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Free Crowdfunding Webinar

Dealflow Media brings us a free webinar on how crowdfunding will play a role in a revolution in early-stage capital formation.  Indiegogo’s own Founder & COO Danae Ringelmann as well as Crowdcube’s managing Director Darren Westlake will be speakers.

Take a moment to register for this exciting webinar Tuesday, March 13th @ 2pm (EDT). This webinar will also be recorded, so still take a look even if you missed the date.

To be covered in the webinar:

  • Overview of the Crowdfunding Market
  • Policy Issues and Securities Rules in the U.S.
  • Understanding the Potential for Fraud
  • Social Impact of Different Types of Crowdfunding
  • Opinions on Crowdfunding in Business Finance

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Crowdfunding Efforts Draw Suspicion

By Jean Eaglesham for The Wall Street Journal

Regulators are scrutinizing about 200 websites set up by entrepreneurs to profit from a more lenient law on the sale of shares in small companies.

State securities officials identified the websites after a sweep of thousands of Internet addresses for possible threats to investors following the looming change.

The probe was triggered by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups, or JOBS, Act, which dismantles many of the legal constraints on small companies selling shares on the Internet.

Securities laws currently prohibit private companies from advertising or selling shares to investors who aren’t relatively wealthy. The JOBS Act will allow companies to raise up to $1 million a year through small share sales to ordinary investors.

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5 Key Points To Know About Equity Crowdfunding

By Tanya Prive for Forbes

In April 2012, President Obama signed the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act, aiming to revitalize opportunities for entrepreneurs, startups, and small businesses; e.g. America’s main job creators. Briefly, main benefits of the JOBS Act as it is now are as follows.

The JOBS Act will enable entrepreneurs, start-ups, and small businesses to raise funds and gather investors through equity crowdfunding. It will reopen American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies (Companies with total annual gross revenues of less than $1 billion). It also lifts the ban on general solicitation/advertising; allowing entrepreneurs, start-ups, and small businesses to advertise for new investors, and assures that these businesses will have the necessary time and flexibility needed to grow.

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