'Crowdfunding Is Only for Crappy Companies That Can't Raise Venture Capital.' Poppycock!
Naysayers Suggest Crowdfunding Is Only for the Unwashed and Unworthy. Here's the Truth.
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I’m sick and tired of hearing this crap. That’s what it is. I’m sorry, but smart people who otherwise spend their days doing intelligent and kind things are still thinking that crowdfunding is for losers. It’s not.
Let me explain this in terms anyone can understand. And please, do me a favor. Share this message with someone you love. Heck, share it with everyone you love.
Regulated investment crowdfunding is not for losers, the unwashed or the unworthy. It’s for every good company out there. It is for every investor.
Does that mean that sometimes a crappy company will raise money via crowdfunding? Yes. But don’t stop reading! Remember, those genius venture capitalists who sometimes lead the chants ...more
VC's role in Crowdfunding
Every health ecosystem needs top predators. Predators at the top of the food chain help maintain a healthy balance between species and environmental systems. We become keenly aware of this in the ocean when sharks are removed it causes an increase in red tides, toxic algae blooms and a general imbalance to the ecosystem. This effect is called "cascade" or marine trophic cascade when talking about the oceans specifically. However, the cascade can take affect in any environment. The thing about the ocean is that since we, meaning Humans, can't see the cascade directly its the classic "out of sight, out of mind" tragedy of the commons. To help make this more relatable to us land based a simpler example we can all probably relate to:
- There are more deer in the USA today than in 1800.
- Meanwhile, deer predators (bears, wolves, mountain lions etc...) populations have been reduced to critically low numbers.
- The lack of predators keeping the deer population in check has incre
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