like Hodge, spend their weekdays working at Cummins Inc., the diesel engine company that is the city’s largest employer.
Crowdfunding for brick-and-mortar? Now that's interesting, any links?
- mcphilip 9y agohttps://www.fundable.com/lucabe-coffee-co https://www.fundable.com/lucabe-coffee-co ~37k raised from this campaign
- dsr_ 9y agoHere's a brick-and-mortar that successfully crowdfunded twice: http://borderlands-books.blogspot.com/2017/10/haight-street-update.html http://borderlands-books.blogspot.com/2017/10/haight-street-...
- war1025 9y agoCooperatives are a similar model. It is maybe more common for places like organic grocery stores, but it seems like it could work for other businesses.
- cableshaft 9y agoI've seen it done successfully a few times now for board game cafes in particular, but that's all that ever come across my radar. Basically local board game lovers like the idea of getting a public space to play and get food, and want to support it.
- rev_bird 9y agoA brewpub in Minneapolis crowdfunded about $250k, though the actual financial arrangement seems a little funky, as you'd imagine: http://www.startribune.com/beer-for-life-brewpub-for-all/171627341/ http://www.startribune.com/beer-for-life-brewpub-for-all/171... If you invested $1,000, you got free beer for life.