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More businesses reach out to web community for funding

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Bucks County Courier Times

Crowd funding is a growing national trend of financing business ventures with the help from donors who make pledges via the Internet. "You can invest in businesses that you actually want in your community," said Robert McNamee, assistant professor at the Fox School of Business and academic director of Temple's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute. "A brewpub is a good one because people believe in beer crafting."