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<p style = "font-size: 18px">Last, but not least, compiling a <b>Video</b> is a good way to spread the message to a large number of people. If your video is interesting, people will want to watch it and share it, creating organic growth that your team can take advantage of to make money. Having a video is also a critical component of crowdfunding. UMaryland iGEM’s 2015 Video is linked below.</p> | <p style = "font-size: 18px">Last, but not least, compiling a <b>Video</b> is a good way to spread the message to a large number of people. If your video is interesting, people will want to watch it and share it, creating organic growth that your team can take advantage of to make money. Having a video is also a critical component of crowdfunding. UMaryland iGEM’s 2015 Video is linked below.</p> | ||
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| + | <h2>Funding Avenues: Where should an iGEM team look for money?</h2> | ||
| + | <p style = "font-size: 22px"><i>Crowdfunding</i></p> | ||
| + | <p style = "font-size: 18px">Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising monetary contributions from a large number of people, typically via the internet. As a revenue stream it can be hit or miss. How well it does depends solely on how well you advertise it. UMaryland iGEM 2015 used a University-run crowdsourcing program called LaunchUMD. Our team reached out to over 200 donors to reach our funding goal. Again, having a video is key to making crowdfunding work.</p> | ||
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