"Sometimes all you need is a little boost to keep going, so we're trying to do that.”

An Interview with Riley H.

As the majority of marginalized developers risk financial stability to attend industry events, our primary goal, too, goes ignored: building the resources and capital to finance our work.

The word “startup” has begun to signify a particular brand of business success... and a particular type of business person.

How we think about and use crowdfunding at MVC, and what social justice/feminist/community platforms can learn from us.

Building sustainable funding that supports your mission and goals, allows you to grow, and develops community connection.

We spoke to Aniyia about the wearable tech market, raising seed funding, building your founding team and where Tinsel is going.

We may be persuaded that “art is for everyone”; the Internet finally democratizing its creation, its distribution, and its valuation. And yet, the democratization of art argument is necessarily laced with issues of means, access and opportunity.

This is a post about why and how we developed Fund Club, and what we’ve learned in the process.

In a society where equitable access to jobs, housing, and financial services is still threatened by racist discrimination, crowdfunding is a tool that has helped marginalized communities deal with the impact of economic violence.