Crowdfund Investing For Dummies - Softcover

Learn about:

• What crowdfund investing is and how you can raise money for your business
• The risks and rewards of crowdfund investing
• Maximizing the benefits and preventing fraud

Want to rise above the crowd in crowdfund investing?

Are you an investor or entrepreneur looking to get in on the newest big thing on Wall Street? Crowdfund Investing For Dummies walks you through this new investing experience, explaining everything you need to know about crowdfund investing: how much funding you can realistically raise; how to plan and launch a campaign; how to manage the crowd after a campaign is successful; and how to work within the SEC's regulations at every stage.

• Crowdfund Investing 101 — get an overview of how this form of private equity or debt investment works and what the potential benefits are to entrepreneurs, small businesses, and investors
• Make a plan — find out how to present a solid business plan, define your financial needs, and prepare for a crowdfund investing campaign
• Manage your campaign — discover how to market your pitch, tap into your social networks, prepare for potential problems related to your campaign, and successfully complete a crowdfund investing campaign
• Run with it — grasp how to communicate clearly and regularly with your crowd, avoid mistakes that could lead your investors to revolt, and keep your investors happy even when your plans are delayed
• Put the "I" in investor — get the 4-1-1 on how to measure risk and thoroughly examine opportunities available to you as a personal investor

Open the book and find:

• How the crowdfund investing concept evolved
• Why crowdfund investing gained bipartisan support
• Advice on planning your crowdfund investing campaign
• How to evaluate crowdfund investing opportunities
• Best practices in crowdfund investing
• SEC regulations you need to know
• Tips for building your crowd and your team
• Online links to informative videos

Sherwood Neiss, Jason W. Best, and Zak Cassady-Dorion are the founders of Startup Exemption (developers of the crowdfund investing framework used in the 2012 JOBS Act). They deeply understand the process, rules, disclosures, and risks of capital formation from both the entrepreneur's and the investor's points of view.