Crowdfunding Goes Mainstream: Why Donald Trump and Google Are Supporting Grassroots Financing
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Crowdfunding Goes Mainstream: Why Donald Trump and Google Are Supporting Grassroots Financing

  A few short years ago, crowdfunding, or raising large sums of money by soliciting many small donations, was an off-the-beaten-path grassroots movement largely relegated to artists. Not anymore. Crowdfunding has captured the attention of cable TV producers at CNBC and A&E, real-estate mogul Donald Trump and tech behemoth Google. To read more, click here. Continue reading

Freedom Rooms: Micro Apartments Designed by Prisoners
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Freedom Rooms: Micro Apartments Designed by Prisoners

Who has more experience living in cramped spaces than prisoners? Modeled after a jail cell, the ironically named Freedom Room is a 96-square-foot micro apartment offering “a different idea” for temporary and social housing, hotels and hostels. Inmates at Italy’s high-security prison in Spoleto served as consultants, using their intimate knowledge of tiny living spaces to create … Continue reading