There is a growing movement to create a new crowdfunding regime for raising capital. The models seem to draw inspiration from Kickstarter, a platform to fund creative projects. I say that because each time I see a draft bill it talks about an internet-based intermediary as part of the exemption. President Obama endorsed the idea [...]
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Crowdsourcing the Crowdfunding Exemption
Published by Doug Cornelius
on February 7, 2012 at 9:19 am in Fundraising

Crowdfunding
Published by Doug Cornelius
on October 4, 2011 at 8:09 am in Compliance Programs, Publish to KM Space
It’s hard to raise capital. The regulatory restrictions imposed by securities laws make it harder to do so. As any bright-eyed entrepreneur with a dream project will tell you, the lawyers and the securities laws make it very expensive and time consuming to raise capital for a small project. The central goal of the Securities [...]
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