The new face of venture capital: Crowdfunding’s big bang

(Editor’s note: Kevin Lawton is a serial entrepreneur. This post originally appeared on his blog.)

Crowdsourcing and crowdfunding are on a rise, as the returns produced by conventional VC networks continue to be lower than expected. They are, in fact, growing so fast that a “big bang” seems imminent as startups become a public asset class.

And when Wall Street starts to get involved, things move quickly. Ultimately, this could be a 1000x force-multiplier for crowd-funding.

This presentation (the first part of which can be found here and the second part of which can be found here) is meant to assist both Limited Partners and entrepreneurs alike and has been wrought from a life in startups and studying the business of innovation.

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  • http://twitter.com/braddamphousse Brad Damphousse

    Thanks Kevin – we're empowering entrepreneurs to bring the crowdfunding model to all sorts of verticals: http://whitelabelcrowdfunding.com/We're betting that crowdfunding is about to shake up a handful of established industries.Thanks! -BradBrad Damphousse, CEOWhiteLabelCrowdfunding.com——————————————————————Our sites: CreateaFund.com, GoFundMe.com

  • nathanbeckord

    Hi Kevin, really good presentation. Some good insights I haven't seen before. I'm a huge proponent of the crowdfunding model, for many/all the reasons you list…I worked with Kickstarter many years ago and now an Advisor to Appbackr.com (which you should add to the list on slide #8- doing big things)My one comment is to entrepreneurs is to temper the enthusiasm for the model with the realities of SEC / securities regulations in the U.S. There is no legal for startups to sell securities (meaning equity or debt in your startup) to un-accredited investors…this is just the way it is, and I am hopeful that efforts like the SEC Petition will change that, but if I were a startup trying to fund my business, I wouldn't hold my breath (SEC is pretty slow when loosening protective laws….think bank deregulation in the '80's/'90's). Nice stuff, thanks! Nathan Beckord VentureArchetypes.com

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