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Recently, with the passage and implementation of Title III of the Jobs Act, everyday Americans can now invest in startups.
It’s gone from a pool of 3.5 million accredited investors to a huge lake of 240 million potential investors.
Now, you can invest in the next Facebook!
If you’re the next Uber, you can raise capital from people around the country to fuel the growth of your startup company.
To answer all of your questions and demystify this new equity crowdfunding arena, I brought Darren Marble on the podcast, who runs a crowdfunding agency and is an expert in this emerging space.
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In this episode you’ll learn:
- How to do an equity crowdfunding campaign
- Ways to raise capital for your business with the Jobs Act
- How to market an equity crowdfunding campaign
- The secret of influencer marketing and why it’s so powerful
- Why people are investing in equity crowdfunding campaigns
- What it’s like to raise capital from the crowd
- Ways to approach startup investing
- How things will change with Title III portion of the Jobs Act
- Trends that Darren is seeing in the industry
Links and resources mentioned in this episode:
- CrowdfundX
- Crowdfunder
- AngelList
- StartEngine interview (Elio Motors)
- Regulation A+
- Fulfillrite helps you ship out your Kickstarter and Indiegogo rewards to your backers. They also help with ecommerce fulfillment.
- The Gadget Flow: Their product discovery platform has 5 million monthly visitors, 100,000 subscribers, and they have helped over 2500 customers with promotion thus far. Use the coupon code crowdcrux20 for 20% OFF all of their services to promote your design, technology, or fashion project.
