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 of the people I meet there don’t understand why anyone would be...
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 from one investment to another—they just tell their online broker to sell...
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 Investment Crowdfunding for both companies and investors: The maximum...
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 of a reduction in the price of your stock. Before we talk about...
We Want You…
...to join Angels of Main Street! It should come as no surprise that the power of our voices grows when we control where money flows. This simple fact is the reason that Angels of Main Street, an investment community that anyone can join, is working to move investment...
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 will make fundraising much easier! The new rules are expected to go into...
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 taught how to design a customized investment offering. Here's what they...
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
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...