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CNBC Gets Into Crowd-Funding Business With 'Crowd Rules'  The
cable news network's latest unscripted series relies on the
studio audience to crown a winner.  Crowd Rules NBC Panel - H
2013 "Crowd Rules" panel  Crowd-funding takes center stage on
CNBC's new reality competition series Crowd Rules.  The New
York-based series is the latest unscripted effort, debuting at 9
p.m. May 14, for the financial news network under the "CNBC
Prime" umbrella. In each episode, three small businesses compete
in front of an audience of 100 who vote to decide who wins the
$50,000 grand prize. Jewelry designer Kendra Scott and NY1
anchor Pat Kiernan, along with an expert, provide advice and
help the studio audience -- made up of MBA students, consumers
and business owners -- vote on which company takes home the
money.  "This idea is an intersection of two things that were
going on in the last year. ... I was trying to figure a way how
I could bring crowd-funding to