Crowdfunding: A Guide to Raising Capital on the Internet

Index

A

Accredited investors, 216

America Invents Act (AIA), 102–103

Antitrust laws, 198

Appbackr, 61

AppsFunder, 61

Australian Small Scale Offerings Board (ASSOB), 53, 77

B

Backers, communicating with. See Investors, communicating with

Bandwagoning, 65

Bankruptcy and reorganization laws, 197–198

Barnett, Chance, 19–20, 21, 28

Blass, David W., 69–70

Blue sky laws, 5, 150

BrewDog, 61

Broker-dealers, 69–71

Building and loan associations, 4

Business associations, crowdfunding interests in, 177–193

choice of entity, 191–193

entities, principal forms of, 178–191

corporations, 179–180, 188–191

limited liability companies (LLCs), 179–180, 186–188

limited liability partnerships (LLPs), 179–180, 183–184

limited partnerships (LPs), 179–180, 184–186

partnerships, 179–180, 181–183

law, nature of, 178

Business brokers, 159–161

C

C corporations, 191

Camillo, Chris, 136

Canonical, 67

Charity/donation crowdfunding, 39–40, 56–57

Chen, Perry, 9

CircleUp, 54

Coffee Joulies, 23

Communication skills, 19–20

Companies Act 1867, 201–202

Contracts, 193–197

issues in crowdfunding, 196–197

law, nature of, 194–196

binding nature, 195

defenses to contract formation, 195

elements of contract, 194–195

enforceability, 195–196

Copyrights, 103–105

crowdfunding risks, 104–105

Corporations, 179–180, 188–191, 193

CraftFund, 61

Crowd Supply, 22

Crowd wisdom, pitfalls of, 65

Crowdbrewed, 61

CrowdCheck, 78

Crowdcube, 52, 77, 206–207

CROWDFUND Act, 171–176

Crowdfunding

alternatives to, 145–161

credit unions, 157

entity, ...