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Best crowdfunding Courses Online

We compared 14 Crowdfunding courses currently listed on Coursera, Udemy, edX and International Open Academy, priced from $9.99 to $99.99. 4 come from a named university or institution, including University of Michigan, The University of Michigan and Macquarie University. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.

Courses in our catalog
19
Compared here
14
  1. 1
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit University-backed

    Raising Capital: Credit Tech, Coin Offerings, and Crowdfunding

    Offered by University of Michigan

    Consider the benefits and challenges of disruptive capital-raising technology. Advances in technology have both systematized and democratized consumers’ and business’ access to capital. In this course, you will explore t...

    $49.00
    listed price
  2. 2
    Udemy MOOC / Non-credit

    The Art of Crowdfunding for Social Change

    The Art of Crowdfunding for Social Change is a workshop for filmmakers, musicians, artists, activists, entrepreneurs, inventors, designers, lovers, and anyone who wants to make their idea, dream, or vision a reality thro...

    $34.99
    listed price
  3. 3
    Udemy MOOC / Non-credit

    Ultra-Successful Crowdfunding: A Step by Step Guide

    In this course, you'll learn how to effectively launch and manage a crowdfunding campaign from start to finish. With step-by-step instructions, you'll uncover key strategies, access useful templates, and get insights fro...

    $49.99
    listed price
  4. 4
    edX MOOC / Non-credit University-backed

    Grant Writing and Crowdfunding for Public Libraries

    Offered by The University of Michigan

    Learn how to increase your impact, innovate, and overcome often static funding through various fundraising and grant writing approaches.

    $59.00
    listed price
  5. 5
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit University-backed

    Structure, Funding and Negotiation For Startups

    Offered by Macquarie University

    Building a startup takes more than a great idea. You need to understand how to protect it, fund it, and negotiate for it. This course gives you the practical legal and financial knowledge every early-stage founder needs...

    $49.00
    listed price
  6. 6
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit University-backed

    Financing for Startup Businesses

    Offered by Duke University

    This course will teach you how to manage a startup’s financing strategy, where you will learn how to build capitalization tables (or “cap tables”) in Excel. Cap tables will help you explore different financing strategies...

    $49.00
    listed price
  7. 7
    Udemy Certificate

    Beginner’s Guide to ICO (Initial Coin Offering)

    This course offers the fundamental knowledge of ICO (Initial Coin Offering) for any beginners - with or without experience in cryptocurrency.  You may have heard that most ICOs are scams or majority fail within the first...

    $99.99
    listed price
  8. 8
    Udemy MOOC / Non-credit

    Writing Your Book

    Can you imagine what life will be like after you've written your first ebook? Writing my first ebook opened doors beyond anything I could imagine. In just the span of two months: -I’ve made almost $2000 -got invite...

    $19.99
    listed price
  9. 9
    Udemy MOOC / Non-credit

    Film financing: Ways to raise funding for your films

    'Film financing: ways to raise funding for your films' offer a list of alternative film fund-raising solutions. I'm a film director, writer and sometimes, a PRODUCER. I joined the film industry in 2012. I have experience...

    $54.99
    listed price
  10. 10
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit

    Music Business

    Offered by Berklee

    This specialization will give you the knowledge, both theoretical and practical, to launch your career in the music business as an artist, manager, agent, and/or producer. You will begin with Music Business Foundations,...

    $49.00
    listed price
  11. 11
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Lowest price here

    Create a fundraising page on Chuffed

    Offered by Coursera

    At the end of this project, you will learn how to create a fundraising page on Chuffed for a collaborative project for personal or professional purposes. This Guided Project is an introduction to Chuffed and is designed...

    $9.99
    listed price
  12. 12
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit

    The DIY Musician

    Offered by Berklee

    With social media platforms and powerful recording technology at your fingertips, it’s easier now than ever before to create music and share it with your fans. But where do you begin and how do you get started? This spec...

    $49.00
    listed price
  13. 13
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit

    The DIY Musician

    Offered by Berklee

    With social media platforms and powerful recording technology at your fingertips, it’s easier now than ever before to create music and share it with your fans. But where do you begin and how do you get started? This spec...

    $49.00
    listed price
  14. 14
    International Open Academy MOOC / Non-credit

    Fundraising Management

    What is crowdfunding? Crowdfunding is a way of raising small amounts of money from many people for a business venture or project. Find out how in this online fundraising course

    $24.99
    listed price

What the prices here tell you

The 14 priced courses on this page run from $9.99 to $99.99, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $90.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.

Who is behind these courses

These courses come from Coursera, Udemy, edX and International Open Academy. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion. 4 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Michigan, The University of Michigan and Macquarie University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.

Before you enrol

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