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Is crowdfunding legal?

Startup Company Lawyer

One highly anticipated provision of the JOBS Act, Title III, is entitled ”Capital Raising Online While Deterring Fraud and Unethical Non-Disclosure Act of 2012” or the ”CROWDFUND Act.” In 2005, Kiva launched a micro-finance platform that allows people to lend small amounts of money to entrepreneurs in developing areas.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley 11: The Rise of “Risk Capital.

Steve Blank

Yet one of the most remarkable things about the boom in microwave and silicon startups occurring in the 1950’s and 60’s was that it was done without venture capital. There was none. military and intelligence agencies and defense contractors. In 1946 Jock Whitney started J.H. Jock Whitney writes himself a check to fund J.H. Whitney Co.

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

To be fair, visibility into the current cash position and the change in the cash position has always been important for software executives, but is even more critical for SaaS businesses because the working capital requirements are higher and the payment terms are often stretched out over the term of the contract. Philippe Botteri.