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Category Archives: Crowd Fund Act of 2012
Get IP Checkup Before Crowdfunding
Some unappreciated crowdfunding risks to issuers come in the form of intellectual property protection. This article notes that there are: patent risks of pre-mature disclosure of technical information and of infringement if the patent research is not conducted prior to … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, balance, checkbook, Congress, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, Film, Investments, Jobs, Legislative Intent, review, Small Business, technology, VC, Venture Capital, Wall Street
Tagged copyright, crowdfunding, design, intellectual property, IP, patents, protection, risks, service mark, technology, trade secrets, trademark, United States Patent and Trademark Office, USPTO
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Is Crowdfunding Under False Pretenses A Crime?
Is crowdfunding under false pretenses a crime? According to news reports, a young black woman tweeting under the name “reformed republican” tweeted her support for President Trump. Shortly thereafter, she tweeted: “After seeing this tweet, my parents cut me off … Continue reading
Posted in balance, Charity, checkbook, Congress, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding Platforms, discrepancies, Funding Portals, Investments, Jobs, Legislative Intent, review, technology
Tagged bigot, black, crowdfund, crowdfunding, donation, false pretenses, GOP, iPhone, misleading, politics, racial, racist, Republicans, scam, social media, Trump
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Universities Climb On The Crowdfunding Train
Crowdfunding is now a tool of universities, large and small, to build their small donor base. Did the University of Buffalo Athletic Department need to crowdfund a $5,000 Jacobs Ladder cardio machine for their workout room? No, other sports were … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, balance, Charity, checkbook, Congress, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, Investments, Jobs, Legislative Intent, technology
Tagged athletic department, booster, college, college athletics, college football, crowd fund, crowdfunding, donation, Durkin, endowment, football, fundraising, NCAA, Title IX, university
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Bitcoin Birthday Look Back
Yesterday, October 31st, was Bitcoin‘s 10th birthday. Questions remain as to whether it has fulfilled its intended mission of replacing fiat currencies. While some in business thought it had an inevitable path to legitimacy, history has shown that early adopters … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, balance, Banking, Banks, CFTC, checkbook, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, Funding Portals, Investments, Jobs, Legislative Intent, SEC, technology, VC, Venture Capital, Wall Street
Tagged alt coins, bitcoin, blockchain, Coinbase, credit cards, crypto currency, cryptocurrency, Dell, digital coin, exchange, speculator, technology, Winklevoss
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Film Crowdfunding Site Picks 2 Pilots For Grants
Seed & Spark, the online film and television crowdfunding platform ran a contest for “creators of color” in September. If they could reach their crowdfunding goal in a month and attract 500 or more followers, they would be entered into … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, balance, Charity, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, Film, Funding Portals, Investments, Jobs, Legislative Intent, Small Business
Tagged Black&Sexy TV, Color Farm Media, contest, creators of color, crowdfunding, diversity, film, filmmaker, keep it colorful, minority, movie, pilot, pitch, Seed&Spark, television, video
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Crowdfunding Can Help Women Gain In Entertainment
One way to gain female representation in the big entertainment companies, suggests this author, is through crowdfunding. Building on a University of Wisconsin-Madison study, he thinks that female creatives could use crowdfunding to build their portfolio. In the experiment, the … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, balance, Charity, checkbook, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, Film, Investments, Jobs, Legislative Intent, technology
Tagged directors, diversity, entertainment, equality, film, Hollywood, Kathryn Bigelow, Mimi Lederer, movies, studios, television, women
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Belgium Warns Citizens About Crypto Scams
Some government financial regulators are taking a more pro-active approach to cryptocurrency matters. Take, for instance, Belgium’s Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) that now warns its public about those cryptocurrency offers and exchanges that are not fully compliant with … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, balance, Banking, checkbook, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, discrepancies, fraud, Funding Portals, Investments, Jobs, Legislative Intent, SEC, technology, VC, Venture Capital
Tagged bitcoin, Blacklist, cheat, crypto currency, cryptocurrency, dca-finance, exchanges, fraud, ICO, initial coin offering, krypto, platforms, scam, technology, theft, websites
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Sick Crowdfunders Spending On Quacks
With the Congress still trying to kill the Affordable Care Act and many states kicking people off of Medicaid, many are turning to crowdfunding to pay for expensive medical treatments. However, a recent study found that a lot of that … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, Charity, checkbook, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, discrepancies, fraud, Funding Portals, Investments, review, technology
Tagged cancer, charity, crowdfund, crowdfunding, GoFundMe, health care, homeopathy, medical bills, medical expenses, naturopathic, quack, quack medicine, stem cell, therapy, treatment
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Blockchain Company Inks Pact With Depp
Hollywood actor Johnny Depp has formed a partnership with the blockchain and recent ICO company TaTaTu to develop content to be shown on the TaTaTu platform. TTT raised $575 million in its Initial Coin Offering (with a maximum token value … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, balance, Banking, Banks, CFTC, checkbook, Congress, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, Film, Funding Portals, Investments, Jobs, Legislative Intent, review, SEC, technology, VC, Venture Capital, Wall Street
Tagged actors, AMBI, Andrea Iervolino, blockchain, crypto currency, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency exchange, Ethereum, games, Hollywood, Johnny Depp, Liquid, Monica Bacardi, movies, producer, technology
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Crowdfunded Abortion Film Claims Theaters Turning Away Crowds
The makers of the crowdfunded film “Gosnell: America’s Biggest Serial Killer” (a movie about the notorious convicted abortion doctor) are claiming that theaters are turning away its audience. Not because it’s a sellout (although the filmmakers claim that’s one of … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, balance, checkbook, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, Film, Funding Portals, Investments, Jobs, Legislative Intent, Small Business, technology
Tagged abortion, box office, crowdfund, crowdfunding, Dean Cain, Dinesh D'Souza, documentary, film, Gosnell, Kermit Gosnell, Michael Moore, movie, NPR, politics, pro choice, revenue, right wing, serial killer, theaters
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