Sunspeed Enterprises DPO launched!

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

 

 

 March 2015

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Sunspeed Enterprises DPO launched! 

 

We are proud to announce that our client Sunspeed Enterprises has received regulatory approval for its Direct Public Offering. To learn more about Sunspeed Enterprises and other current investment opportunities, please visit CuttingEdgeX, the nation’s only DPO marketplace.

 

 

Sunspeed Enterprises is raising $3 million through an offering of common stock to California residents to help fund the development of the SunTrail Route, a network of 40 electric vehicle charging stations throughout coastal California.

  1 week left to sign up for DPO Boot Camp #5! 

If you’re looking to take the next step to raise “community capital” for your business or nonprofit, there’s only 1 week left to sign up for our next DPO Boot Camp. In the Boot Camp, you get the tools you need to raise capital, legally, cost-effectively, and in alignment with your goals and values. 

 

Interested in learning more? Check out the DPO Boot Camp page on our website.

Audio replay of Spring 2015 Q&A Call 

 

 

Yesterday, we hosted our first live Q&A with callers from all over the United States looking for answers to their capital raising questions. The 90-min call covered the new Reg A+ rules, Direct Public Offerings, investment crowdfunding, and more. 

 

Questions were answered by Jenny Kassan, CEO of Cutting Edge Capital, and Ren Bloom, CEO of the marketing agency Mercury360®.

 

In case you missed it, you can listen to the call here

Announcing our online course! 

 

Raising capital for an impact enterprise is complicated. How do you raise money that is aligned with your values? What kinds of money should you pursue? From whom? If you don’t understand your options, you might end up choosing a mainstream path that isn’t a good fit, and miss out on the opportunity for the perfect funding. 

 

We are proud to announce our first self-paced online course with School for Change, “Raising Creative Capital.” In the course, we teach how to raise capital that’s in alignment with your mission and values. 

 

Click here to get a 20% discount on the course. 

 

Use discount code ‘CUTTINGEDGE2015’ to get 20% off a School for Change membership. 

Jenny Kassan, CEO, joins faculty of Schumacher College for New Economists 

A new generation of leaders is choosing to create jobs that support the landscape, people, and community of their region, but they lack many of the tools needed to build thriving, inclusive, and sustainable local economies. In response, the Schumacher Center in Great Barrington, MA, has created the Schumacher College for New Economists. The 9-month, post-graduate residency program aims to equip the next generation of local economists with practical tools for local economic transformation. 

 

Cutting Edge Capital CEO Jenny Kassan is now a faculty member of the college. 

 

Read more about the program here.

Jenny Kassan joins Change Catalyst

Online platform Change Catalyst helps women around the world to start, scale and fund world-changing ideas. The curriculum, mentoring, and investing are all online, letting entrepreneurs participate from anywhere in the world. 

 

Jenny Kassan has joined Change Catalyst as a mentor.

 

Read more about Change Catalyst here.

Blogroll

Story of a Repentant Angel 

by Jenny Kassan, CEO  

 

Mike Michalowicz, author of the book Profit First, sold his multimillion-dollar computer forensic investigations business to a Fortune 500 firm. He then decided to become an angel investor. Here is what happened next: 

 

I decided that investing in a dozen brand-new start-ups was the best way to use my windfall. After all, it was only a matter of time before my entrepreneurial genius rubbed off on these promising companies. . . 

 

Then, I started writing checks-five thousand to one person, ten thousand to another, every month more checks, and still more . . . There was never enough revenue to cover the ever- increasing mountain of bills. […]

 

Read the full post here.

 

DPO Boot Camp Participant Profile: 

My Trail Company 

by Andy Bamber, Business Development Manager  

 

The great outdoors. You might be thinking you’re heading out into it au naturel, unburdened of the cares of the material world and that stuff we call money. But chances are, before you’ve even stepped foot on Mount Shasta or breathed the cool, crisp air of Yosemite, you’ve already spent several hundreds of dollars on outdoor apparel and equipment to make your time more “enjoyable.” You’re also likely to be carrying gear that could approach 100 pounds, and has more design flourishes than useful features. […]

 

Read the full post here.

 

Maker’s Common: connecting food and community through a DPO 

by Andy Bamber, Business Development Manager  

 

The folks behind San Francisco’s Mission Cheese, a renowned cheese shop and eatery, have just launched a Direct Public Offering to finance a new venture called Maker’s Common. Like Mission Cheese, the focus of the establishment will be on creating an inviting gathering place for neighborhood residents to enjoy artisanally produced cheeses, charcuterie, beer, and, as always, mandatory cheer and good spirits. […]

 

Read the full post here.

 

Upcoming Events

  California Co-op Conference

 Sacramento, CA 

May 1-2, 2015

   

The California Co-op Conference will celebrate cooperatives by sharing successes and providing attendees with the most effective ways to strengthen and expand the cooperative movement. Conference workshops will reveal how cooperatives revitalize and fortify local economies by creating jobs, housing, and locally owned businesses. Attendees will learn how to start, develop, and strengthen their own cooperatives. 

 

Cutting Edge Capital’s CEO Jenny Kassan will be speaking at the event.  

 

Please refer to the conference website for more information.

  Bay Area B Corp Leadership

Development (BLD) Conference 

Berkeley, CA

May 5, 2015

 

  

 

Exclusively for certified B Corps, the second annual BLD Conference will bring together Bay Area B Corps to share best practices and learn how to better use the B Corp certification as a platform for improving individual and organizational leadership. The all-day event will feature 9 action-oriented workshops, providing access to the values-aligned experience, insight, and networks of the Bay Area B Corp community.  

 

Cutting Edge Capital’s Jenny Kassan will be speaking about financing for B Corps at the event.

 

For more information about the event, click here

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