Do Past Funding Rounds Matter For an Online Raise?
Some entrepreneurs are truly privileged when it comes to raising capital. They call three or four VCs, get an appointment to...
100 New Investors in 30 Days – Here’s How You Reach It
Securing 100 new investors in 30 days may sound as absurd to you as traveling Around the World in 80 Days...
SAFE Agreements: What They Mean for Investors & How They Could Work for Equity Crowdfunding
In 2013, Y Combinator introduced the simple agreement for future equity or SAFE agreement. The purpose of SAFE was to simplify...
StartEngine Accounts Are Here – What That Means for You as an Investor
Equity crowdfunding is growing fast. Just take a look at StartEngine – we’ve had over 500% revenue growth in the last...
Always Be Raising: What It Means & Why I Live by It
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know the stock market today is very volatile. After the latest inflation data...
What the Heck Is StartEngine Collectibles?
In the 1960s, Andy Warhol created dozens of portraits of Marilyn Monroe – and in 2022, Christie’s sold one of those...
There’s a Silver Lining for Entrepreneurs in a Downturn…Actually, There Are Four
You’ve probably heard that a new crisis brings new opportunities. How is this possible? Well, it turns out companies go through...
Equity Crowdfunding as an LLC
According to the Congressional Research Service, in 2015 around 64% of corporations with fewer than 5 employees were structured as LLCs...
Why Smart VCs Love Equity Crowdfunding & Why You’ve Heard Otherwise
Yes, you heard it from me: smart VCs love companies who raise capital from the crowd under regulation crowdfunding and Reg....
Proposed Changes to Secondary Trading – Could This be a Gift from the SEC?
In 2012, at the outset of equity crowdfunding when the JOBS Act was voted into law, it introduced Regulation A+ to...