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About David M. Freedman
David M. Freedman has worked as a financial and legal journalist since 1978. He has served on the editorial staffs of business, trade and professional journals, most recently as senior editor of The Value Examiner (National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts). He is coauthor of Equity Crowdfunding for Investors, published in June 2015 by John Wiley & Sons. Freedman has served as moderator and panelist for several Financial Poise webinars on crowdfunding, angel investing and the JOBS Act of 2012. In addition to finance and law, Dave has written extensively about real estate, economics, social media, natural resources and woodworking. He lives in the Chicago area, and is a member of the Alliance for the Great Lakes.
Regulation Crowdfunding: Diversification Everyone Can Enjoy
Regulation crowdfunding gives average investors more access to private securities. Determine the maximum you can invest and create your 5-year plan.
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How Reliable Are Private Equity Valuations?
Public information can be scarce due to SEC reporting exemptions, making private equity valuations seem unreliable. Can upgraded guidelines fix it?
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Let Crowdfunding Fundamentals Be Your Guide
Knowing your crowdfunding fundamentals can help you decipher which crowds you want to “follow” with an investment and which are better left alone.
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The Potential of Hedge Fund Returns: Evaluating Risk and Reward
Hedge fund returns can be big even in a bad market, but they are often risky, alternative investments. Do the benefits of hedge funds justify the risk?
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Crowdfunded Securities: The Continuing Growth of the Secondary Market
The crowdfunded securities of yesterday were rife with illiquidity. Today, secondary markets for crowdfunded securities have emerged and continue to grow.
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Accredited Investor Installment 7: Crowdfunding Under Title III of the Jobs Act
Crowdfunding has evolved from rewards-based funding to equity crowdfunding under Title III of the JOBS Act. Is crowdfunding for you?
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Accredited Investor Installment 6: Equity Crowdfunding Under Regulation D
Equity crowdfunding developed under Regulation D matches startups with angel investors in weeks rather than months, shortening timelines all around.
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Accredited Investor Installment 5: Crowdfunding
In the first of three parts, discover the origins of crowdfunding, which started as rewards-based funding allowing investments in projects in return for rewards.
Read MoreSAFE: Simple Agreement for Future Equity
Y Combinator, a well-known tech accelerator, created the SAFE (simple agreement for future equity) in 2013, and uses it to fund most of the seed-stage startups that participate in its three-month development sessions. With an emphasis on simple, this new equity security works for seed-stage startups.
Read MoreThe Basics of Convertible Debt
Many of the companies that sell securities via Title III crowdfunding portals, at least in the first year or two, will be early-stage startups with little or no history of profit or even positive cash flow. “In many cases, issuers can avoid thorny disagreements over valuation by offering hybrid securities known as convertible notes to crowdfunding investors”…
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