Note to women entrepreneurs: Make society’s gender stereotypes work in your favor! Personal experience and years of observation have taught me that women have a more difficult time winning investor backing for their startups than men. In fact, only about 1.3 percent of startup funding goes to women-owned projects. Since the most in the venture […]
Good things come to those who wait. Will this proverb prove true for the new crowdfunding regulations that took effect today (May 16, 2016)? You can get all the details on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website (SEC), but the main upshot of today’s changes is to open crowdfunding investments to non-accredited investors, meaning […]
By Cliff Ennico Last week my new book, The Crowdfunding Handbook, was officially released. Three years in the making, this book is the first of many you will be seeing about “equity crowdfunding” – how a business can raise capital online from its social media followers and fans using crowdfunding websites such as kickstarter.com. On May […]
By Cliff Ennico Make no mistake about it. If you own a small business or startup company, 2016 is going to be the year of crowdfunding. For several years now, it has been possible to raise money online for “projects” (such as a new invention, a documentary film, or a nonprofit campaign) using websites such […]
By Narek Vardanyan At The Crowdfunding Formula, it’s our job to talk about the benefits of crowdfunding. If you dig in our site a lot, you will know by now it’s not all about the money. Yes, the money might be the driving factor behind your campaign, but you stand to gain a whole lot more […]