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Are You Ready for Equity Based Crowdfunding?

Up and Running

The SEC’s proposed rules (mandated by the JOBS Act of 2012) amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to allow the offer and sale of securities through an internet crowdfunding campaign, similar in some respects to donation crowdfunding campaigns conducted on Kickstarter and Indiegogo.

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Investment vs. Speculation

Feld Thoughts

I’d read it in 2012 and it had a huge impact on me. In the mid-1990s, when I had a bunch of money after the sale of my first company, I bought and sold some public company stocks. I put a bunch of Exodus stock I’d gotten from the sale of a company into the fund. I reread Enough.: Bogle over the weekend.

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Is Your Startup Ready For The Challenges Of An IPO?

Startup Professionals Musings

According to a 2012 study by PricewaterhouseCoopers , companies average $3.7 In addition, officers may face liability for misrepresentations or speaking out in public and SEC reports. It will take many months and require endless amounts of time, money, and energy. It takes real money to find money.

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Investment vs. Speculation

Feld Thoughts

I’d read it in 2012 and it had a huge impact on me. In the mid-1990s, when I had a bunch of money after the sale of my first company, I bought and sold some public company stocks. I put a bunch of Exodus stock I’d gotten from the sale of a company into the fund. I reread Enough.: Bogle over the weekend.

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Crowdfunding? Yes, Maybe, No. Not Yet.

Up and Running

That’s great, because it’s the best kind of financing, sales, not equity. Although the 2012 Jobs Act unlocked the door to larger-scale angel investment, that door hasn’t opened yet. The SEC is supposed to issue new regulations, but it hasn’t yet. But the best financing is sales.

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Introducing our latest investment: Mattermark – Big Data Comes to VC

Version One Ventures

Business data on start-ups, VCs, PE, financial markets, sales and marketing is being created at an alarming rate. The product collects, cleans, and curates data from news sites, SEC filings, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, AngelList, CrunchBase, and more. The team are alumni of Y Combinator S12 as well as Batch 5 of 500 Startups in 2012.

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

Lobbyists also work through regulatory bodies like FCC , SEC , FTC , Public Utility, Taxi, or Insurance Commissions, School Boards, etc. The bill came due two decades later as the American auto industry spiraled into bankruptcy and its market share plummeted from 75% in 1981 to 45% in 2012. Innovation in the Auto Industry.