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The Proposed SEC Rules Undermine The Goal Of The JOBS Act

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The JOBS Act , which was approved by Congress and signed by President Obama with much fanfare over a year ago, was intended to help small business. It is, after all, called the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act. “The SEC giveth (as mandated by Congress) and taketh away (by its own mandate).

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How To Raise A $150 Million VC Fund

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It’s useful to remember that in 2009 there was some success starting in the current cycle, but we were on the tail end of the global financial crisis, the word “entrepreneur” hadn’t become part of the overall American lexicon (the White House still called things “small businesses”), and Uber was three guys and an idea.

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