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Health: Problem Paying Medical Bills? Many Turn To Public For Help
By Stephanie Stahl PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – From rising healthcare costs to high deductible insurance policies, many people are left with medical bills they can’t afford. Now, many are turning to their...
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Brotherly Love: Sink Or Swim Philadelphia Helps Patients Pay Medical Bills
By Ukee Washington PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – For the last year, a homegrown effort in Philadelphia has helped people get some relief from devastating medical bills. For a small amount of money, hundreds of...
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Crowdfunding Concept Migrating To Real Estate
By Paul Kurtz PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – There’s an online campaign to help fund a project that will provide space for local artists, small businesses and start-ups. “This project is Philadelphia’s first...
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Brotherly Love: Helping With Modest Needs
By Ukee Washington ARDMORE, Pa. (CBS) – Small donations from a lot of people can change a life. That’s what a local cancer patient saw when she reached out for help. Last summer, Christina Meehan of...
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Kickstarter Raises Money For Early Stage Businesses
By Amy E. Feldman PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - What’s all this talk of crowd funding? And what does it have to do with potato salad? And you thought your Aunt Minnie’s potato salad was something to crow about....
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According To Crowdfunding Site, Frein Look-alike To Get New Car Wednesday
CANADENSIS, Pa. (CBS) – James Tully, the man often mistaken for police barracks shooting suspect Eric Frein, is supposedly getting a welcome gift on Wednesday. Tully, 39, reportedly walks five miles a...
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Arts Group ‘Philadanco’ Turns To Crowdfunding For Emergency Furnace Replacement
By Pat Loeb PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The venerable Philadelphia Dance Company (“Philadanco”) has a $20,000-plus problem: a broken furnace that has left its studios without heat. So, the organization has...
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Crowdfunding Platforms Can Help You Immediately: Jump-Start Your Startup With...
With big banks hesitant to give small business loans and alternative online lenders like OnDeck only dealing with established companies, how can ambitious small business owners get their ideas off...
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Smart From The Start: 3 Ways To Properly Establish Your Business When...
In the current post-recession marketplace, small business owners have less access to traditional sources of funding, like the bank loans they did in early eras. Consequently, burgeoning entrepreneurs...
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Give Your Business Venture Life: 5 Places To Turn For Successful Crowdfunding
A new and exciting way to fund businesses has been building momentum for a few years. Instead of looking for investors, which is time consuming, crowdfunding websites are bringing investors to the...
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Startup Aims To Crowdfund The Law
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — From an unexpected health crisis to the next great gadget, crowdfunding campaigns work to spread the financial burden. Now, there’s a website that looks to do the same for legal...
View ArticleGoFundMe Page Raises $5,000 To Buy Elon Musk A New Couch
CBS Local — Last week, Elon Musk showed “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King the couch he sleeps on when he works late at his Tesla Model 3 factory. The internet was not pleased with the piece of...
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