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3 Challenges Facing Equity Crowdfunding Sites
The SEC released its proposed rules for Title III of the JOBS Act this past October that will eventually allow average investors to participate in equity crowdfunding for the first time much as they...
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Six Crowdfunding Sites Crucial For Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Now that crowdfunding has gone mainstream it could become the source of funding to define the decade. Crowdfunding could further blow the playing field wide open if equity crowdfunding gets the green...
View Article7 Alternative Sources of Capital for Entrepreneurs
Financing continues to be a stumbling block for entrepreneurs, particularly African-American owned, with uncertain income and unestablished or blemished credit. However, there are increasingly...
View ArticleNew Resource To Help Women Entrepreneurs Use Equity Crowdfunding
Many female entrepreneurs are looking for new ways to obtain capital, especially given that women owned business continue to receive fewer loans and secure less financing from venture capitalists and...
View ArticleAuto Startup Unveils $16 Million Successful Equity Crowdfunding Campaign
StartEngine partner, Elio Motors, has disclosed the most successful equity crowdfunding campaign to date, as nearly 5,000 investors expressed interest of more than $16 million in just 19 days. Elio...
View ArticleBlack Businesses To Have More Access To Capital
Access to small business capital for minorities will significantly change since the SEC is finally passing Title III Crowdfunding, opening up the doors to an even wider pool of investors for small...
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New Crowdfunding Rules Help Black Businesses Access Up To $1 Million In Seed...
Starting May 16th, it will be easier for startups to bring a wider pool of new investors into the fold under new federal rules. Access to capital for black business owners will significantly change,...
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Black-Owned Tech Startups Offer Stock Options for Crowdfunding
Minority-owned tech startups are turning to a new model to raise capital: equity crowdfunding, which gives investors equity ownership in the company. Most crowdfunding is “rewards-based.” Investors...
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#BE30DayChallenge: 5 Prep Steps to Launch a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign
Crowdfunding has had its share of success stories. Fundraisers have secured millions to develop everything from hotels and electric cars, to devices that track lost wallets to creative film projects....
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How to Create Conscious Black Millionaires
While pundits analyze and parse President Obama’s legacy as he prepares to leave office, there is one gift he leaves that will benefit many: the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. Signed into...
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Black Female-Led Startup Jetpack Takes off With Equity Crowdfunding Campaign
Providing consumer products to customers anytime they need, Jetpack is a “last mile,” on-demand service with delivery times often less than 15 minutes. Jetpack is one of several black-owned companies...
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Black Female Crowdfunding Executive On Opportunities for Black Founders
Florence Hardy is CEO of truCrowd Illinois, a state-level equity crowdfunding platform allowing Illinois residents to invest in startups. She is also COO of Fundanna-an equity crowdfunding platform for...
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App to Help Black Barbershops Looks to Equity Crowdfunding to Grow
The barbershop has built ladders of opportunity in black communities for generations. Skilled barbers build a steady stream of income, and customers benefit from the marketplace of ideas, community...
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The Best New Way for African Americans to Invest In or Start a Business:...
Professors, politicians, and prognosticators have—for years—implored the black community to “take all the money you spend on clothes, shoes, and hair, and put it into investing or starting a business.”...
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Here’s An Opportunity to Invest in a Promising Tech Startup
There was once a time where you wouldn’t be able to get in on the ground floor of an early-stage company because those perks were reserved for accredited investors. Well, times have changed. Now, with...
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TOP EQUITY CROWDFUNDING INVESTMENT PLATFORMS
Today is a new day. What was once reserved for the elite is now a thing of the past. You, too, can become an angel investor with equity crowdfunding. In May 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
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Here’s Your Chance to Invest in the Blockchain Technology Curbing Ticket Fraud
Can you guarantee that the tickets you buy to the next concert or event are real? Harold Hughes created Bandwagon to stop fans from spending $2.3 billion on fake tickets each year. Bandwagon employs...
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Crowdfunding Campaign Lets You Invest in Transforming Vacant Storefronts
Vacant storefronts are everywhere. Churn in the real estate market means there will always be a number of vacant properties. These vacant properties do not generate revenue for property owners, and...
View ArticleBlack-Owned Startup Finds New High-Tech Way to Crowdfund
Black-owned startup PopCom recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign using a Secure Token Offering (STO) on StartEngine, STO is similar to an Initial Coin Offering (ICO), which blog Polymath...
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Former NFL Player Mike Brown is Reshaping Philanthropy and Fundraising...
Former Indianapolis Colts linebacker Mike T. Brown created Win-Win to improve charitable fundraising after realizing that the nonprofit sector is ripe for innovation. “One key trend that gets lost is...
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