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The Crowdfunding Handbook

Raise Money for Your Small Business or Start-Up with Equity Funding Portals

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IPSs are expensive, and venture capital nearly impossible to attract. Crowdfunding is changing the game for private companies. Are you taking full advantage?

Think Kickstarter® is just for artists and people who don't really want to work for their success? Think again! In 2012 President Obama signed the JOBS act (Jumpstart Our Business Startups), empowering privately owned companies to raise capital from investors without going through the rigorous IPO and private placement processes. Your private company can now crowdfund your way to success!

Now that the SEC has handed down the last regulations, the floodgates will open and companies will be free to compete for funding. Thankfully for you, small business and legal expert Cliff Ennico has followed the equity crowdfunding story since its inception and has translated the regulations into a clear set of dos and don'ts for entrepreneurs and small business others looking to get in early.

In The Crowdfunding Handbook, burgeoning crowdfunders can learn how to:

  • Decipher whether crowdfunding is their best bet
  • Choose between funding platforms
  • Pitch a project to the public
  • Reach the most promising investors
  • Figure out disclosure documents and report requirements
  • The Crowdfunding Handbook reveals the tips and tools to helo you raise money for your small business or startup with equity funding portals.

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      • Library Journal

        Starred review from April 1, 2016

        Ennico, a former Wall Street lawyer and expert in ecommerce, covers the ins and outs of raising small business capital using crowdfunding. He begins with an explanation of crowdfunding and traces its evolution. The 2012 Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, which made it possible to crowdfund an offering of securities such as stocks or bonds, is discussed. The author's step-by-step instruction on how to take advantage of the JOBS Act is appropriately detailed with tips on choosing the right security, managing investors, determining the terms of the offering, and understanding legal responsibilities. Because it's so important for entrepreneurs to understand their responsibilities under the law and regulations, the author takes time to specifically enumerate and explain the concepts in plain English without oversimplification. Appendixes provide numerous sample forms and a list of resources for further reading. VERDICT Much more than an overview, this is a solid, nuts-and-bolts handbook that will be valuable to serious small-business entrepreneurs.--Joan Pedzich, formerly with Harris Beach PLLC, Pittsford, NY

        Copyright 2016 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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