Posts by Pim Betist

Pim Betist - Ga open en eerlijk om met consumentendata

‘Ga open en eerlijk om met consumentendata’

February 29th, 2012 Posted by Ondernemerschap No Comment yet

Een aantal weken geleden stond ik voor de uitdaging een ronde tafel discussie over Big Data te leiden. Aan de ronde tafel zaten vertegenwoordigers van multinationals, datadeskundigen en social media experts. Het kennisniveau was hoog. (more…)

Pim Betist - Crowdfunder, wat bezielt je?!

Crowdfunder, wat bezielt je?!

November 26th, 2011 Posted by Crowdfunding No Comment yet

Een werkend handboek voor crowdfunding bestaat nog niet. Dus leren we met vallen en opstaan hoe het werkt. Benieuwd naar het aantal mensen dat daadwerkelijk geld overmaakt naar een crowdfunding project, vroeg ik tijdens mijn presentatie op de Failure Edition van de Sprout Challengerday hoeveel mensen wel eens hadden gecrowdfund. (more…)

Pim Betist - De elementen van crowdfunding

‘De elementen van crowdfunding’

November 14th, 2011 Posted by Crowdfunding No Comment yet

Crowdfunding is hot. In Nederland zijn dit jaar meer dan tachtig projecten medegefinancierd door crowdfunding. Samen goed voor 750.000 euro. Wereldwijd is middels dit fenomeen al meer dan 300 miljoen dollar opgehaald.

Maar wat is crowdfunding precies? Wat kunnen we leren van deze trend? En hoe kun je door dit fenomeen in te zetten meer uit je marketingbudget halen?

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Pim Betist - Crowdfunding, a once in a lifetime opportunity

‘Crowdfunding, a once in a lifetime opportunity’

October 30th, 2011 Posted by Crowdfunding No Comment yet

This is the third year in a row for me to do a panel discussion at Womex, the world’s largest world music conference. Musician and cultural activist Alan Bern was also on the panel. He is director of a band called The Other Europeans who were selected from over 700 bands to showcase their CD at Womex. This was as much a challenge as an opportunity for him and his band.

He needed more than 10.000 dollars to fly his 14 member band to Copenhagen. Alan chose to use crowdfunding as a way to raise the budget. He successfully did so on Kickstarter in 43 days and shared some interesting stats and lessons with us. (more…)

Pim Betist - Fail to succeed: even in crowdfunding

‘Fail to succeed: even in crowdfunding’

September 28th, 2011 Posted by Crowdfunding No Comment yet

Have you seen that Nike commercial where Michael Jordan tells you why he succeeded? The ultimate point is that one has to fail numerous times in order to finally succeed. This fact is hard to dispute as I have not yet met an accomplished person who managed to succeed in everything (s)he did over and over and over again.

As the story goes, a failure to protect his bike from theft pushed Mohammad Ali into boxing.
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Pim Betist - Crowdfunding is een hype

‘Crowdfunding is een hype’

September 21st, 2011 Posted by Crowdfunding No Comment yet

Enige tijd geleden werd ik uitgenodigd om deel te nemen aan een ronde tafel discussie. Van de initiatiefnemer had ik nog nooit gehoord, maar ik begreep dat de belangrijkste crowdfundingondernemers er zouden zijn. Vijf jaar geleden bestond het hele woord crowdfunding nog niet. Maar kijk nu, een zaal tot de nok gevuld met ondernemers die zich allemaal bezighouden met het onderwerp. (more…)

Pim Betist - Legends of Ska crowdfunding campaign

‘Ska legends, crowdfunding targets and Japanese nuclear crises: there is a connection’

July 20th, 2011 Posted by Crowdfunding No Comment yet

Back in March a promising and ambitious project appeared on Kickstarter. A DJ, radio host, producer and now film maker, Brad Klein, was looking for money to fund his lifetime dream – a great Ska documentary. It was going to be the first film ever to feature most of the still living fathers of JamaicanSka music, their performances, interviews, history and much more. Brad was attempting to make this film since early 2002 right after he organized Legends of Ska concert in Toronto, a venue acknowledged by media as the best concert of the year!
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Pim Betist - Crowdfunding: are you sure?

L’art pour l’art vs. crowdfunding: Is it a choice?

June 3rd, 2011 Posted by Crowdfunding No Comment yet

Are you an artist and thinking of crowdfunding your project? Do you know how to do it? Sure?

At present, crowdfunding is primarily used for creative projects. Creative minds come together and pitch their ideas to the public in hopes of funding for their artistic projects. The conflict here is in the fact that creative people do not always have the right mindset for business pitching, be it to small investors or multimillionaire angels. There are mavericks indeed – Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Jay-Z – just to name a few. Yet the hermit artists with l’art pour l’art mentality are struggling to get their projects funded. With gratitude and appreciation I take my hat off to this breed of artists, and I want to help them benefit from crowdfunding as well.
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Pim Betist - How social media relates to crowdfunding

‘How social media relates to crowdfunding’

May 25th, 2011 Posted by Crowdfunding No Comment yet

One afternoon we asked ourselves a question: “How many followers do you need to receive one dollar from your crowd?” To measure the amount of social network support we turned to Kickstarter as it is the most popular and, in many ways transparent. (more…)

Pim Betist - DNB en AFM snappen crowdfunding niet

‘DNB en AFM snappen crowdfunding niet’

May 5th, 2011 Posted by Crowdfunding No Comment yet

Bijna tien jaar geleden zat ik in een taxi in New York, toen ik luisterde naar de radio en me ergerde aan het beperkte aanbod van muziek. De ongetekende bands die ik in het live circuit hoorde vond ik veel beter dan de muziek op de radio. Ik besloot SellaBand op te richten, een website die de macht bij de muziekliefhebber legde. (more…)