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Does your company have a “dirty cap table?”

Berkonomics

Email readers, continue here…] Since many small investors in a young business do not meet that standard, there is a chance that the company has taken money that it should not have taken, according to SEC rules. What if some past investors don’t meet that standard? Does issuing a PPM insulate the company?

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Could you have created a “dirty cap table?”

Berkonomics

Email readers, continue here…] The problem with taking friends and family money rests in the legality of taking money from non-accredited investors, people who do not meet the SEC standard for making non-public company investments. What would the SEC say about your investors? Does creating a PPM mitigate the risk?

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Early stage money: The problem with PPMs

Berkonomics

The sale of equity in private companies is regulated by the Securities Act of 1933, which requires that the company either register with the SEC or meet one of several exemptions (Regulation D). A Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) is a special business plan defined to meet an SEC exemption. Sounds simple, huh?

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Episode 8: Charlie’s Bcast Email, Startup Incubators, and 10 Reasons Why Startups Fail | The Bcast

Up and Running

This week we get an email from one of our listeners. Send us an email: Bcast@Bplans.com. Listen to Episode 8: Show notes: Charlie’s Email – (:31). Audio transcript: Jonathan: Hey guys before we get started with today’s episode, I just wanted to read an email that we got from one of our listeners.

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Do You Know How to Pitch Your Startup in Social Situations?

Up and Running

There’s no need to show your private placement memorandum or month to month revenue growth projects. Whether or not they seemed interested, follow up the conversation with a friendly email that lets the investor know you enjoyed speaking with them. Leave out the technical minutiae. Did you build an app?

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A Step-By-Step Guide On How To Build A Profitable Niche Content Website

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Develop A Short Newsletter Series To Build Rapport Because a niche content website model is a one and done model, a newsletter series is important to capture your visitor’s email addresses, build relationships with them automatically over time, and push your digital product and affiliate products for sale.

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Raising Capital? 3 Tips for Entrepreneurs (Part 3)

Scott Edward Walker

As I discussed in part one of this series , the rule of thumb in connection with private placements is to offer and sell securities only to “accredited investors” under SEC Rule 506 of Regulation D. To be “pre-existing,” the relationship must be in place prior to the offer.