Blog Posts
The Evolution of Investment Crowdfunding, and Where We Go from Here
In 2009, I got together with Janelle Orsi to cofound a new nonprofit called Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC). The mission of SELC was to bring legal knowledge and support to those who are...
read moreBuilding a Strategy to Fund Your Business On Your Terms
In this video, The Kassan Group founder Jenny Kassan outlines six important steps to designing your fundraising strategy. Funding is an essential element of starting a business, but figuring out the...
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Legal Compliance Options for Raising Capital
To choose the right legal compliance strategy for your raise, you need to ask yourself four questions: Do I want to be able to publicly advertise the fact that I’m looking for investors? Do I...
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What Businesses and Investors Can & Can’t Discuss: Six Guidelines for Business-Investor Conversations
By Jenny Kassan and Michael H. Shuman What kinds of conversations can a business owner have with potential investors without breaking the law? Over the past year many local investment advocates and...
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When it Comes to Investment Crowdfunding—Compliance Matters!
What to Know Before You Take the Plunge The investment crowdfunding marketplace is growing faster than ever before, and is projected to grow by $196.36 billion from 2021 to 2025. Unfortunately,...
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The Angel Capital Association 2021 Summit—is there any hope?
Have you ever attended a conference and felt so at home—like the attendees are really your people? When I go to the Angel Capital Association conference, I feel exactly the opposite! Most...
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You don’t have to sell your company for your investors to exit!
When you raise money from investors, many of them will want to know how they may someday get their money back out of your company. When people invest in public companies, it is very easy to exit...
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It’s Official!
Things just got a lot easier for you if you are looking to invest or raise money via Investment Crowdfunding. The following is a summary of changes that went into effect on March 15 and will improve...
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Should you provide anti-dilution protection for your equity investors?
Anti-dilution protection is a set of provisions that you can include in your governing document (articles or certificate of incorporation) that are designed to protect equity investors in the case...
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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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