April 7, 2013 @ 12:21 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

On the anniversary of the JOBS Act, Woodie Neiss of Crowdfund Capital Advisors and University of Mississippi Law Professor Mercer Bullard discuss investment crowdfunding, investor protection and fraud. It is an interesting microcosm of the arguments being made from both sides of the crowdfunding debate. Watch below…

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April 2, 2013 @ 8:19 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

Fung Institute Estimate includes both Debt and Equity Crowdfunding for the US Market Crowdfund investing will go live later in 2013. With the release of the proposed crowdfunding rules, a wave of small business and startup financing is expected to sweep the nation. In a first of its kind study, the Program for Innovation in… Read More

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March 24, 2013 @ 12:39 pm By TechCocktail  |  

True entrepreneurs don’t just have a business idea, execute it, and then move into a cushy corner office. They must continue to innovate and come up with new plans to disrupt a market. Investors need to start considering what they are backing — the idea or the individual. The entrepreneur worth investing in has passion… Read More

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March 18, 2013 @ 7:01 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Two weeks ago I was sitting in on a web chat held by the United States State Department. The subject was crowdfunding. Jessica Jackley of popular microloan platform Kiva and Sherwood “Woodie” Neiss of the Startup Exemption and Crowdfund Capital Advisors were discussing crowdfunding in a global context. During the hour-long Q&A, Woodie referred to… Read More

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March 18, 2013 @ 7:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Sherwood Neiss is one of a handful of people credited with the drafting and passage of the JOBS Act, legislation that will soon legalize investment crowdfunding in the United States. He is also one of the principals of crowdfunding consulting and advisory firm Crowdfund Capital Advisors. I was recently sitting in on a State Department-sponsored… Read More

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February 24, 2013 @ 12:16 pm By InvestmentNews  |  

About a dozen crowdfunding and venture capital representatives and small-business advocates last Tuesday urged Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Elisse Walter to propose rules for crowdfunding.  A type of financing that lets small investors buy equity or debt in startups over the Internet, crowd funding is among several provisions of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups… Read More

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February 19, 2013 @ 11:25 am By Charles Luzar  |  

After today’s press conference at the National Press Club one thing is clear. Crowdfunding industry stakeholders want movement toward implementation of the JOBS Act and they want it soon. SoMoLend CEO Candace Klein spoke to a concern that tumult in the SEC’s leadership could delay crowdfunding’s implementation past Q4 2013. Vincent Molinari of GATE Technologies… Read More

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February 19, 2013 @ 8:42 am By Sherwood Niess and Jason Best, Crowdfund Capital Advisors  |  

As we prepare for U.S. crowdfund investing (CFI) to go live in 2013, many investors are asking a very important question: “What’s the smartest way to approach this opportunity?” INVEST WITH PEOPLE YOU TRUST A new form of investing, CFI is meant help startups and small businesses access capital needed to grow and hire. It’s… Read More

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February 18, 2013 @ 10:04 am By Charles Luzar  |  

MEDIA ADVISORY: The State of Equity-Based Crowdfunding…Primed, Capitalized and Waiting on the SEC Members of the Media are Invited to Attend a Press Conference at the National Press Club on February 19th Prior to Briefings at Capitol Hill, The White House, and the SEC Washington, D.C. (Feb. 18)–Leaders of the venture capital and Crowdfunding community,… Read More

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February 12, 2013 @ 10:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

SeedInvest co-founders Ryan Feit and James Han always knew they wanted to start a business, even as they both found themselves working in New York private equity firms. That entrepreneurial drive took them back to Wharton to pursue their MBAs. While at Wharton, Feit read about Sherwood “Woodie” Neiss and Jason Best of Startup Exemption (and… Read More

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February 6, 2013 @ 5:51 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Hat tip to the CfPA for posting this!

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January 24, 2013 @ 7:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

tax·on·o·my /takˈsänəmē/ Noun The classification of something When it comes to the taxonomy of crowdfunding, I think there is some room for improvement. When I sat down to begin a crowdfunding guide a while back, I referred to four types of crowdfunding: equity, debt, donation and rewards. Most resources I’ve seen have included these four… Read More

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January 16, 2013 @ 9:59 am By Bloomberg  |  

Crowdfund Capital Advisors Principal Sherwood Neiss discusses crowdfunding rules and the fight against fraud. He speaks with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television’s “Money Moves.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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January 4, 2013 @ 10:33 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Sherwood Neiss will be speaking at SXSW this year, which should provide some awesome exposure for the crowdfunding space as a whole. Below are details from the info page on SXSW.com… Description A global fight is currently underway to democratize access to capital for entrepreneurs. With over half of the world population engaged in self-generated… Read More

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December 31, 2012 @ 10:49 am By Ina Paiva Cordle, Miami Herald  |  

Sherwood Neiss is passionate about entrepreneurship. And he has helped lead the charge to change nearly 80-year-old federal securities laws about investing, so that entrepreneurs can gain access to capital. Called crowdfunding, the changes will allow small investors to fund start-up businesses, hopefully creating jobs and boosting the economy in the process. Earlier this month,… Read More

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