Earlier 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 [...]
View Post 401k, Clay Malcom, couragent, crowd investing, crowdfunding, Funding Launchpad, Gordon Nuttall, investment crowdfunding, IRA, JOBS Act, New Direction IRA, rewards based crowd funding, startup, webinarIn 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 [...]
View Post 2013, crowdfunding, crowdfunding feature, fort hood, Funding Launchpad, january, small business, startup, texas, victory mma gym, wounded warrior projectOn 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 [...]
View Post banks, boulder startup, crowdfunding, Dave Milliken, lecture, startup, videoTake 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 businessSo, 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 [...]
View Post community, community owned, crowdfunding, general store, jefferson county, quimper peninsula, small town business, trailer, video, washington stateEarlier this week mobile scanner manufacturer Couragent Inc. announced they were launching an equity crowdfunding offering. Legally able to raise money from residents of Colorado, Illinois, New York, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, this makes Couragent the first American company to legally use investment crowdfunding. We are excited and thankful that Couragent chose to use Funding Launchpad’s [...]
View Post Colorado Companies to Watch, couragent, couragent.net, courinvestor.com, crowd funding, crowdfunding, equity crowdfunding, equity-based crowdfunding, flip pal, Fort Collins, Ft. Collins, genealogy, Gordon Nuttall, growth companies, heritage, investment crowd funding, investment crowdfunding, mobile scanner, mobile scanning, Northern Colorado, scrap booking, scrapbookingFunding Launchpad Chief Marketing Officer Dave Milliken presents the potential impact of investment crowdfunding at the [i4c] Campaign finals.
View Post crowd funding, crowdfunding, galvanize, galvanize it, i4c, i4c campaign, impact, impact business, investment, investment crowdfunding, Jim Deters, sustainableThe Funding Launchpad team is exhausted from presenting investment crowdfunding at several Denver events over the past two weeks. On July 13, Funding Launchpad presented investment crowdfunding as part of the [i4c] Campaign Summit. “The [i4c] Campaign builds better cities by investing in and rallying communities behind impact entrepreneurs.” The event was help at the [...]
View Post Andrei Taraschuk, bdnt, crowd funding, crowdfunding, Funding Launchpad, FundingLaunchpad.com, i4c, i4c campaign, investment crowdfunding, Jim Deters, mapquest, robert reichInvestment crowdfunding platform Funding Launchpad is honored to announce it has been named an [i4c] Campaign finalist! According to its website: “The [i4c] Campaign builds better cities by investing in and rallying communities behind impact entrepreneurs.” Impact entrepreneurs improve communities through a business model that solves social or environmental problems. The [i4c] Campaign invests in early-stage impact companies [...]
View Post Colorado, crowd funding, crowdfunding, DCPA, Denver, i4c, i4c campaign, impact, investment crowdfunding, Jim Deters, sustainableTired of having losing your headphones? Or spending 10 minutes untangling them every time you want to hear some music? Today’s crowdfunding feature, Flux Headphones, may be your answer. Flux Headphones have small, lightweight magnets that allow your headphones to stick to itself. Whether you wrap it to your wrist or stick it to the [...]
View Post BookEndz, crowd funding, crowdfunding, earbud, Flux Headphones, headphones, in-ear, iPhone, Just Dock It, Matt Scandora, pre-order, rewards