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Paul Lovejoy
Paul Lovejoy @paullovejoy-thecrowdinvestor answered: 3/11/2026 6:22:33 PM

Why did you get interested in crowdfunding?

I wanted to make a productive investment.

There are 2 types of investing, speculative and productive. When I looked at my retirement account 10 years ago, it was largely index funds and ETFs full of very big corporations like Apple. I realized I wasn't funding Apple or any of the...

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Coalition for Crowdfunding American Jobs and Prosperity (CCAJP)

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