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Crowdfunding: exciting tool for start-ups

The crowdfunding phenomenon is rapidly evolving and will change the startup landscape in positive ways, writes TOM STRODTBECK

Published Sun, Apr 13, 2014 · 10:00 PM

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    THIS year, at the SXSW (South by Southwest) film, interactive and music festival in Austin, Texas, legendary rocker Neil Young spoke to a few hundred people, where he introduced the crowd to a new music player, Pono.

    Pono, described by another legendary rocker Trent Reznor as looking "like a Toblerone", is a digital music player that will offer a variety of digital formats, not just MP3s.

    In Mr Young's view, the sound quality of a typical MP3 is poor. Other formats offer a superior music experience.

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