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 Crowdfunding Platforms became the first thread to surpass 1k views!

Selected Articles

• To Stay Afloat, Bookstores Turn to Web Donors | NYTimes
• States beat the SEC to the new frontier of crowdfunding | NPR Market Place
• Why Crowdfunding is Disrupting Finance
• On SoMoLend
  • Comprehensive overview published this am: Candace Klein, SoMoLend face uncertain future amid Ohio allegations
  • From Devin Thorpe: Somolend’s Investors To Regulators: ‘Where’s The Beef?’
  • From Doug Cornelius: Action Against a Crowdfunding Platform

Legal

• AngelList Tells SEC New Fundraising Rules Will Kill Startups | Techcrunch
• Help Define Accredited Investors | Startup Law Blog
• Equity Crowdfunding in Wisconsin – The Bucks Start Here | Guzik Law
• 506(c) “Twilight Zone?” Or general solicitation as Congress intended it? | Wac6

Industry Chatter

• FundersClub Ditches Dumb Money By Going Invite-Only
• Next Generation Trust Services: Investors Prepare to Use Self-Directed Retirement Plans Crowdfunding
• Crowdfunder, Social Media Week LA Partner to Launch CROWDFUNDxLA
• [TheHouseCrowd] Crowdfunding Property Investments in the UK
• [OurCrowd] You Won’t Believe How Much Crowdfunding This Company Is Doing
• Crowdtilt Builds Fixed-Cost, Flexible Pricing into its Crowdfunding Platform

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