Online Class: "How To Crowdfund"

"How To Crowdfund" on Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/how-to-crowdfund/

Course Contents:

What is Crowdfunding?

The JOBS Act's definition of "crowdfunding," “crowdfunding platforms," and “emerging growth companies"

How to get up to $1 million through crowdfunding

The risks and rewards of taking advantage of crowdfunding

Intellectual property protection

Choosing a crowdfunding platform

SEC Title IV Regulation A - how does this work?

Indiegogo vs Kickstarter

State-level crowdfunding

How to stay on the right side of the law when soliciting funds

How to identify and deal with reliable crowdfunding platforms and companies

How businesses owned by women and minorities can raise new capital, as well as those now shut out of the capital markets (restaurants, day-care centers and others ignored by finicky venture capitalists and skittish bankers)

How investors can identify opportunities, avoid fraud, perform due diligence, and then make an intelligent investment

Understanding Title IV of the JOBS Act

The course is divided into five sections, 14 classes.

Course material include .pdf and text documents, and audio explaining the subject.

It will take five hours.

Take this course if you want to know how to create and manage a crowdfunding campaign.

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