Tagged: rockethub

December 26, 2012 @ 12:00 pm By NYTimes  |  

When the Jobs Act became law in April, supporters proclaimed a new era for small businesses seeking to raise money. The “game changer,” as President Obama put it in the Rose Garden as he signed the bill, was a provision to allow small companies to… Read More

December 26, 2012 @ 11:57 am By NYTimes  |  

We have published a story about why the Securities and Exchange Commission has struggled to write the rules that will carry out equity crowdfunding for small businesses. One company that has been at the forefront of the effort to influence those rules is RocketHub, a… Read More

December 25, 2012 @ 2:17 pm By Death and Taxes  |  

Being a child actor is a dangerous game. Statistically it sure seems that if you make it big when you’re still small, you’re likely in for a rough ride. Just think of all the good examples that pop to mind: River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Corey… Read More

December 21, 2012 @ 6:11 am By JD Alois  |  

The University of Utah wants to be on the cutting edge of the crowdfunding” trend and is starting an effort to bring this new funding source to the world of academic research and technology commercialization. The University of Utah’s Technology Commercialization Office (TCO) kicked off the effort today… Read More

December 10, 2012 @ 7:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

RocketHub’s Crowdfunding Whitepaper may prove a little tedious for the typical entrepreneur, but if you’re looking for a deep understanding of crowdfunding’s status in the US it is required reading.  COO Jed Cohen and CFO Alon Hillel-Tuch were armed with their enthusiasm and this document at… Read More

November 19, 2012 @ 5:32 am By Santa Fe New Mexican  |  

A Santa Fe Institute researcher wants to test a remote tracking tool that could be used to gather data about isolated South American groups. Anthropologist Marcus J. Hamilton is enlisting the public’s help in raising money for the project through a crowdfunding site called Rocket… Read More

October 30, 2012 @ 10:57 am By JD Alois  |  

For the past week, Brian Meece was lecturing at college campuses across the country about the power of crowdfunding. He also took some time to give Handshake360° his thoughts on the importance of crowdfunding within higher education. Handshake360°: If you look at the crowdfunding portals… Read More