The first annual Crowdfunding Bootcamp co-sponsored by the Crowdfunding Professional Association and Funding Roadmap was held this week in Henderson, NV. In attendance were over 300 investors, entrepreneurs and members of the crowdfunding industry from eight countries. The conference produced some unique insights, and from our vantage point we can already see trends developing in this nascent industry. When President Obama signed the JOBS Act into law on April 5, …Read More
The Crowdfunding Bootcamp and CFPA Convention in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada (PRWEB) October 17, 2012 - The Crowdfunding Bootcamp and CFPA Convention in Las Vegas Nevada, October 9-11, was a pivotal event in the establishment of the Equity Crowdfunding industry. Hundreds of crowdfunding thought leaders, service providers, nascent funding portals, social media experts, accounting, legal and policy professionals, and individual entrepreneurs gathered to understand the challenges, the promise, and the nuts and bolts of the coming equity crowdfunding era, …Read More
Alternative investment: Crowdfunding
Innovation was urgently needed to provide small and emerging businesses with alternative ways to raise sums of funds outside of the traditional financing methods. In December 2011, British MP Vince Cable launched a taskforce to open fresh funding channels for small UK business. Shortly thereafter, on 5 April, 2012, the US government, with the involvement of only a handful of entrepreneurs, enacted the Jumpstart Our Business Startup ACT, Title III …Read More