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, webinarTake 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 businessEarlier 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, sustainableAre you an undiscovered American Idol? Better at singing than drawing? Today’s crowdfunding feature is Sing Me Something, an app where players sing a famous song while their opponents try to name the tune. Like many entrepreneurs who use crowdfunding, Askin Akhan, a programmer and student at University of Brighton, and Thomas De Vos, the [...]
View Post American Idol, appbackr, crowd funding, crowdfunding, Draw Me Something, investment crowdfunding, revenue share, Sing Me SomethingFunding Launchpad Chief Marketing Officer Dave Milliken recently wrote a guest blog post for public relations firm Leverage PR titled “Crowdfunding Explain- An In Depth Look” (we did not name it, but it sure sounds great). This post provide a brief history of crowdfunding and describes the four types of crowdfunding in broad use today. [...]
View Post crowd funding, crowdfunding, donation-based crowdfunding, explained, investment crowdfunding, Joy Schoffler, Leverage PR, microfinance, peer-to-peer lendingThis week, the Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates (CFIRA), of which Funding Launchpad is a founding member, submitted recommendations to the Securities and Exchange Commission on general solicitation under the JOBS Act, including recommendations on safe harbors for investment adviser issues, fraud, crowd commentary, peer-to-peer lending, and matching. To back up a step, a “safe harbor” [...]
View Post CFIRA, crowd funding, crowdfunding, Crowdfunding Intermediary Regulatory Advocates, general solicitation, investment crowdfunding, JOBS Act, SEC, securities and exchange commission, title 3, title iiiImage you live in a rural location. Two of your greatest concerns are access to energy and water. Now imagine a technology that combines ambient air with solar energy to create inexpensive off grid electricity, with clean water as the only by-product. That is the technology behind Antecy, today’s investment crowdfunding feature. Antecy already has [...]
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