Blog Posts
New rules—New possibilities!
The Securities and Exchange Commission has made some changes to the rules governing private offerings of securities. These are some of the biggest changes we’ve seen in a while and many of them...
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5-Day Challenge: Create a Golden Opportunity for Investors
We just wrapped up a LIVE 5-day challenge—Create a Golden Opportunity for Investors: How to Design a Win-Win Investment Offering. It was awesome! Hundreds of people joined the challenge where we...
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How to Make Investing in Your Company a Golden Opportunity
You’ve built a company with a promising future. You’re ready to start looking for funding. You know there are some folks out there (maybe your customers, suppliers, neighbors, values-aligned...
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VIDEO: COVID-19 – How has it impacted the world of crowdfunding?
Check out this great video featuring our client Mike Loyd of Dope Coffee who successfully raised funding using Investment Crowdfunding during the pandemic. Watch the video here:...
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Do I Really Have to Do This? Yes, and It’s the Right Thing to Do
Raising investment dollars for your business is one of the smartest ways to reach your long-term goals. But like most things that are worthwhile, getting investments is work. And it’s not just the...
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Know All the Investor Types
I recently got the inspiration to do a 6-session book study program in which we go through one of the key chapters of my book, Raise Capital on Your Own Terms, in each session. I was thrilled when...
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Temporary Relief for Investment Crowdfunders
I recently joined the board of directors of the Crowdfunding Professional Association. The board asked me to draft a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission requesting emergency temporary...
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Fundraising Tips from Dan Fireside, Capital Coordinator at Equal Exchange
Equal Exchange is a worker-cooperative that sells Fair Trade coffee, chocolate, and other staples. They created a revolutionary way of raising money from investors. Investors receive non-voting...
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Major Changes to Securities Rules
For those of us who care about moving investment dollars into the businesses we love, March 4, 2020 was like Christmas, New Year’s Eve, and the Fourth of July all wrapped into one. The Securities...
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Fundraising in Uncertain Times
The stock market volatility index reached an all time high on Monday, March 16. The index has increased 500% this year. According to CNN, market activity is being driven by “extreme fear.” After ten...
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