Tag: Local Investing

Reasons to Invest Local with Regulation Crowdfunding

by Joshua Rollins on July 22, 2020.

If you’ve read our stuff before, you know Regulation Crowdfunding provides a new-to-you business investment opportunity. An avenue to invest local that has been suppressed since before the Great Depression is now yours for the taking! Breathe in all the freedom that can be packed into a phrase beginning with “regulation”. But it’s important to...

Time Travel, Reg CF, And The Justice League

by Kasen Wysong on July 14, 2020.

When you hear the term “crowdfunding for small business,” it might sound like a recent phenomenon. But put aside Reg CF and tech startups for a moment because in reality, crowdfunding is as old as Irish ale.  Crowdfunding can include everything from college beer fund donations to betting on flying cars in Silicon Valley, but...

How can I increase cash flow as a small business?

by Kasen Wysong on July 7, 2020.

Spreadsheets, bookkeeping, cash flows, balance sheets, financial statements…it’s tough to manage your finances as a small business. You may be a passionate owner with a tremendous product or service, but maybe your financial situation isn’t where you’d like it to be. That’s totally normal.  Did you know small business accounts for a mind-boggling 99.7% of...

The Wall Street – Main Street Disconnect

by John Crawford on June 9, 2020.

The Dow Jones surged over 20% between March 23 and March 26 with the financial markets betting on the imminent (and unprecedented) stimulus package. The Dow Jones stock prices had another spike from April 3 to April 6, possibly being carried by Trump’s announcement of oil competition dropping (and prices to consumers increasing) as the...

Leading in Trust, Underdog in Finance

by John Crawford on May 26, 2020.

“Now I am going to read you a list of institutions in American society. Please tell me how much confidence you, yourself, have in each one — a great deal, quite a lot, some or very little?” Ok, close your eyes. Pretend you didn’t just see the exhibit at the top of this blog. How...

On Local Stimulus and You

by John Crawford on May 20, 2020.

Main Street is reeling and the pressure on small and medium-sized businesses (“SMBs”) is not going to let up anytime soon. One study has shown that “a combined 63 percent [of SMBs]  have either zero cash reserves (32.4 percent) or enough cash for a short-duration event (30.7 percent).”[i] There will be no quick fix, but...

Investing Through Reg CF

by Joshua Rollins on May 13, 2020.

Just recently, over 95% of the population gained a new way to invest in the small and mid-sized businesses that make up over half the economy. A combination of...