January 22, 2013 @ 8:30 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Earlier this month we caught wind of the story of Hanfree, Seth Quest and Neil Singh as first reported by Eric Markowitz in Inc. It is supposedly the first time a Kickstarter backer had sued a project creator, and it eventually led to our story… Read More

January 18, 2013 @ 10:56 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Yesterday the Wall Street Journal published an article outlining a ten-fold increase in crowdfunding-related domain names in the past year. The main takeaway was in how many were determined to need further scrutiny… In a year-end trawl of the Internet, the association of securities regulators… Read More

January 16, 2013 @ 8:49 am By Charles Luzar  |  

This article is part three in a series on entrepreneurship and access to capital. I recently talked to Richard Seline, Principal of Global NextGen Advisors, who just spoke at the Crowdfund Texas conference. He also offers support to the entrepreneurial community through his organization, Competitive Texas. I recently watched a documentary called… Read More

January 14, 2013 @ 1:13 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Sang Lee is CEO and Founder of Return on Change, an equity crowdfunding portal based in New York City. Recently he spoke at the Columbia University Business School about crowdfunding and shared some tips for entrepreneurs thinking about leveraging equity crowdfunding to access capital. His… Read More

January 13, 2013 @ 11:51 am By Charles Luzar  |  

This article is part two in a series on entrepreneurship and access to capital. I recently talked to Richard Seline, Principal of Global NextGen Advisors, who just spoke at the Crowdfund Texas conference. He also offers support to the entrepreneurial community through his organization, Competitive Texas. As crowdfunding rules are… Read More

January 11, 2013 @ 1:23 am By Charles Luzar  |  

This article is part one in a series on entrepreneurship and access to capital with a focus on the state of Texas. I recently talked to Richard Seline, Principal of Global NextGen Advisors, who just spoke at the Crowdfund Texas conference. He also offers support… Read More

January 9, 2013 @ 3:00 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowdfund Texas featured a panel focused on forecasting crowdfunding’s success. The panel featured plenty of optimism, but was also peppered with words of warning for an industry in a holding pattern as rules and regulations move glacially toward completion. Dara Albright of the NowStreet Journal… Read More

January 8, 2013 @ 2:28 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

This morning at #CrowdfundTX there was a panel discussion on the state of the crowdfunding industry.  I have to give credit where credit is due. Chris Camillo moderated the panel, and he led his questioning with perhaps the most important question of all. “What is… Read More

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…. Read More

January 4, 2013 @ 8:29 am By Charles Luzar  |  

And this is why we need to support our entrepreneurs. Without them we’re doomed. Thanks to the Kauffman Foundation for putting together these awesome sketchbook episodes. You can see more of them here.

January 4, 2013 @ 7:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

I recently had the chance to send some questions along to Stephen Temes, co-founder of EarlyShares.com.  I found his top reasons why entrepreneurs may want to consider crowdfunding when it comes to raising capital. His four key reasons are as follows: Alternative Access to Capital “Given… Read More

January 3, 2013 @ 3:29 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Kickstarter just posted to their blog that they’ve officially raised $100 million in funding for independent films. Here are 10 quick facts from the post: $102.7 million pledged in total $85.7 million collected Almost 900,000 backers Over 8,500 funded projects Documentaries were the most funded… Read More

January 2, 2013 @ 9:58 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

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December 31, 2012 @ 10:17 am By Charles Luzar  |  

This infographic originally appeared on KickstartersHQ.com   Now, see our take on the 17 biggest Kickstarter campaigns

December 31, 2012 @ 9:33 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In this video, Sherwood Neiss of Startup Exemption and Crowdfund Capital Advisors explains the JOBS Act and how crowdfunding can help small businesses.

December 30, 2012 @ 5:05 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Today we’ve rolled out an update to our crowdfunding web site directory.  Now our news is integrated with our directory.  Each web site we’ve captured gets their own independent directory web page, and if we’ve gathered any news on that web site it will be… Read More

December 21, 2012 @ 3:09 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

From Dara Albright, founder of NowStreet Journal Women transforming our financial markets symposium December 11, 2012 from Dara Albright

December 12, 2012 @ 1:55 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

As an investor, where can you get more info on the prospects of investing in film? EarlyShares will release their own educational site soon. @crowdfundinside EarlyShares.com & soon @earlyshares University will have courses to explain the process #CrowdFilmChat #Crowdfilmchat — EarlyShares (@EarlyShares) December 12, 2012… Read More

December 11, 2012 @ 4:50 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Naval Ravikant, co-founder of AngelList, recently sat down with PandoDaily founder Sarah Lacy for a PandoMonthly fireside chat.  It is an intriguing view into the complexities of entrepreneurship in the context of today’s market. Naval shares his opinion that the process of starting a business… Read More

December 11, 2012 @ 12:58 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

SoMoLend’s platform can service a broader range of borrowers and lenders to fuel small business growth CINCINNATI— While it remains somewhat difficult to obtain financing from traditional means, small business borrowers can now reach out to friends, family and other high net-worth individuals to secure financing…. Read More