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 supporters, etc.) who will be interested in learning more about the...
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: https://youtu.be/tpq1yulOQNg Please Sign Up For Our Monthly Newsletter! [gravityform...
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 work you have to put into finding your ideal investors and getting them...
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 almost 90 people decided to join us! We've had two calls so far, and...
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 relief from the onerous requirements under Regulation Crowdfunding to...
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 preferred stock, and if the co-op is ever sold, any excess revenues...
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 and Exchange Commission (SEC) released proposed rule changes that will...
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 years of a rising market, this feels like a whole new world. Many...
Angels of Main Street is one year old and growing fast!
A little over a year ago, Crowdfund Mainstreet CEO Michelle Thimesch and I had a crazy idea—create an angel group for EVERYBODY! The traditional definition of an angel investor is a wealthy person who invests their own money in startups. There are groups all over the...
Major changes for maximum impact
Dear Community, This is my last blog post for 2019, and I want to thank you for all your support this year. As we work to change the face of investment in our country, your outpouring of love for our amazing entrepreneur clients, and of course your investments in...
