Robert van Boeschoten: Negotiating Trust on Crowdfunding Platforms

By Max Dovey, December 11, 2015

By Felix Clasbrummel Robert van Boeschoten, researcher and lecturer at Hogeschool van Amsterdam and Universiteit voor Humanistiek, was in for his second round at the MoneyLab. During the MoneyLab’s first edition, he presented his Crowdfunding Toolkit (which you still can find on the INC’s website), a useful tool for aspiring crowd-founders to identify the right [...]

Money 2020

By Max Dovey, November 30, 2015

  Money is incredibly personal. Money is the fuel that drives the dreams and ambitions of fathers and mothers. Money is the fuel that fires the best aspirations amongst all of us. The revolution in financial services is not about tapping the phone versus swiping the card; it’s much more profound. Dan Schulman, PayPal, Money [...]

Unpacking Platform Cooperativism

By Max Dovey, November 26, 2015

Last week the New School in New York hosted a two-day symposium that set out to explore how the internet can be changed to create new democratic structures and social commons. The conference hosted a range of speakers from Micheal Bauwens, Yochai Benker and two that will be at Moneylab next weekend, Rachel O’ Dwyer [...]

What’s wrong with the ‘Get played, Get paid’ campaign.

By Max Dovey, November 16, 2015

‘Get played, Get paid’ is the slogan of a campaign that gathered at Amsterdam Dance Event last month and aims to change the revenue model for musician’s royalties and performing rights organisations. Launched in 2014, the campaign brings together tech companies and music publishers to create better revenue models for musicians. Every recorded song that [...]

The Rise of Social Exchange Systems

By Max Dovey, October 23, 2015

Some people suggest that the latest generation gap is neurological rather then ideological. The same people are more fascinated with Mr. Pawlow’s ability to create a controlled environment than him explaining conditioned reflexes. The russian physiologist known primarily for his work on classical conditioning which not only won him the nobelprize in 1904 but influenced [...]

Brett Scott talks to Paul Buitink

By Max Dovey, October 23, 2015

Thoughts on a Cashless Society

By Max Dovey, October 7, 2015

            Image courtesy of MyDoorSign.com Guardian: Does a cashless society make for a surveillance state? by Brett Scott Scott discusses the potential for mass surveillance in a cashless society and the opportunities that arise from algorithmic currencies. He highlights how much easier monitoring citizens will become through micro payments and [...]

Report from Reinvent Money

By Max Dovey, October 2, 2015

“We are the Future, Jakob” Last weekend I found a new religion. At Erasmus Business School of Finance. It was there on Saturday 26 September I stumbled into a mass gathering of entrepreneurs, businessmen and financial tech professionals buzzing over how Bitcoin will change the world. The largely white male audience all shared a sense [...]

Crowdfest report

By Max Dovey, September 30, 2015

Crowdfest took place in Johan Huizingalaan in West Amsterdam on Saturday 26 September showcasing over 50 different crowdfunding campaigns. The festival was an opportunity for people to pitch their project to a mass audience and gain more financial investors. The broad range of projects consequently made the event similar to a variety show of crowdfunding [...]

Creativity on the Blockchain

By Max Dovey, September 24, 2015

Can the anti-establishment ideals of blockchain technology convince artists to take back control of their creations? A handful of new start-up companies are declaring that blockchain will revolutionize digital music and transform how artists produce and distribute their art online. Imagine a public record of transactions where the origin of every digital file can be [...]