Vicinity Views

News, education and insights on investing in public offerings through the Vicinity platform and private early-stage offerings with VentureSouth.

  • The Top Five Benefits of Investing in Your Local Economy

    The Top Five Benefits of Investing in Your Local Economy

    Investing takes on many forms. The key is to keep a diversified portfolio, and investing in local real estate plays an important part in…

  • The Evolution of Local Investing

    The Evolution of Local Investing

    At the end of 2020 Chapel ran a successful campaign on Vicinity’s portal to fund a multi-tenant facility in the Poe Mill area. For…

  • Taxes for Investors: A Brief Guide to Forms

    Taxes for Investors: A Brief Guide to Forms

    Are you struggling to understand what tax forms apply to your investments? Our brief guide on taxes for investors should help!

  • The Case for Direct Ownership

    The Case for Direct Ownership

    Let’s talk some trash. No, not figuratively. Trash is an everyday part of our lives, but how much do you really think about this…

  • See, Touch, Feel

    See, Touch, Feel

    Diving into financial planning resources or investment strategy tips can feel more like a personality test than a mathematical analysis. You’ll get questions like:…

  • A Different Take on Value Investing

    A Different Take on Value Investing

    I distinctly remember the look I received from our investment advisor assigned to my company’s 401k retirement plan. It was the annual plan review.…

  • Pride of Place

    Pride of Place

    Pride of place. It’s one of those phrases that sounds familiar, but you’re not sure why. What place are we talking about? Are there…

  • Double Duty Dollars

    Double Duty Dollars

    If you’re in the thick of raising capital, worrying about who’s running their mouth about your brand and what they’re saying might not be…

  • Accredited or Sophisticated?

    Accredited or Sophisticated?

    I recently saw someone post on social media about their momentous achievement of reaching “Accredited Investor” status. For context, that’s the financial equivalent of…

  • The Collab of the Decade

    The Collab of the Decade

    This week we’ve got buildings on the brain. Private real estate investing is hardly a new arena, but the rise of Crowdinvesting has CRE…

  • Booming Babies and Business Buying

    Booming Babies and Business Buying

    The mass exodus of baby boomers from small businesses has been predicted for several years now. While the “tsunami” of boomer biz owners looking…

  • Evaluating Evaluation

    Evaluating Evaluation

    Today we’re going mountain climbing. What mountains you say? Well, the small ones of course! Zeb Parsons, one of our recent podcast guests left us with…

  • July 2021 VentureSouth Recap

    July 2021 VentureSouth Recap

    After wrapping up the first half of the year with many positive developments, we expected July to be a more relaxed month. Even though…

  • Member Testimonial – Michael Biron

    Member Testimonial – Michael Biron

    Michael Biron, the founder of Altis Biosystems, graduated from Penn State with an undergraduate degree in marketing. Upon graduation, he worked in construction management…

  • VentureSouth Reports Record Results in First Half of 2021

    VentureSouth Reports Record Results in First Half of 2021

    VentureSouth, one of the Top 10 angel investment groups in North America, is proud to announce record results in the first half of 2021.…

  • How Gabby turns NO into New Opportunities

    How Gabby turns NO into New Opportunities

    The past year has been challenging, but I am grateful it made me stronger. I am sharing three lessons I learned more about in…

  • Member Testimonial – Dan Haight

    Member Testimonial – Dan Haight

    Dan was raised in a military family and has lived all over the country. He attended 12 different school in his youth and visited…

  • June 2021 VentureSouth Recap

    June 2021 VentureSouth Recap

    June 2021 recap: June was a big month for VentureSouth as we wrapped up the first half of 2021. We made several investments, added…

  • Team Testimonial – Matt Dunbar

    Team Testimonial – Matt Dunbar

    Matt Dunbar was born and raised in Rock Hill, SC. He attended Clemson University where he studied Chemical Engineering. After receiving his undergraduate degree,…

  • May 2021 VentureSouth Recap

    May 2021 VentureSouth Recap

    Goodbye Spring, Hello Summer! To justify our excitement about coming summer vacations, VentureSouth worked particularly hard this month! It was a near-record month for…

  • Member Testimonial – Chuck Tutterow

    Member Testimonial – Chuck Tutterow

    Chuck Tutterow is a former chief financial officer of several public and private companies. A couple of those companies had large legacy pension plans,…

  • Member Testimonial – David Grisell

    Member Testimonial – David Grisell

    David Grisell started his career as a physician, specializing in Oncology. He graduated from The University of Texas – Medical Branch with his undergraduate…

  • Team Testimonial – Paul Clark

    Team Testimonial – Paul Clark

    Paul Clark grew up in Skegness in Lincolnshire, England – possibly the greatest seaside resort in the world. (Editor’s note: It is not.) Paul…

  • Member Testimonial – Jamie Christensen

    Member Testimonial – Jamie Christensen

    Jamie Christensen is the President and co-founder of Outdoor Access. Jamie was born in Durham, North Carolina and now resides in Richmond, Virginia. When…