President Obama is slated to sign the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act on Thursday, and the final, authoritative text of the bill has finally been made available to the public – you can take a look at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr3606enr/pdf/BILLS-112hr3606enr.pdf. Note that Title III is the crowdfunding part. There have been a number of brief summaries [...]
View Post 504, 505, 506, crowdfunding, exemption, FINRA, funding portal, general solicitation, investment crowdfunding, IPO, JOBS Act, reg d, SECIt doesn’t matter that he is looking to launch a 501(c)(3), Chef Michael is a true entrepreneur. Today I interviewed Mike to learn more about him, his amazing startup venture Cooking for a Purpose, and his crowdfunding experience. After 15 years with UPS, Mike followed his passions of cooking and teaching. He attended cooking school [...]
View Post cooking, crowdfunding, inner city, investment crowdfunding, philanthropyWith multiple crowdfunding bills floating around Capital Hill, Funding Launchpad wants to provide our perspective on the ideal crowdfunding bill. Crowdfunding received great attention in Congress last fall because crowdfunding has the ability to revitalize America’s entrepreneurial leadership, which in turn would allow America’s startups and small businesses to create jobs. In order to [...]
View Post Congress, crowdfunding, investment crowdfunding, politicsLast night Brian Tsushiya represented Vim Funding (soon to be re-branded as Funding Launchpad) at one of the largest monthly front range meetups: Boulder Denver New Tech (BDNT). The crowd of about 350 was engaged in the presentation that covered fundraising options available to startups and small businesses today, the history of crowdfunding, the status [...]
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