Other News – SEC Commissioner Kara Stein Declares War on SEC Chair Mary Jo White

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

SEC Commissioner Kara Stein Declares War on SEC Chair Mary Jo White   Naked Capitalism*   A relatively new SEC Commissioner, Kara Stein, has decided to depart from the usual polite behavior regulatory overseers and is making noise about SEC decisions and policies that she finds to be dubious. The …

Financial Reform Newsletter – April 16, 2014 – Financial Reform, the SEC and Better Markets Winning in the Courts.

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

    Financial Reform Newsletter April 16, 2014 Financial Reform, the SEC and Better Markets Winning in the Courts. Wall Street’s too-dangerous-to-fail banks and their many allies have been trying to kill, gut or weaken financial reform by filing numerous lawsuits claiming that every rule must be subjected to what …

Ceres Newsletter: Fracking on the Rise in Water Stressed Regions

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Ceres Newsletter – February 2014 Press and Media Press Release: New Hydraulic Fracturing Report Finds Texas and Colorado Face Biggest Water Sourcing Risks News Story: Report: Water Availability a Risk for Oil, Gas Drillers (Texas Tribune) Blog: Energy efficiency, cities, and the Clean Trillion(Environmental Finance) Press Release: Inadequate Action by Securities & Exchange Commission on …

GE Ventures Embraces Crowdfunding with OurCrowd Partnership

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Wednesday, November 6 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS GE Ventures Embraces Crowdfunding, Partners with OurCrowd — Earlier this week, another big player joined the crowdfunding ranks, as Israeli platform OurCrowd announced that it has signed a co-investment agreement with GE Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of GE. According to …

CrowdSourcing.org – As Seen On TV’ Enters Crowdfunding Space

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Wednesday, October 30   Follow Like RSS As Seen on TV Opens Crowdfunding Platform to the Public — Everyone knows the iconic As Seen on TV brand. Earlier this week, the company launched its crowdfunding platform (powered by white label solution Launcht). We chat with As Seen on TV’s CEO Ron Pruett to …

IBM’s Internal Crowdfunding Initiative Promotes Employee Innovation

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Wednesday, September 25 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS IBM’s Internal Crowdfunding Rewards Employee Innovation — We take a look at an internal IBM program that makes use of crowdfunding to help Big Blue stay innovative. The initiative was first implemented during summer 2012. Since then, it’s been tried at two …

The Crowd Cafe: Small business still reeling from credit crunch [CNBC]

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

  Crowdfunding news, research and resources  Don’t hesitate to get in touch! [email protected] TheCrowdCafe Weekly – September 8, 2013 Sep 08, 2013 11:01 am | Jonathan Sandlund |View Original Post|     Selected Articles Small business still reeling from credit crunch [CNBC] “The data on small business lending paint a bleaker …

The Crowd Cafe: The Economics of Equity Crowdfunding

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Don’t hesitate to get in touch! [email protected] TheCrowdCafe Weekly – August 18, 2013 Aug 18, 2013 11:15 am | Jonathan Sandlund |View Original Post|   From the Cafe The Economics of Equity Crowdfunding TheCrowdCafe Community: We’d love to hear your questions, thoughts and commentary on the crowdinvesting industry. A List of Accredited …

The Crowd Cafe: Paul Spinrad kickstarted a fantastic discussion on real estate crowdfunding

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Don’t hesitate to get in touch! [email protected] TheCrowdCafe Weekly – July 28, 2013 Jul 28, 2013 12:36 pm | Jonathan Sandlund |View Original Post|   Happy Sunday, All! Bill Carleton and Joseph Wallin—security attorneys, thought leaders, and fierce advocates for workable crowdinvesting regulations—are calling on all supporters to help Save Regulation D. …

CrowdSourcing.org: The Crowd Pushes to Transform NYC’s East River

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS Plus Pool: The Crowd’s Push to Transform NYC’s East River — Plus Pool is a civic initiative (and crowdfunding campaign) to install a floating pool in the East River. If it succeeds, Plus Pool would not only provide a safe, surreal place for New Yorkers …