Breaking news: today the SEC issued final rules allowing investment-based crowdfunding to finally take place legally in the U.S. In a surprising twist, however, the SEC also published a new and binding interpretation of existing areas of securities law which renders more traditional angel funding inoperative — effectively making crowdfunding not only legal but mandatory [...]
View PostIf you are in the greater Denver area and would like to become an instant expert on crowdfunidng (all types), circle May 3 on your calendar right now. Go ahead, I’ll wait. Back? Great! So on May 3rd, come down to see Dave Milliken and Shane Fleenor, two of the founding team of Funding Launchpad, [...]
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We are back! After spending most of 2012 focusing on investment-based crowdfunding, we have decided that the best way to help small businesses raise money right now is through rewards-based crowdfunding. And since helping small businesses raise money is what we live for, we have now added rewards-based functionality to Funding Launchpad, and are now [...]
View Post main street, new campaigns, rewards crowdfundingEarlier this month, Dave had the opportunity to lead a Webinar about how individuals can use their self-directed IRAs and 401Ks to participate in Investment Crowdfunding projects. As we previously told, he joined Gordon Nutall, CEO of Couragent, Inc., and Clay Malcolm, Business Development Manager at New Direction IRA. The webinar offers an overview of [...]
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In January, Funding Launchpad is going to power a rewards-based crowdfunding project for Victory MMA Gym in Killeen, Texas. Killeen is the home of Fort Hood, which is the largest Army base in the United States. In the 2010 census, Fort Hood had a total population of 53,416! Victory MMA Gym is a mixed martial [...]
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On Wednesday night (December 5, 2012), Dave had the opportunity to address the Boulder Startup Meetup about investment crowdfunding. If you want to watch both a good overview on the topic, a very open-eyed analysis of where crowdfunding currently stands, and a good question-and-answer session on both, we suggest you give it a watch. Let [...]
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Take a look at this article about filings being made in an alleged crowdfunding fraud case. Interesting stuff, except for the fact that the headline could not be more incorrect. This story is not about crowdfunding at all, and it certainly does not illustrate a scenario that will occur more when the rules for investment [...]
View Post crowd investing, crowdfunding, investment crowdfunding, small businessOn November 26, 2012, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary L. Schapiro announced that she will step down on December 14, 2012. It has been under Chairman Schapiro’s watch that the SEC had been working to shape the regulations that will govern investment crowdfunding under the JOBS Act. Implementation of the rules will now fall to current SEC [...]
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Couragent, Inc. will be conducting a webinar on Wednesday, December 5 at 12:00 PM (Noon) MST. We would like to encourage to join in and learn more about Couragent, an investment crowdfunding pioneer. Couragent is a Fort Collins, Colorado company “that delivers patented solutions to common problems with electronic equipment that is simple to use [...]
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So, what does crowd funding look like? We have shared the stories of a lot of companies who have chosen to be at the forefront of the crowdfunding wave. We have told you about sports teams, breweries and distilleries, musicians, tech companies, and companies creating new green technology, just to name a few. To look [...]
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