On January 25th, 2011, RocketHub celebrated its one-year anniversary. Woohoo! We've built a thriving and supportive creative community together. Thank you.

Just last year, we founded this community with only five crowdfunding projects and now we have nearly 150 projects running on RocketHub. We've helped launch thousands of campaigns, have supported thousands of artists and entrepreneurs, and have allowed tens of thousands to make contributions to the projects they love. RocketHub is quickly growing bigger and better.

So what's next? Well, we've decided to directly address two of the most frequent requests for improvement:

All-Or-Nothing crowdfunding is swell but how can crowdfunding be simpler and more user-friendly?

There are different schools of thought in traditional crowdfunding. The most common are:

-  "All-Or-Nothing" — the Creative is required to reach a financial goal in order to unlock the contributions — this is how Rockethub has done it up 'till now.

-  "Keep-It-All" — the Creative is allowed to access the contributions regardless of the financial goal.

RocketHub has now blended these two ideas, to create a new paradigm, a more Creative and Fueler-friendly mechanism. Here is how RocketHub's All & More™ system works:

All — The Creative keeps all the money raised (standard fees apply). A Creative can aim high with the confidence of a supportive safety net.

More — Artists and entrepreneurs can now unlock additional perks. If a Creative reaches or exceeds a project's financial goal, he/she gets valuable access to big opportunities (see below).

In response to popular demand by artists, entrepreneurs, and the communities that support them - we have made crowdfunding simpler and better. And of course - for those projects and Fuelers caught in the middle of this transition, you will have the option of All-Or-Nothin or All & More.  Click here for more information.

Now that I've crowdfunded my project and made it into a reality, what's next? Can you help me get heard and be seen?

With this request in mind, we've unveiled the first RocketHub LaunchPad Opportunity™. Each LaunchPad Opportunity is an audition (or "try out"). The RocketHub team researches and hand-picks each Opportunity to ensure legitimacy, clarity, and value.

RocketHub has already helped some of the best Creatives receive showcases, present their work, and gain publicity. Now we've formalized this process and made it available to the whole RocketHub community.

For more information on how it works, click here. To learn the details about our first LaunchPad Opportunity, The Gibson Music Retreat, click here. Stay tuned for more information from RocketHub and Gibson. 

We have heard your requests and today unveil the next chapter in RocketHub history.

-Brian, Jed, Vlad, and the whole RocketHub Team...

...we are accessible so feel free to email our team at support@rockethub.com with any questions.