1. Crowdfunding (Direct & Indirect)
   1. Definitions & Business Models
      1. Wikipedia
      2. Chaotic Ripple-What is Crowdfunding
      3. Terms: Crowdfunding (Crowd Financing, Crowd Sourced Capital), Social Fundraising
      4. Broad Scope: Disaster Relief, Citizen Journalism, Creative Workers, Political Campaigns, Startup Company, Software Applications
      5. Participative Business Models-Crowdfunding
         1. (1) Direct Crowdfunding (2) Crowdfunding of non-existing project platform (3) Crowdfunding Existing Project (4) Prefunded Project
   2. Successful Stories/ Lessons Learned
      1. [Publishing] Successful Fundraising with Kickstarter - Art Space Tokyo
      2. [Film] Sound It Out: Adventures in Crowd Funding
      3. [Documentary] My Kickstarter Experience: The Good, Bad, and Ugly
   3. Examples in other Disciplines
      1. Music, Film & Others (Fashion, Political Activities, Charities, NPOs, Sports, Microfinance, Startups, Capital Investment, Softwares, etc.)
   4. Platforms
      1. Comparison of Crowdfunding Platforms
         1. Comparison of some Crowdfunding Platforms.ppt
      2. Crowdfunding Platforms & Initiatives
         1. Crowdfunding Platform & Initiatives.ppt
      3. 2 Categories: (1) All or Nothing Model (2) Keep What You Can Raise
      4. Kickstarter
         1. A Guide to Kickstarter & Crowd Funding (Infographic)
         2. Happy Birthday Kickstarter! (Statistics to Date)
         3. Data Analysis: Behavior Patterns of Funders
         4. Kickstarter Data Analysis: Success and Pricing
         5. Film & Music Beat All Other Projects on Kickstarter
         6. Drawbacks of Kickstarter: (1) USA Based- Donor (2)Projects need to be approved - Creator
         7. Kickstarter Experience
            1. Unsuccessful Kickstarter Projects -from Cofounder
         8. Crowdfunding on Kickstarter.com
            1. Crowdfunding on Kickstarter - 3116182 - Snezana Nedeski.pdf
      5. Other Countries (Australia, Brazil, Latin America, NZ, etc.)
   5. Advantages & Disadvantages
      1. Creating Alternative Financing – Part III: Advantages and Disadvantages of Crowdfunding
      2. Could Kickstarter Be Better Than Government Grants for Artists?
      3. Disadvantage
         1. only support the initial stage of a cultural project
   6. Strategy/ Successful Tips
      1. 11 Tips for Crowdfunding
      2. Tips for Successful Fundraising from Kickstarter
   7. Challenges & Problems
   8. Primary Websites on Crowdfunding
      1. The Crowdfunding Wiki
      2. Crowdsourcing.org
   9. News Coverage
      1. 9 Crowdfunding Websites to Help You Change the World
      2. Crowd Funding Your Creative Business
      3. The Q&A: Perry Chen, Kickstarter
      4. Kickstarter Fundraising: Myths, Facts, and Alternatives
      5. The Trivialities and Transcendence of Kickstarter
      6. Why Kickstarter Works Better Than Other Crowdfunding Sites
      7. Crowd Funding: Customers as Investors
      8. 13 Crowdfunding Websites to Fund Your Business
      9. CKIE.com: A Crowd Funding Platform that Empowers Designers to turn their Designs into Reality
      10. Micro-financing & Crowd funding (continued)
      11. Crowdfunding for Creativity
      12. Keys to Crowdfunding Success on IndieGoGo
      13. A Guide to Crowdfunding Success
      14. 11 Crowdfunding Platforms and Examples
   10. Research Articles
       1. An Empirical Analysis of Crowdfunding
          1. 47770544_An_Empirical_Analysis_of_Crowdfunding.pdf
       2. Crowdfunding: A Communal Business Model
          1. 65468571.pdf
       3. An Exploratory Study into the Field of Crowdfunding
          1. Exploratory Study into the Field of Crowdfunding.pdf
       4. Crowdfunding: Tapping the Right Crowd
          1. Crowdfunding_BLS_13Feb2011.pdf
       5. Crowdfunding on Kickstarter.com
          1. Crowdfunding on Kickstarter - 3116182 - Snezana Nedeski.pdf
       6. Crowdfunding: Transforming Customers into Investors Through Innovative Service Platforms
          1. 49036_20110414_125339_JOSM_CROWD_FINAL.PDF
       7. Classification of Crowdfunding
          1. Classification of crowd funding.pdf
   11. Interesting Questions to Answer
       1. Develop Long-term Rewarding Mechanism?
       2. Sustainable Way to Keep Funding Projects Continue to be Ongoing in the Long Run?
       3. Strengthen Engagement Level (beyond giving money)?
       4. Well-developed Charity Business Environment for crowdfunding in the US -> What about other countries?
       5. Source_Future Questions to Answer.doc
2. Basics
   1. Types of Crowdsourcing
      1. Creation: The public contributes the content (e.g. Wikipedia)
      2. Prediction: Public action determines the results (e.g. GoogleBuzz)
      3. Organization: Inbound links + Peer Voting= Organisation of Info (e.g. digg)
   2. Crowdsourcing Landscape
      1. umbrella-of-crowdsourcing.pdf
      2. crowd power.pdf
   3. Applications of Crowdsourcing
      1. Product Development (e.g. IdeaStorm)
      2. Initiatives, New Business, Problem Solving (e.g. Quirky)
      3. Communications, Marketing, Advertising (e.g. crowdSPRING)
      4. Prediction, Forecasting (e.g. CrimeAware)
   4. Crowdsourcing Companies & Why Crowdsourcing
3. Research Areas
   1. Ideas Generation, Combination & Quality Mgmt
   2. Collaborative Creativity
      1. Bridging the digital and physical worlds - Final Beacon Report.pdf
      2. Crowdsourcing, Collaboration and Creativity
   3. Social and Open Innovation
      1. OpenInnovation-theBenefitsOfCrowdsourcing.pdf
   4. Societal Problem Solving
   5. User-Generated Content (e.g. product ideas)
   6. Process Used to Source & Aggregate Crowd Contributions
   7. Crowdsourcing Task Analysis
      1. Structures for Creativity- The crowdsourcing of design.pdf
   8. Examples & Platforms
      1. Branding Forward Project- Crowdsourcing as a powerful marketing tool
      2. List of Open Innovation & Crowdsourcing Examples
      3. Top 5 Crowdsourcing Platforms