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zephyr911

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Startups - Partners - Angels
« on: December 04, 2017, 03:01:53 PM »
Does anyone here ever use this forum to discuss entrepreneurial efforts, get feedback on fundraising efforts, or pitch potential investments?

Has anyone here ever gone into a business venture with someone you met on the forum?

Are there any restrictions on discussing or offering investment opportunities here?

(Yes, these questions are more than idle curiosity)

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Re: Startups - Partners - Angels
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2017, 03:46:53 PM »
Isn't offering investment opportunities to the general public (non-accredited investors) outside of an IPO illegal?

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Re: Startups - Partners - Angels
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2017, 03:48:21 PM »
Well arebelspy has used the forums for his tradeline company, there's one instance.  I'm curious to hear of any more though.

I imagine that a number of them have occurred over private messaging?

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Re: Startups - Partners - Angels
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2017, 04:05:59 PM »
Isn't offering investment opportunities to the general public (non-accredited investors) outside of an IPO illegal?
Not necessarily, but it can be. Selling unregistered securities always is. The rest depends.

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Re: Startups - Partners - Angels
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2017, 04:08:14 PM »
Isn't offering investment opportunities to the general public (non-accredited investors) outside of an IPO illegal?

I think they have a new law that changed that.  I see a bunch of crowd investing things show up in my facebook now.    For instance,  I got an ad for this "Help Us Fund a Christman Movie, and you get 50% of profits" pitch pretty much continuously for 6 weeks or so.   I declined to invest

https://wefunder.com/thatchristmasmovie

However, certainly in those facebook ads the backers kept replying to comments that they couldn't discuss things due to SEC regulations about where they could present them

Caveat:  I'm not a lawyer so this shouldn't be taken as legal advice.   

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Re: Startups - Partners - Angels
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2017, 04:27:20 PM »
I don't think anyone here will sue you, disclaimer or not.

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Re: Startups - Partners - Angels
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2017, 04:35:40 PM »
I imagine there are thousands of real estate investments/partnerships/loans that have come from Bigger Pockets

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Re: Startups - Partners - Angels
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2017, 11:14:18 PM »
Have you checked out the Entrepreneurship sub forum? https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/entrepreneurship/

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Re: Startups - Partners - Angels
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2017, 09:23:05 AM »
Have you checked out the Entrepreneurship sub forum? https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/entrepreneurship/
Somehow I've missed this one entirely all this time. :O

 

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