As I’ve written before, I’m a big fan of Crowdfunding. It became “legal” almost a year ago but we’re still waiting for the SEC to write the rules for it. Here’s a link to a long winded New York Times piece about the opportunities and frustrations. DISCLOSURE: Once the rules are written, my firm plans to facilitate investing inContinue reading “More on Crowdfunding”
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Starting a Small Business – Crowdfunding
Quickly, Congress passed the JOBS Act this year with a provision allowing companies to solicit investments from “unsophisticated” investors. Previously, solicitations could only be made to high net worth investors. The provisions were to become effective on January 1, 2013 pending rules to be written by the SEC. The SEC has not written the rulesContinue reading “Starting a Small Business – Crowdfunding”
Should I start a business?
NO! Are you considering starting a business or buying an existing business? As a small business accountant, whose livelihood depends on small business clients, my advice is DON’T. There are different challenges to starting a business versus buying an existing one so I’ll focus on starting a business. You need to ask yourself and answerContinue reading “Should I start a business?”