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Crowdfunding News 2/21/13   Crowdfunding Is About Creating Jobs For The Right People Forbes Crowdfunding is not just about creating jobs, it is about creating jobs for the right people. In April of 2012, President Obama signed the JOBS Act into law, authorizing crowdfunding of equity and debt for the sake of creating jobs. The more time I ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes Ube Launches Crowdfunding Campaign To Support Smart Dimmer CleanTechnica Disruptive technologies and the emerging crowdfunding platform are becoming more commonplace as not only a marketing and finance tool, but also changing the dynamics of how energy is distributed. Enter Austin, Texas-based company Ube, who ... See all stories on this topic » Crowdfunding : Boon Or Bust For Entrepreneurs And Investors? Mondaq News Alerts (registration) Raising money from a large number of people to finance an entrepreneur's business, now popularly known as crowdfunding , has been around for c...

Crowdfunding News 2/18/13 Crowd-Funding Platforms Hope To Target Investors Vermont Public Radio Kickstarter is the best known crowdfunding site, but there are hundreds of online platforms devoted to raising money for individuals and businesses. The sites allow entrepreneurs, artists and others to pitch an idea for a project and collect donations ... See all stories on this topic » Crowdfund games based on chemistry and Machine of Death, and bid on art to ... io9 Crowdfund games based on chemistry and Machine of Death, and bid on art to support Machine of Death, the science fiction anthology that pissed off Glenn Beck , is back in the form of a macabre card game, and you can help fund the production. If you ... See all stories on this topic » Learn about crowdfunding with SBA webinars Omaha World-Herald The U.S. Small Business Administration is hosting a series of webinars emphasizing how the next generation of small business owners can use crowdfunding ...

I will discuss my book, The Jobs Act: Crowdfunding for Small Businesses and Startups at Howard University Bookstore. My talk will focus on the role crowdfunding might play in addressing economic issues in the Black community, as described in this depressing article in the Washington Post:  Scholars sketch bleak economic picture for black Americans Date & Time Thursday, February 14 from 5:00pm - 7:00pm Location Howard University Bookstore 2225 Georgia Avenue Washington, DC 20059 To RSVP, please go to  http://tweetvite.com/event/JOBSAct Related articles How To Crowdfund Crowdfunding News 2/6/13 SEC Equity Crowdfunding Rulemaking: Where Things Stand Crowdfunding Fraud? No...

Dr. Mark Dean - On the IBM team that developed PC : "Mark E. Dean (born March 2, 1957) is an African American inventor and a computer engineer. He led the team that developed the ISA bus, and he led the design team responsible for creating the first one-gigahertz computer processor chip. Dean has also helped in the early development of the computer keyboard. He holds three of IBM's original nine PC patents." Jesse Russell , recognized father of digital cellular technology: "Jesse Eugene Russell (b April 26, 1948) is an African-American inventor and one of the visionaries’ whose innovative perspectives profoundly influenced the wireless communications industry, (a) driver of growth in the 21st century. Trained as an electrical engineer at Tennessee State University and Stanford University , and recognized globally as a thought-leader, technology expert and inventor in the field of wireless communication for over 20 years.." Emmitt McHenry , Founder of Ne...

Crowdfunding News 2/6/13 Crowdfunding : It's Not Just For Startups Forbes Ever since the boom of Kickstarter, and the passing of the JOBS Act last April, crowdfunding has become part of the investment vernacular. What started out as a funding portal for art projects, band albums, small businesses, and budding entrepreneurs ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes The Best Crowdfunding Project Yet: The Kickstarter To Build The Death Star Forbes Oh yes, I think this is glorious. There's a Kickstarter project looking to build the Death Star. Given the White House's refusal to start the project despite the petition asking that they do it has fallen to an Englishman to attempt to get the project ... See all stories on this topic » 'Bellflower' filmmakers turn to crowdfunding for 'Chuck Hank and the San Diego ... Yahoo! Movies (blog) The filmmakers behind 2011's indie cult hit "Bellflower" are turning to crowd...

As I noted in the Washington Post, in about six to nine months, the Securities and Exchange Commission will put forward rules that will govern how companies can raise equity capital using crowdfunding. See:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/commentary-the-quest-for-crowdfunding-enters-a-complicated-but-critical-phase/2012/12/23/d15ef280-4939-11e2-ad54-580638ede391_story.html My sources tell me that the SEC will lean heavily toward registered broker/dealers to take the lead, as evidenced by the fact that FINRA issued the first official regulatory paperwork related to Crowdfunding.  http://crowdfundingnow.blogspot.com/2013/01/first-regulatory-paperwork-related-to.html This has the added benefit that the JOBS Act gives several preferences to broker/dealers, as I note in my book:  http://www.amazon.com/The-JOBS-Act-Crowdfunding-Businesses/dp/143024755X Related articles First Regulatory Paperwork Related to Crowdfunding Released Commentary: The...

Crowdfunding News 2/1/13 Best British crowdfunding sites Telegraph.co.uk Seedrs is the first crowdfunding platform for start-ups where investors can earn equity returns if the business is sold, floats or pays a dividend. Entrepreneurs can raise up to £150,000 in equity capital. The company, co-founded in 2009 by Jeff Lynn ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk Music Crowdfunding News: Kevin Wortis, Radio Crowdfund , Detour London ... hypebot.com Before I get into some interesting music crowdfunding news, I need to let folks know that I will be putting Crowdfunding For Musicians on hold while I focus my non-Hypebot activity on All World Dance which I recently relaunched as a work in progress. See all stories on this topic » Crowdfunding could give small business a fighting chance The Daily Evergreen Small businesses need a new line of credit, and the solution is crowdfunding . Crowdfunding is "the practice of funding a projec...