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Book: The JOBS Act: Crowdfunding for Small Businesses and Startups http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/143024755X/ Top 50 Crowdfunding Campaigns: Fifty Most Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns http://www.amazon.com/Top-50-Crowdfunding-Campaigns-Successful-ebook/dp/B00RKK4NL0 Businesses, Brushed Off by Banks, Look to Customers for Funding http://www.thestreet.com/story/11780547/1/businesses-brushed-off-by-banks-look-to-customers-for-funding.html New Crowdfunding Site Supports Black Entrepreneurs   http://www.bet.com/news/national/2013/04/19/new-crowdfunding-site-supports-black-entrepreneurs.html Crowdfunding Site Targets African Americans http://upstart.bizjournals.com/money/loot/2013/04/15/crowdfunding-site-targets-african.html A Crowdfunding Site for Black Entrepreneurs http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/the-download-a-crowdfunding-site-for-black-entrepreneurs/2013/04/12/9089fe78-a2c9-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html As Cro...

The picture below shows states that have enacted equity crowdfunding (green). The states that have legalized equity crowdfunding as of today (7/22/14) are listed below: Alabama Colorado Georgia Idaho Indiana Kansas Maine Maryland Michigan Tennessee Washington Wisconsin Others are in the process of enactment...and moving fast! The first thing to note is the way states with equity crowdfunding exemptions are clustered. Alabama/Georgia, Colorado/Kansas, Washington/Idaho. This is no accident. If a state nearby has equity crowdfunding and you do not, it is marginally more likely that startups and other companies looking for capital will move to the state with crowdfunding. Therefore, it makes sense for your state to adopt a crowdfunding exemption. States understand the potential equity crowdfunding has and refuse to wait for SEC JOBS Act Title III regulations to be finalized. Probably the most notable state on its way to allowing equity crowdfunding is California. Why...