Crowd funding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet. The Jump start Our Business Start ups Act (JOBS Act) was passed with bipartisan support by Congress and signed into law by President Obama in April 2012. […]
Category: Crowd Funding
Two kinds of deals
Crowd funding is a fairly new term coined to describe something which has gone on for ages: a group of people chipping in to collectively pursue some economic goal. This has become a current topic because of new rules which went into effect back in late 2013 to make small-scale fund raising cheaper and easier […]
Crowd Funding Pitfalls
Some have estimated that Americans will ultimately invest 1% of their invest-able assets through crowd funding. Like any form of investing, there are risks. But because crowd funding investors might be less savoy about the risks of online investment, it may also be difficult for busy start up entrepreneurs to manage investors’ expectations. Some of […]