Women now have an advantage in this new way to access capital. Here’s where things stand a year after the JOBS Act was signed into law. By Elizabeth Smith Kulik (Co-founder & CEO, ProHatch) On April 5, 2012, President Obama signed the JOBS Act into law, which legalized equity and debt-based crowdfunding, and paved the [...]
Posts Tagged "Crowdfunding"
Sponsored: Chic CEO
April 9, 2013 – 6:00 am
Sponsored by: Chic CEO is a community of female entrepreneurs supported by a platform of smart and relevant how-to information. The free website provides all of the ground level information and tools that women need to get a business started. If you are thinking about starting a business or are in the process, definitely check [...]
Fighting for Funding: 5 Tips for Female Founders From Ingrid Vanderveldt
April 3, 2013 – 7:00 am
It’s a war out there for funding, but Vanderveldt, Dell’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence, has some tips for female founders to get the capital they need. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Getting cash to grow your startup is never easy and there’s some evidence that it may be particularly challenging for female founders who sometimes lack strong [...]
SEC Says Yes to Some Crowdfunding Platforms
April 1, 2013 – 9:00 am
Legal uncertainty has hung over crowdfunding but now letters from the SEC have lifted this cloud of doubt from several platforms. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Crowdfunding may have been exciting entrepreneurs for awhile, but whether the idea would be as appealing to regulators has been an open question. Now the SEC has given [...]
Crowdfunding: A Safe Space for Female Entrepreneurs
March 27, 2013 – 11:00 am
A banker turned crowdfunding executive explains why new financing models are leveling the playing field for female-owned businesses. By Heather Schwarz-Lopes (Co-Founder & CEO, EarlyShares.com) The crowdfunding space is emerging as a progressive place for women entrepreneurs and business managers alike. Once the SEC finalizes its rules, equity crowdfunding — a subset of crowdfunding that [...]
8 MUSTS for Every Crowdfunding Campaign
March 8, 2013 – 8:00 am
An entrepreneur with two successful crowdfunding campaigns under her belt explains what you need to make your crowdfunding effort a success. By Linda Franco (Co-Founder, MACHINA) As an entrepreneur, crowdfunding is something you hear a lot about, but few take the plunge. After doing this twice I can understand why. I’ve been through two different [...]
3 Lessons On Crowdfunding From uBiome, A Citizen Science Startup That Raised $200,000 In Less Than 3 Months
January 29, 2013 – 7:00 am
The world’s first citizen science campaign to sequence the human microbiome has raised almost $200,000 from 1500 people in over 30 countries in less than three months on Indiegogo – the largest successful citizen science project in history. How did we do it? By Jessica Richman (Co-Founder, uBiome) The microbiome are the bacteria that live [...]
Can Crowdfunding Live Up To Its Potential For Women Entrepreneurs?
January 3, 2013 – 6:00 am
In the world of social good, a socially responsible enterprise provides a return while making the world a better place. Some women realize that and are educating themselves to assess investments rather than give their money away. By Geri Stengel (Contributor, Forbes) Recently I wrote about a new funding source for entrepreneurs: crowdfunding. Right now, [...]
Female Founders To Watch: Inspiring & Crowdfunding The Next Gen
December 21, 2012 – 8:00 am
Celebrating women entrepreneurs “doing well by doing good”, as microfinancing guru and entrepreneur Candace Klein would say. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) It’s been a good week for the passionate entrepreneurs who work to improve the lives of the next generation – Adafruit CEO and founder Limor Fried was announced as Entrepreneur [...]
Launching The Indiegogo Campaign For EnJai Earbuds
October 9, 2012 – 6:00 am
“With the help of my family and many years of R&D… over three additional years, we had a product that worked.” By Nancy Vartanian (Founder & CEO, shenYon) When I was 19 years old, I had a dream (literally) about a product idea. I quickly woke up and wrote it down in my notebook. I [...]
