Crowdfunding Day (March 14th)
Quick facts When is it? Every March 14th Tagged as Economy Helping Others What's the hashtag? #Crowd funding Day Who founded it? Ignite Agency Have we missed something? Crowd funding is the practice of funding a project from small amounts of money coming from a large number of people. While it may seem like a more modern innovation, it actually goes back to the 19th century as an effective way of raising money for causes and projects. Crowdfunding Day helps teach people about the usefulness of crowdfunding and how it today has changed the lives of businesses all over the world. History of Crowdfunding Day Crowdfunding has been around since the 1800s and was founded by the famous French philosopher and sociologist Auguste Comte. In his historical work “Premiere Circulaire Annuelle adressée par l’auteur du Systeme de Philosophie Positive”, he introduced the sociological theory of Positivism to the world. Positivism refers to the relation between the depen...