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Law Prof Urges “Keep it Light, Chairman White”
Published June 18, 2013 - No Comments
“Keep it light, Chaiman White,” University of Colorado Law Associate Professor Andrew Schwartz urges the SEC on formulating new regulations for equity crowdfunding. In a law review article entitled “Keep It Light, Chairman White: SEC Rulemaking Under the Crowdfund Act& ...
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Small Businesses Lead the Charge for Job Growth in May 2013
Published June 13, 2013 - No Comments
June 13, 2013 – Small businesses took the lead in creating new jobs in May 2013, according to the ADP National Employment Report released this week. Small businesses provided 58,000 new jobs out of the 135,000 non-farm private jobs created in the US. The Small Business Administrati ...
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Crowdfunding: Where Dollars meet Dreams
Published June 13, 2013 - No Comments
The editors of bestaccountingdegrees.net offer the following infographic on where dollars meet dreams through crowdfunding.
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JOBS Act, Version 2
Published June 12, 2013 - No Comments
Washington, DC – June 12, 2013 – The House Financial Services Committee began exploring today the need for additional laws to reduce additional barriers to capital formation. The hearing today falls on the heel of the last year’s enactment of the Jumpstart Our Business St ...
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Deloitte “Seeing Double” for Crowdfunding
Published June 8, 2013 - No Comments
Crowdfunding portals “bring in the bucks,” professional service firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu declares in its new Technology, Media & Telecommunications Predictions for 2013. Deloitte predicts that crowdfunding portals will raise $3 billion in 2013, double the $1.5 billion raised i ...
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Obama Nominates Senate Aides for the SEC
Published May 24, 2013 - No Comments
Washington, DC – May 23, 2013 — President Barack Obama nominated today Kara Stein, an aide to Sen. Jack Reed (D., R.I.), and Michael Piwowar, an aide to Sen. Mike Crapo (R., Idaho) to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Ms. Stein would succeed Democratic Commissioner Eliss ...
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GOP Pushes SEC Chair to Implement Rules for JOBS Act
Published May 13, 2013 - No Comments
Washington, D.C. - May 13, 2013 - Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), and Representatives Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) today sent a letter to the Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mary Jo White, urging the SEC to mov ...
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Wharton Study: Crowdfunders Use Similar Benchmarks As VCs To Fund Entrepreneurs
Published May 9, 2013 - No Comments
Crowdfund donors examine entrepreneurial quality in similar ways as venture capitalists, according to Wharton management professor Ethan Mollick. His new study casts some doubt that crowdfund donors are an unsophisticated lot. The Securities and Exchange Commission currently is drafting ...
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With New SEC Chair in Place, Any Chance Equity Crowdfunding Will Happen in 2013?
Published April 23, 2013 - No Comments
Commentary by David Drake After three months since being nominated by President Barack Obama, the U.S. Senate on Monday approved Mary Jo White as the new chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. How will this affect the final steps of implementing the last two laws of the JO ...
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Studies Show 81% Jump in Crowdfunding and a $3.98 Billion Crowdfund Investing Market
Published April 8, 2013 - No Comments
April 8, 2013 - New studies show that equity crowdfunding, which will be permitted once the Securities and Exchange Commission releases regulations for it, could be a $3.98 Billion market annually, and that worldwide crowdfunding activity jumped 81% from 2011 to 2012. On April 2, 2013, th ...
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Small Businesses Lead the Charge for Job Growth in May 2013

Published June 13, 2013 at 10:17 pm - No Comments

June 13, 2013 – Small businesses took the lead in creating new jobs in May 2013, according to the ADP National Employment Report released this week. Small businesses provided 58,000 new jobs out of the 135,000 non-farm private jobs created in the US. The Small Business Administration reports that from 2005 through 2010, startups created [...] IWEBIX Webdesign

Crowdfunding: Where Dollars meet Dreams

Published June 13, 2013 at 1:45 pm - No Comments

The editors of bestaccountingdegrees.net offer the following infographic on where dollars meet dreams through crowdfunding.

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Law Prof Urges “Keep it Light, Chairman White”Published June 18, 2013 at 9:22 pm
Small Businesses Lead the Charge for Job Growth in May 2013Published June 13, 2013 at 10:17 pm
Crowdfunding: Where Dollars meet DreamsPublished June 13, 2013 at 1:45 pm
JOBS Act, Version 2Published June 12, 2013 at 7:45 pm
Deloitte “Seeing Double” for CrowdfundingPublished June 8, 2013 at 1:48 pm
Obama Nominates Senate Aides for the SECPublished May 24, 2013 at 2:28 am
GOP Pushes SEC Chair to Implement Rules for JOBS ActPublished May 13, 2013 at 10:06 pm
Wharton Study: Crowdfunders Use Similar Benchmarks As VCs To Fund EntrepreneursPublished May 9, 2013 at 3:46 pm

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