Entries by Diane Sontum

The Heart of Crowdfunding

The heart of crowdfunding beats like a drum—ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum. It calls us to community—to help each other, build each other up, raise each other’s barns. The heart of crowdfunding beats like a drum—ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum. It calls us to community—to help each other, build each other up, raise each other’s barns. Crowdfunding campaigns carry […]

A vision and an idea whose time has come

In the summer of 1997 I sat in a circle of woman who had come together to explore the intersection between leadership and womanhood. We spent time in silence on a Wyoming mountainside, and it was there that I saw a vision unfold of a world transformed through business. I saw entrepreneurs working together to […]

Now is the time to crowdfund!

If you are a business or organization founded on the principle of doing something good for people or the planet—and you’d like to raise some money to help you do it better—now is the time for a crowdfunding campaign on TLC. Why now? Because TLC wants to help people like you, and our current NSF […]

The Stories We Tell Ourselves

Kim and I recently had the opportunity to speak at the Electric Cities of Georgia Forum. We met great folks from Georgia’s communities (including our own Sadie Krawczyk from Monroe!), and squeezed in some walking/talking time along Jekyll Island’s awesome beaches. We talked about our new NSF research project and how excited we are to […]

Social Enterprises Invited to Participate in NSF Study on Crowdfunded Finance Methods

Research & Development to provide support for the emerging Fourth Sector of the economy. The Local Crowd, LLC, a Wyoming-based company, is the recipient of a $225,000 National Science Foundation grant designed to support the emerging fourth sector of the economy. “We are seeing a huge push for socially and environmentally responsible business,” said Diane […]