Vicinity Views
News, education and insights on investing in public offerings through the Vicinity platform and private early-stage offerings with VentureSouth.
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Burn Baby Burn
Not to start out the insight on a down note, (or a bang?) but I want to emphasize the critical importance in business of…
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The SMB’s Survival Guide For The End Of The World
70% of small businesses are worried about financial hardship because of prolonged closures and 58% worry about permanently closing. Raising capital is the #1…
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Location Location Location
As promised last week, we’re coming back to visit the success metric of profit margin. Profit margin is a very common ratio used to…
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Profit Margin
As promised last week, we’re coming back to visit the success metric of profit margin. Profit margin is a very common ratio used to…
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What the Barefoot Prophet of WeWork Missed About the Power of “We”
Imagine, for a second, an ultra-successful CEO who walks around barefoot and preaches on the “power of we.” Are we talking about a cult…
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Just Ask
Instead of worrying about your intellectual status, adopt the approach of asking a lot of questions. And while the only dumb question might be…
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What I learned from Oprah & Baker Mayfield About Building a Legacy
What do you think when you hear the word legacy? Your children, your business, Legacy Federal Credit Union? It’s ok, me too. “Legacy” gets…
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The Commonalities Between Squirrels and Investors
Here in the Upstate, tis the season for countless Eastern Gray Squirrels to busily bury, unbury, rebury and even lose track of diligently harvested…
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The Different Types of Reg CF Offerings Explained
Looking to learn more about Regulation Crowdfunding? Read this article and discover some of the most popular reg cf offerings.
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How Community Involvement Changes Your Life
Have you ever seen a group of young men singing Disney songs while swinging a sledgehammer at a cement parking lot? It’s quite a…
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The Move to Microinvesting
Apps like Acorns have brought the phrase “micro investing” on the scene with their approach of rounding up to the next dollar whenever you…
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Top 3 Ways to Promote your Crowdfunding campaign
So you did it! You launched an investment crowdfunding campaign and you’re going all-in on a local legion of microinvestors and brand ambassadors. Now…
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Back to basics: General Solicitation: Who cares? 2. Investors
2. Informed investors. If you approach VentureSouth to ask for investment and we suspect you are generally soliciting investors, we will pass – no…
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Back to basics: General Solicitation: Who cares? 1. Regulators
Assume you are raising money, not really paying attention to posts like those in this series, and you generally solicit investors when you should…
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Back to basics: General Solicitation: What is an offer of securities?
Is publicly saying “we are raising money” the same as publicly soliciting a sale of securities? Well, if you really are not selling securities,…
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Back to basics: General Solicitation: 506(c) trade offs
As we mentioned a couple of posts back in this series, using 506(c) involves substantial trade offs. For us, it was fun to be…
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Back to basics: General Solicitation: Angellist rolling funds
As we were writing these posts, “rolling funds” became a topic of conversation on “VC Twitter”. Ignoring the “rolling” part for a second, these…
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Back to basics: General Solicitation: 506(c) offerings
506(c) offerings As you could probably guess from the last post, it is not actually that easy to qualify for a 506(b) exemption. However,…
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Back to basics: General Solicitation: Pre-existing substantive relationships
Pre-existing relationships One way to avoid general solicitation is to ensure that securities are only offered to those with whom the issuer has a…
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Back to basics: General Solicitation: Who was General Solicitation?
Who was General Solicitation? The short answer: publicly advertising that you are selling securities. The longer answer begins in 1933. That year, Congress passed…
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Back to basics: General Solicitation: A few disclaimers
If you came back after yesterday’s post, we commend your dedication! You may (understandably) not particularly care about the intricacies of the Securities Act…
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Back to basics: General Solicitation: The Perils of General Solicitation
At VentureSouth, we’ve learned a lot from Twitter. We also try hard to avoid trouble with regulators – both for ourselves and our portfolio…
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VentureSouth Establishing Fayetteville Angel Investor Group
VentureSouth, the Southeast’s largest angel investment network, is once again expanding its footprint. Fayetteville, N.C. will become the 14th community with a VentureSouth angel group, bringing…
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The negative side of being the lead investor
After reading the previous post about the advantages of being the lead investor, you may have been left wondering why so many people –…