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What Will the JOBS Act Mean for U.S. Start-Ups?

12 Apr 2012   | Web/Micro Loans & Crowdfunding

Tags: jobs act

LINK TO ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
  • http://blogs.wsj.com/in-charge/2012/04/11/live-chat-what-will-the-jobs-act-mean-for-u-s-start-ups/

The JOBS Act, signed into law last week, stands for “Jumpstart Our Business Startups.” So how will the bill directly impact small businesses and start-ups themselves?  The Journal’s Angus Loten points to the bill’s support for “crowd-funding,” a way for small businesses to raise money. Under the bill, Loten writes:

Start-ups can raise up to $1 million a year by pitching to thousands of small-dollar investors online with little disclosure beyond a rough business plan. (They can raise up to $2 million if they provide audited financial statements.)

Beyond crowd-funding, the new law eases many restrictions on early-stage business investing that have been in place since the 1930s.

That has some investors worried about fraud. Others see higher costs of capital to offset riskier, later-stage funding rounds as a startup grows.

Loten moderated a discussion on the benefits and risks of the JOBS Act for small businesses. He was joined by William Carleton,  a lawyer who specializes in startup financing and sits on the advisory council of the Angel Capital Association’s public policy committee.  Read the transcript below.

>>> READ MORE at:
  • http://blogs.wsj.com/in-charge/2012/04/11/live-chat-what-will-the-jobs-act-mean-for-u-s-start-ups/
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