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National Crowdfunding Services, LLC. December 1, 2014. Volume 4. Number 22. National CROWDFUNDING CROWDFUNDING FOR dc, minority and women businesses This newsletter is being sent to you because you signed up at National Crowdfunding Services,  BlackCrowdfunding.net or MinorityFinance.com DC Crowdfunding ! Shiloh Baptist Church holds a shopping expo every year at the Shiloh Family Center, 1510 9th Street, NW, Washington, DC. This year, we attended with DC Gives More , "an initiative to bring together a diverse and dedicated group of local organizations to raise awareness for #GivingTuesday and to help reach generous fundraising goals for Washington, DC." The Shiloh event was fantastic, and it does not stop here. It will be held o

The 2014 Midterm elections were a sweep for the Republicans. What is the impact on crowdfunding? The breakout of the US Congress post-election is: House of Representatives -186 Democrats, 244 Republicans Senate - 46 Democrats, 53 Republicans (shown below): The Republican majority in the House is significant. In political reality, this means that the Republicans control the government. Legislative priorities identified so far include:   ·         Significant tax reform ·         Health care ·         401K reform ·         Obama care repeal ·         Increase in number of visas granted to the high tech industry ·         Copyright protection Note that crowdfunding is not on this list. Nor is small business.  Conventional wisdom states that Republican control means a pro-business atmosphere. While this should be good for crowdfunding, the disruptive impact that crowdfunding has on large financial institutions may be a barrier. We know that large f

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