Business Funding
Women Are Better Crowdfunders Than Men. Here’s Why.
It all comes down to the different tendencies that women and men have in communicating.
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Building a Business
The Big New Crowdfunding Vehicle for Startups Is a Bit of a Flop So Far
By Douglas Fink
Building a Business
Here’s Your Game Plan for When and How to Communicate With Your Crowdfunding Backers
Brian Meece, the co-founder of crowdfunding platform RocketHub, outlines a strategy for reaching out to your investors during and after a campaign.
Building a Business
A Successful Crowdfunding Campaign Needs a Video. Here’s What It Should Look Like.
Brian Meece, the co-founder of crowdfunding platform RocketHub, shares his best advice on producing a pitch video.
Business Accounting
Demystifying 11 Fundamentals for Financing Your Business
At some point most businesses will need an infusion of capital, here are the most common ways to get it.
Building a Business
6 Ways Attending a Crowdfunding Event Can Boost Your Business
Even if you haven't committed to crowdfunding, the events are worthwhile just for what you can learn and who you can meet.
Building a Business
3 Foundational Secrets to Running a Rockstar Crowdfunding Campaign
Brian Meece, the co-founder of crowdfunding platform RocketHub, explains what it takes to get people to invest their dollars into your product.
Building a Business
How a Bearded 20-Something Quickly Built Two Viral Businesses With Coolbox and Dollar Beard Club
Chris Stoikos made a splash on Shark Tank with his new toolbox and at the same time had another totally unrelated business up his sleeve (or maybe it was in his beard).
By Peter Gasca
Building a Business
Company With No CEO, Employees or Mission May Raise $200 Million
It could well be the largest investment raised for a startup in the virtual-currency space.
By Reuters
Building a Business
How Does an Investor Make Money With Equity Crowdfunding?
Alon Hillel-Tuch, a co-founder of the crowdfunding platform RocketHub, explains the four ways that an investor can make money off of an equity crowdfunding asset.
Building a Business
What Entrepreneurs Need to Know About Crowd Finance
Equity crowdfunding under the JOBS Act has, at long last, become reality but there is a lot to know to take advantage of the opportunity.
By Douglas Fink
Building a Business
Who Is Equity Crowdfunding Right For?
Co-founder of crowdfunding platform RocketHub, Alon Hillel-Tuch, explains what is involved in raising money for and investing in a startup with equity crowdfunding.
Building a Business
Investing in Startups Is Opening Up to the ’99 Percent’
The co-founder of crowdfunding platform RocketHub explains what the new generation of equity crowdfunding will look like and why it's important.
Building a Business
Starting Today, There Is a New Way for Entrepreneurs to Raise Money. Here’s the Good, the Great, the Bad and the Ugly.
Equity crowdfunding has historically only been open to accredited investors. As of May 16, anyone can invest in a startup with equity crowdfunding.
Building a Business
Equity Crowdfunding Explained — Jargon Free
A co-founder of crowdfunding platform RocketHub, Alon Hillel-Tuch, explains the difference between equity crowdfunding and more tradition donation-based crowdfunding.
Building a Business
4 Local Businesses Perfect for the New Equity Crowdfunding Law
Small businesses can reach a local crowd through geo-targeted marketing in an economic manner.
Building a Business
Next Generation Crowdfunding Starts May 16. Expect Opportunity and Growing Pains.
Any long-lasting sea change in the landscape of startup capital will happen gradually with countless hiccups.
Building a Business
Which Entrepreneurs Will Benefit Most From the New Era of Crowdfunding?
As of May 16, new rules go into effect opening up a new form of startup finance. Here's a rundown of what kind of startup is likely to be best suited to equity crowdfunding 2.0.
Building a Business
Your Guide to the High-Risk, High-Reward World of Investing in Startups When Fundamental Finance Law Changes Go Into Effect May 16
New rules for equity crowdfunding mean that nonprofessional investors can now buy pieces of a business.
Building a Business
An Entrepreneur’s Essential Guide to the New Wild West of Funding Opening on May 16
The new rules for equity crowdfunding will soon go into effect, giving entrepreneurs looking to start or grow their business a new way to access capital.
Building a Business
PayPal to Drop Purchase Protection for Crowdfunding Projects
Believe it or not, that's a good thing for crowdfunding.
Building a Business
Starting May 16, Entrepreneurs Can Raise Money in a Whole New Way. Here’s What You Need to Know.
The rules for equity crowdfunding will finally go into effect, allowing companies to raise money from anyone.
Building a Business
Former Crowdfunding Site Turned Solar-Loans Provider Mosaic Raises $200 Million
The announcement marks the largest funding to date for Mosaic, which in the last two years has grown into the nation's top loan provider for residential solar installations.
By Reuters
Building a Business
An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Navigating Various Funding Options
Do your research on different funding options and fine out which ones are best for your idea or product.
Building a Business
This Wearable Promises to Get You Out of Bed With Electric Shocks
What's a surefire way to break your snooze button habit? The threat of electrocution.
Building a Business
Coolest Cooler Asks Backers for More Money
After pricing the product too low, backers are being asked to pay another $97 for expedited shipping.
By Steve Dent
Brick & Mortar
Still Investing in Real Estate Through Traditional Avenues?
Get with the times. Real estate crowdfunding has paved the way for a new and more accessible form of investing.
Building a Business
Crowdfunding, Personal Credit and the ‘Bank of Mom and Dad’ Are a Few Go-Tos For Cash When VCs Aren’t Interested
Only a tiny fraction of startup funding comes from venture capital firms. So what about everyone else? How are growing businesses supporting the rest of their growth needs?
By Aaron Agius