{"id":40345,"date":"2012-05-24T03:05:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T11:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=40345"},"modified":"2012-05-24T03:05:44","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T11:05:44","slug":"ideaconnection-launches-crowdfunding-service-for-canadian-entrepreneurs-to-research-patent-and-invent","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/magazine\/ideaconnection-launches-crowdfunding-service-for-canadian-entrepreneurs-to-research-patent-and-invent","title":{"rendered":"IdeaConnection Launches Crowdfunding Service for Canadian Entrepreneurs to Research, Patent, and Invent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right; margin: 15px;\" src=\"http:\/\/static.ideaconnection.com\/images\/ideaconnection-head.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideaconnection.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Victoria-based IdeaConnection<\/a> is unveiling a Canadian crowdfunding service with a unique business model next month.<\/p>\n<p><!-- pagebreak --><\/p>\n<p>In June, the organization plans to release a new crowdfunding platform for creative scientists, engineers, innovators, and inventors to conduct research, obtain patents, build inventions, and fund startups.<\/p>\n<p>In the lead-up to this launch, the startup is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideaconnection.com\/crowdfunding\/\" target=\"_blank\">offering money to initial projects<\/a> to &#8220;seed&#8221; their system. IdeaConnection will be contributing $250 to the first five entries in each of its categories, which include &#8220;Patent Your Invention&#8221; and &#8220;Fund your Startup.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully this will help reduce some of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techvibes.com\/blog\/crowfunding-in-canada-opportunities-and-hurdles-2012-05-11\" target=\"_blank\">hurdles that tech entrepreneurs face<\/a> when seeking crowdfunding in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The world does not yet have one website that funds patent applications,&#8221; seasoned entrepreneur Erik Djukastein says. &#8220;That&rsquo;s about to change. Crowdfunding services like this will help millions of people move ahead with creative ideas that will benefit mankind.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victoria-based IdeaConnection is unveiling a Canadian crowdfunding service with a unique business model next month. In June, the organization plans to release a new crowdfunding platform for creative scientists, engineers, innovators, and inventors to conduct research, obtain patents, build inventions, and fund startups. In the lead-up to this launch, the startup is offering money to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54503,"featured_media":40347,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"magazine-region":[],"magazine-series":[],"magazine-topic":[],"class_list":["post-40345","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/40345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/magazine"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/54503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/40345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/40347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40345"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-region?post=40345"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-series?post=40345"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=40345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}