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Category Archives: Crowdfunding
Growth Capital Summit Tackles JOBS Act & More on Eve of SEC Forum on Small Business Capital Formation
[Reprinted from November 3, 2014 Edition of CrowdfundInsider] November 3, 2014 @ 3:28 pm By JD Alois November is a big month in Washington, DC. Not only is it the mid-term election season that happens to have a bit of … Continue reading
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An Open Letter to SEC Chair White: It’s time to Lead the Crowd (funding)
The place: Washington, D.C. – the occasion: the swearing in of a new federal agency head – one charged in part with regulating the flow of capital to small businesses. President Obama and others listened with a hopeful ear. … Continue reading
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SEC Annual Forum on Small Business Capital Formation: Ground Hog Day for Small Biz?
Many of us are wondering when, if and how the SEC will finally roll out final regulations to implement major provisions of the JOBS Act of 2012, including Title III (investment crowdfunding) and Title IV (Regulation A+). So too were … Continue reading
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Open Letter to the SEC: Please Don’t Hang Up on Small Business (And Please Don’t Put Small Business on Hold)
Some of you who read my July 2014 article entitled “Intrastate Crowdfunding at Risk -Has Intrastate Crowdfunding in Washington State Been Washed Out by NASAA and the SEC?” may have concluded that I was making a mountain out of a … Continue reading
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Tagged accredited investors, Crowdfunding, Crowdfunding Plus, CrowdfundingPlus, final SEC rules, Guzik and Associates, intrastate crowdfunding, Invest Kansas Exemption, JOBS Act, NASAA, Patrick McHenry, proposed crowdfunding rules, proposed sec crowdfunding regulations, Regulation A, Rule 506, samuel guzik
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Intrastate Crowdfunding at Risk
Has Intrastate Crowdfunding in Washington State Been Washed Out by NASAA and the SEC? On May 5, 2014, I published an article in Crowdfund Insider highlighting recent informal “rulemaking” at the SEC Division of Corporation Finance, which in my opinion … Continue reading
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Tagged Crowdfunding, equity crowdfunding, general advertising, general solicitation, Georgia crowdfunding, intrastate crowdfunding legislation, Invest Georgia Exemption, Invest Kansas Exemption, JOBS Act, Joe Wallin, NASAA, proposed crowdfunding rules, proposed sec crowdfunding regulations, proposed SEC rules, public solicitation, Rick Fleming, samuel guzik, SEC crowdfunding regulations, state crowdfunding legislation, Washington State crowdfunding
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JOBS Act 2.0: Congressman McHenry’s Cure for the “Six Deadly Sins” of Crowdfunding Regulation
For those of you who were too busy to notice, U.S. Congressman Patrick McHenry introduced three draft bills into the House Financial Services Committee last week. One of them, if it were to become law, would open up the … Continue reading
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Tagged Crowdfunding, Crowdfunding Plus, CrowdfundingPlus, equity crowdfunding, Guzik and Associates, JOBS Act, JOBS Act 2.0, Patrick McHenry, proposed crowdfunding rules, proposed sec crowdfunding rules, samuel guzik, SEC crowdfunding regulations
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MIT Panel Discussion: Can Crowdfunding Democratize Access to Capital?
Following is a Crowdfunding Roundtable I participated in at the MIT Sloan School of Business on May 19, 2014, which included my presentation on the SEC’s proposed Regulation A+: May 19 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Event Details The MIT Innovation … Continue reading
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Tagged Crowdfunding, CrowdfundingPlus, equity crowdfunding, Guzik and Associates, JOBS Act, proposed sec crowdfunding regulations, proposed sec crowdfunding rules, Regulation A, Rule 506, samuel guzik, SEC crowdfunding regulations
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Regulation A+: A Sleeping Giant For Small Business Capital Formation?
Since the 1930’s Regulation A has been unremarkable as a little known and little used “exemption” from the full SEC registration process – intended to allow smaller companies to access public markets through a streamlined SEC registration process – … Continue reading
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Tagged Crowdfunding, Crowdfunding Plus, CrowdfundingPlus, Guzik and Associates, JOBS Act, NASAA, proposed SEC rules, Regulation A, samuel guzik, sec
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Samuel Guzik Joins Congressman Patrick McHenry in SEC Regulation A Webinar on March 13
Please join Congressman Patrick McHenry and attorneys Samuel Guzik and David N. Feldman in a one hour Webinar to be held on March 13, 2014, 1;30 pm, EDT,. The Webinar will be moderated by Dara Albright, of NowStreet Wire. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Crowdfunding, Crowdfunding Plus, CrowdfundingPlus, Guzik and Associates, IPO, JOBS Act, Patrick McHenry, proposed SEC rules, Regulation A, Samuel S. Guzik, sec, SEC proposed rules, securities attorney
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Samuel S. Guzik Publishes Second JOBS Act Article in The Harvard Law School Forum in 2014
Today’s edition of The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation features an article written by me, entitled “SEC Crowdfunding Rulemaking under the JOBS Act – An Opportunity Lost?” The article is an analysis of choices and … Continue reading
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Tagged Crowdfunding, CrowdfundingPlus, equity crowdfunding, investment crowdfunding, JOBS Act, proposed crowdfunding rules, proposed sec crowdfunding regulations, samuel guzik, SEC crowdfunding regulations
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