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Equity Crowdfunding for Investors


Equity Crowdfunding for Investors

A Guide to Risks, Returns, Regulations, Funding Portals, Due Diligence, and Deal Terms
Wiley Finance 1. Aufl.

von: David M. Freedman, Matthew R. Nutting

41,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 26.05.2015
ISBN/EAN: 9781118857809
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 304

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<b>Learn the ins and outs of equity crowdfunding with this informative guide</b> <p><i>Equity Crowdfunding for Investors</i> is a comprehensive, objective, and authoritative guide to the social and financial rewards of crowdfunding. Before now, angel investing – and the spectacular returns possible in this asset class – has been off-limits to all but the wealthiest Americans. Now equity crowdfunding portals allow the general public to buy shares in startups and fast-growing private companies for the first time in generations. This book provides the guidance individuals need to invest wisely, tempering the excitement of leading-edge technology, innovative business models, and exciting new brands with thorough, practical know-how – including investor limits and requirements, portfolio strategy, deal terms, and much more. Readers will learn the pros and cons of investing in equity crowdfunding so they can make an informed investment decision, as well as best practices for finding, researching, evaluating, and buying into potentially profitable startups. Digital components include tables, graphs, comparison charts, screen captures, checklists, and other tools that further enable readers to make suitable investment choices. <p>Equity crowdfunding is a new, exciting, and evolving way for growing businesses to raise capital and for average investors to buy equity in those businesses. It has been hailed as a "game changer" in the private capital markets, particularly the angel investment asset class, which includes angel investing. This book shows readers how to take full advantage of this new avenue of investment, without being taken advantage of themselves. <ul> <li>Make smarter investment decisions</li> <li>Avoid being ripped off</li> <li>Find the best information available</li> <li>Understand the SEC rules and limits</li> </ul> <p>Equity crowdfunding can produce huge returns. It also comes with huge risk. Some companies will succeed, but many will fail. Everyday investors can mitigate some risk and increase their chance of profit with the fundamental insight provided in <i>Equity Crowdfunding for Investors</i>.
<p>Foreword ix</p> <p>Preface: The New Angel Investors xv</p> <p>Definitions of Key Terms xxv</p> <p>Acknowledgments xxvii</p> <p>About the Authors xxix</p> <p>Chapter 1 The Foundations of Online Crowdfunding 1</p> <p>Chapter 2 Equity Offering Platforms (under Regulation D) 19</p> <p>Chapter 3 Equity Crowdfunding 49</p> <p>Chapter 4 Intrastate Equity Crowdfunding 69</p> <p>Chapter 5 Deal Flow 81</p> <p>Chapter 6 Angel Investors 95</p> <p>Chapter 7 Equity Crowdfunding Portals 117</p> <p>Chapter 8 How to Invest, Part I: Portfolio Strategy 135</p> <p>Chapter 9 How to Invest, Part II: Identify Suitable Offerings 153</p> <p>Chapter 10 Equity Crowdfunding Securities 163</p> <p>Chapter 11 Deal Terms 175</p> <p>Chapter 12 How to Invest, Part III: Due Diligence 205</p> <p>Chapter 13 How to Invest, Part IV: Funding and Postfunding 233</p> <p>Chapter 14 Liquidity and Secondary Markets 243</p> <p>Epilogue: Trends and Innovations 253</p> <p>Equity Crowdfunding Resources 255</p> <p>About the Companion Website 259</p> <p>Index 261</p>
<p><i>“This is a valuable primer and authoritative guide to an industry which is still misunderstood by many”</i> (Master Investor, November 2015)</p>
<p><b>DAVID M. FREEDMAN</b> has worked as a financial and legal journalist since 1978. He has served on the editorial staff of <i>The Value Examiner</i> since 2005. He is coauthor of the 1987 book <i>Death of an American</i>, about the <i>Singer v. Wadman</i> civil rights lawsuit in Salt Lake City. <p><b>MATTHEW R. NUTTING</b> practices corporate law with the firm Coleman & Horowitt in Fresno, CA, where he advises on all facets of business law, including a special emphasis in rewards-based and securities-based crowdfunding. He is a director of the National Crowdfunding Association and served as its National Legal Affairs Director. He is also the cofounder of CrowdPassage.
<p>Praise for <br/><b>Equity Crowdfunding for Investors</b> <p>"The authors of <i>Equity Crowdfunding for Investors</i> take a complex subject and make it simple. It is as entertaining as it is educational. It is, simply stated, the best book on equity crowdfunding that I have read."<br/> <b>—Jonathan Friedland,</b> publisher of Accredited Investor Markets (AIMkts.com), partner in the Chicago law firm Levenfeld Pearlstein, and author of <i>The Investor's Guide to Alternative Assets</i> <p>"<i>Equity Crowdfunding for Investors</i> performs an invaluable service...giving much practical guidance on how to understand and approach participating as an investor in securities-based, and particularly equity, crowdfunding. It is also enjoyably readable."<br/> <b>—Charles Sidman, MBA, PhD,</b> founding member of the Angel Capital Association and past president of the Crowdfunding Professional Association <p><b>An Authoritative and Comprehensive Guide to Equity Crowdfunding</b> <p>"<i>Few opportunities in life can generate personal wealth as profoundly as being a founder or early investor in a startup that achieves grand success.</i>"<br/> <b>—From the Preface</b> <p>For anyone who wants to invest in the potentially high-return and often high-risk marketplace, <i>Equity Crowdfunding for Investors + Website</i> offers a practical and objective guide to the social and financial rewards of crowdfunding. Authors David M. Freedman and Matthew R. Nutting detail the ins and outs of equity crowdfunding and show how to budget for angel investments, set realistic expectations, select the industry, company, and development stage to invest in, conduct the necessary research, monitor the companies you invest in, and know when to cash out. <p>Whether you are new to crowdfunding investing or have experience as an angel investor, you can mitigate some risk and increase your chance of profit by tapping into the fundamental insight, investment strategies, and the commonsense approach outlined in <i>Equity Crowdfunding for Investors</i>.

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