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How to Raise Startup Funding from Unlikely Angel Investors

Up and Running

million people qualify as accredited investors. If companies get funded at all, it’s likely to be from an angel, and an angel who is not part of an investment group. ” Yes, the JOBS Act (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) is exciting, and it will bring a lot more potential investors into the marketplace.

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10 Tests of Your Modern Entrepreneur Lingo Savvy

Startup Professionals Musings

Sites like KickStarter have for years offered rewards and pre-sales for crowd investments, but real equity won’t be legalized until sometime this year for people other than accredited investors. Rewards include becoming the “mayor” of an entertainment location via FourSquare , to winning badges via a Badgeville campaign.

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What are the most valuable recommendations in order to raise money from VCs connected via Gust?

Gust

With that background, here are 30 tips to help you make the most of Gust: Subscribe to the Gust Blog , and go back and read the past posts. Any legitimate investor who finds you through Gust will also contact you through Gust! And don’t forget the ability to customize your profile’s background.

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The JOBS Act Negative Impact on Friends and Family Funding

Business Plan Blog

This JOBS act provision makes it so that once a startup approaches accredited investors (based on $200,000 annual income or more, or $1 million net worth excluding a personal residence) the family-and-friend funding source is then banned. Once emails or online posts sound like fundraising campaigns, it becomes general solicitation.

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Tips for Success via Business Crowdfunding

Hearpreneur

We generate fully-surveyed and verified Investor and Reservation leads, for both accredited and non-accredited investors. But just wanting to raise and offering your opportunity to investors isn’t enough to guarantee a successful campaign. What does the future of equity crowdfunding look like?

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Equity Crowdfunding: Your Solution for Small Business Financing?

Duct Tape Marketing

written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Thursday is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest is Salomon Wancier – Enjoy! In a crowdfunding campaign, a group of individuals pools resources to support a company, organization, artist, or project.

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How Crowdfunding is Affecting Angel Group Investment

Business Plan Blog

While startups are still limited by the types of investors they can take money from (i.e. wealthy, verified investors), the lifting of the ban on general solicitation has allowed investors to publicly advertise that they are raising capital, be it on their blog, Twitter, Facebook, or crowdfunding site such as AngelList.