Posts Tagged ‘entrepreneurs’

Crowdfunding Ground Rules (If and When Adopted)

By Philip Krause | September 9, 2015 |

Many entrepreneurs were initially excited about a new law adopted in early 2012, the CROWDFUND Act included as a part of the JOBS Act, which they believed would permit investment crowdfunding to be used for funding emerging growth companies. (As discussed our prior blog post, investment crowdfunding is different than patronage crowdfunding, where funders do…

The Crowdfunding Wait Continues . . .

By Philip Krause | August 17, 2015 |

And the wait continues. . . . In April of 2012, Congress passed and President Obama signed into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act). This legislation promised to create jobs and grow the economy by improving access to the public capital markets for emerging growth companies. It also claimed to encourage entrepreneurship…