Saturday, August 2, 2014
Friday, August 1, 2014
Crowdfunding “Peer to Peer Revolution”, special report by MoneyWeek
A letter from MoneyWeek’s Editor John Stepek, CROWDPOWER, How you could make a small fortune from the Peer-to-Peer revolution, I used to read a lot of comics when I was a teenager.I wasn’t a serious obsess about the condition of the comics. I just wanted to read the stories.But hunting them down wasn’t always easy. If I wanted to track down an old copy of 2000AD or a back issue of even a pretty mainstream American comic, I’d take the train into Glasgow and go to a little market just off Argyll Street. (This was back in the days when Britain’s biggest comic shop, Forbidden Planet, only had a couple of branches in London).
Eoin Gleeson, Editorial Director, – Money Week, I just lent a group of complete strangers £1,000. All I know about these people are their internet usernames –“TheRealRingo”, “Johnny241” and “AlexP”.No bank was involved in this loan. In fact, this transaction happened totally outside the traditional banking system.Am I mad? No.I’m confident I’ll be paid back in full… and, more importantly, that I’ll earn 6 times more interest than I’d get from a bank. Get a full report from MoneyWeek.
http://crowdfundbeat.com/p2p-revolution-crowdfunding-report-by-moneyweek/
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Friday, July 11, 2014
How To Tap Into $90 Billion Crowdfunding Marketplace
CFB News Wire,
Very Limited Seating Now Available For Only 50 Leading Corporate Executives For This Exclusive Event
BERKELEY, CA—(July 10th, 2013) — While most people only know about the benefits of crowdfunding for startups and small businesses, today the University of California at Berkeley announced that it will be hosting the first executive program solely dedicated to training major corporations on the benefits of crowdfunding, crowdsourcing and crowd intelligence as a way to strengthen their brand and consumer experience, and drive innovation. The course, entitled The Crowd Empowered Organization, will introduce strategies on how corporations can become “empowered by the crowd” through engaging customers, social media networks and suppliers for launching innovative solutions, enhancing consumer initiatives, improving Corporate Responsibility programming, and for deepening their brand positioning in the marketplace.
“Most people think of crowdfunding only as a Kickstarter campaign for startups,” said Richard Swart, the Director of Research at the University of California, Berkeley. “But now leading corporations, including Fortune 500 companies, are using a variety of crowd techniques—like crowd-voting, crowd-intelligence and crowdfunding—to launch new products, facilitate social impact initiatives, or to even win new customers. Startups may use the crowd as a way to quickly raise capital in order to stay in business; however, corporations are using the crowd to drive innovation, increase sales and even strengthen ROI for investors.”
OVERVIEW
The Crowd Empowered Organization program will be held October 1-2, 2014 on the campus of UC Berkeley. In this unique program, some of the world’s leading experts in crowd empowerment will share their insights as well as demonstrate strategic approaches and best practices on how to use the power of the crowd at the enterprise level. The course will be taught through observation of current and historic trends, data analysis and case studies of major brands that have already launched successful crowdfunding campaigns—such as Coca Cola, Proctor & Gamble, American Express, IBM, Condé Nast and Dodge. Now major corporations are taking advantage of crowdfunding, which is estimated to become a $90 billion market in 20 years.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Leading corporate executives who already oversee marketing strategies, innovation, consumer engagement, branding and social responsibility initiatives—such as Chief Marketing Officers, Corporate Responsibility Officers and Chief Innovation Officers—are being exclusively invited to sign up for this very limited seating, one-of-a-kind training experience. To register for this event or to see the full conference agenda visit the program website.
MEDIA RSVP/INQUIRIES:
Credentialed members of the press are also invited to participate in this training event, however seating is limited. Media representatives wanting to attend the “live” event will need to RSVP to register for an official press badge by emailing kimberley@leverage-pr.com.
ABOUT RICHARD SWART, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AT UC BERKELEY
Richard Swart is the Director of Research at the University of California, Berkeley, overseeing policies and best practices in innovative social financing models, including effective practices in crowdfunding. Swart is one of the top thought leaders in crowdfunding globally, with particular interest in crowdfunding methodologies, and in crowdfunding practices for corporations who can now leverage crowdfunding as an essential business tool for driving innovation. Swart was the lead author of a major white paper for the World Bank on the potential impact of crowdfunding around the globe. Additionally, he was the co-author of the UK Alternative Finance Market Study release with Nesta, UC Berkeley and the University of Cambridge.
MEDIA RSVP/INQUIRIES:
Credentialed members of the press are also invited to participate in this training event, however seating is limited. Media representatives wanting to attend the “live” event will need to RSVP to register for an official press badge by emailing kimberley@leverage-pr.com.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
CrowdFunding Industry Spotlight: Interview with CFB’s Sydney Armani
Josef Holm Tue at 9:18 AM, Editor’s Note: Each week I put a crowdfunding industry thought leader in the spotlight and ask them ten questions to inspire and educate. This week one of my all time favorite people in the crowdfunding industry is on: Sydney Armani, the charismatic CEO and Publisher of CrowdFundBeat and organizer of the Silicon Valley Meets Crodfunders conference.
Sydney Armani
Sydney Armani is a long time silicon valley entrepreneur, with more than twenty years experience in Valley’s community acting in both an entrepreneurial and investing capacity. Sydney’s vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies like Hello Net Internet and Mobile telephony appliance services or Minitel and Videotex, a first generation of touch Screen tablets. His international experience in trade and International banking takes him around the world, projects with OPIC Overseas Private Investment Corporation for free trade with business engagement in Europe and UAE’s Dubai.
A creative person at heart, he’s working on building a crowdfunding platform “Live Crowdfunding demo pitch contest” building a bridge for new generation of Startup’s in the Crowdfunding industry.”
Sydney is the publisher of CrowdFundBeat, an online daily crowdfunding news site in US and UK. He is also the organizer of the annual Silicon Valley Meets Crowdfunders conference in Palo Alto, CA
Q: How did you get into crowdfunding and what was it that attracted you to this industry?
I entered the crowdfunding industry after observing its growing interest amongst participants and the seeming need of more information and education for the broader community. My background in media and conferences led me to form CrowdFundBeat, as a webzine, and to complement that, I started to produce a series of conferences. I believe we are still early in the development of this space, and I feel there’s an opportunity and a compulsion to develop great content in many forms to support the growth of the industry.
Q: What’s the most common question people ask you about your job and how do you respond?
I guess the common questions lie in two areas – where do you source what you share and how do you differentiate CFB from other media that tries to report on the same space. To the first question, we have a number for sources within the States and abroad that daily provide updates or items of interests.
We also reach out to some of the leaders in the industry, whether platform operators, professional services firms, like the attorneys, and others that in one respect are great content providers, and others, which are seeking a bit of exposure within the industry, and whom provide interesting vignettes about what’s happening out there. To the second question, in consultation with some of my advisors, we are really trying to position CFB as a “smart content” publication, that offers well more than news.
We are seeking out opinions, observations, and with our recent effort “Proud of the Crowd”, we will be delineating lists of top performers, platforms, initiatives. We want to be the platform of the thought leadership in the industry and assist in its development.
Q: Did you have a mentor or is there someone who inspires you as a leader? How did/do they impact on your career and life?
I am quite fortunate to have many mentors, each bringing something different to the table. I have run media platforms before, but the area of finance, regulation, and technology applied to accomplish this is a learning experience. So I try to surround myself with those that I believe are some of the smartest in the space – guys like Richard Swart and Jason Best, Doug Ellenoff and Steve Cinelli, Jeff Lynn, Howard Leonhardt, Bryan Zhang and Brian Koscak. They are willing to share their knowledge and opinions and kindly suggest areas where effort should be devoted to broadening the knowledge.
Q: What is the biggest challenge facing crowdfunding as an industry today and what solutions would you suggest?
This is an emerging industry. Right now there are about 8800 platforms out there, from P2P lending, rewards, and securities based, whether equity or debt. There seems to be a love fest with the new platforms and more investment capital is finding its way into the industry.
The big question is how to differentiated one from the other. Certainly the Kickstarters and Indiegogo have great brand recognition. And newer players in the securities space, like CircleUp, Fundrise, RealtyMogul are making traction. And they are raising capital on their platforms. The question is whether the results of their offerings will prove to be good or great deals. So we are in the early innings of this game. I want to see what really makes certain players rise amongs the rest. And what really translates into success. Do understand that raising money online is not a new phenomena. Kiva has been around over a decade and there was the first online platform for private financing, OffRoad, back in the late 1990s. Now I guess its more fashionable. And the traction and the application of social media has really propelled the model.
Q: What advice would you give someone trying to get into crowdfunding right now?
Seems like an easy question, but there are so many directions someone can take. Do you want to become a platform and what makes you different. Can you assist in what’s needed – social media, finance, curation, marketing, technology, UX/UI.
This is a newish industry so lots of different things happening with so many companies. On the flipside, do I use crowdfunding as a means to raise money for my own project?. Within media, I am excited because there are so many opportunities, such as the news, opinions and just wait….
The data side will be huge. Capturing the volumes, and the wins and the losses, what works and what doesn’t. We will see a whole new body of knowledge and research over the coming months and years. This is a cottage industry quickly changing into a highrise.
Q: What resources and events (blogs, books, conferences, podcasts, videos, etc) would you recommend to someone looking to become a crowdfunding expert and why?
Obviously, you should read what we publish on CrowdFundBeat, and the events that we produce. There are other production companies doing vertical conferences such as Lendit, which enjoyed over 1000 participants earlier in the year. In many respects, this is going mainstream, and will continue to gather steam. But there will be hiccups.
The mass media throughout the world is now regularly using the term “crowdfunding”, so we know we are on to something. Just keep learning and reading whatever you can. And associate with experts, like my mentors, who can provide some of the nuance rather than just the daily affairs.
Q: What are you doing to make sure you continue to grow and develop as an industry leader?
My interest will ultimately lie in “smart content”. As an analog, I would like to build a media company that would be considered the “Economist” in the space, rather than USA Today. I would like to be the source of really intelligent discourse and not just be a reporter and party-giver, but play a role in crafting the opinion and the direction of the industry, for the betterment of all those that participate.
Q: Can you tell us a little bit about how social networking and Web 2.0 have affected your organization or you personally?
We live in a world of social networking and web 2.0 is all about interaction and collaboration, rather than static content. That’s the power of the crowd, and it is incumbent on those of us in this industry to leverage to the tools to enhance the experience of the crowd and hopefully create a more engaging experience. What’s really exciting is the move toward Web 3.0 with semantic search and databases, particularly when it comes to the area of personal finance. Then we move into a whole new world.
Q: What do you think the crowdfunding space will look like five years from now?
I may have some ideas as to what this space may look like in five years, but interestingly, one of my advisors/mentors is about to launch, which we are producing, a research piece entitled 2020 Vision, which will go into what the world of crowdfunding will look like, or at least various scenarios, in the year 2020.
You will be amazed at where this can lead, which amongst other things potentially changes the roles of the major banks and other financial services providers. As with Moore’s law about computing capacity, the world of finance will change abruptly.
Q: What ultimate goal are you working towards?
I thoroughly enjoy what I do. It seems like I work 24 hours a day, and that’s still not enough, but I love it. I get to converse with really smart folks that want to make a difference. So my goal is to make a mark in this space, assist where I can to advance it and make it work for everyone in different ways.
@Sydney_Armani
Source http://www.crowdfunding.biz/blogs/1/74/crowdfunding-industry-spotlight-7-sydney-armani
Sydney Armani
Sydney Armani is a long time silicon valley entrepreneur, with more than twenty years experience in Valley’s community acting in both an entrepreneurial and investing capacity. Sydney’s vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies like Hello Net Internet and Mobile telephony appliance services or Minitel and Videotex, a first generation of touch Screen tablets. His international experience in trade and International banking takes him around the world, projects with OPIC Overseas Private Investment Corporation for free trade with business engagement in Europe and UAE’s Dubai.
A creative person at heart, he’s working on building a crowdfunding platform “Live Crowdfunding demo pitch contest” building a bridge for new generation of Startup’s in the Crowdfunding industry.”
Sydney is the publisher of CrowdFundBeat, an online daily crowdfunding news site in US and UK. He is also the organizer of the annual Silicon Valley Meets Crowdfunders conference in Palo Alto, CA
Q: How did you get into crowdfunding and what was it that attracted you to this industry?
I entered the crowdfunding industry after observing its growing interest amongst participants and the seeming need of more information and education for the broader community. My background in media and conferences led me to form CrowdFundBeat, as a webzine, and to complement that, I started to produce a series of conferences. I believe we are still early in the development of this space, and I feel there’s an opportunity and a compulsion to develop great content in many forms to support the growth of the industry.
Q: What’s the most common question people ask you about your job and how do you respond?
I guess the common questions lie in two areas – where do you source what you share and how do you differentiate CFB from other media that tries to report on the same space. To the first question, we have a number for sources within the States and abroad that daily provide updates or items of interests.
We also reach out to some of the leaders in the industry, whether platform operators, professional services firms, like the attorneys, and others that in one respect are great content providers, and others, which are seeking a bit of exposure within the industry, and whom provide interesting vignettes about what’s happening out there. To the second question, in consultation with some of my advisors, we are really trying to position CFB as a “smart content” publication, that offers well more than news.
We are seeking out opinions, observations, and with our recent effort “Proud of the Crowd”, we will be delineating lists of top performers, platforms, initiatives. We want to be the platform of the thought leadership in the industry and assist in its development.
Q: Did you have a mentor or is there someone who inspires you as a leader? How did/do they impact on your career and life?
I am quite fortunate to have many mentors, each bringing something different to the table. I have run media platforms before, but the area of finance, regulation, and technology applied to accomplish this is a learning experience. So I try to surround myself with those that I believe are some of the smartest in the space – guys like Richard Swart and Jason Best, Doug Ellenoff and Steve Cinelli, Jeff Lynn, Howard Leonhardt, Bryan Zhang and Brian Koscak. They are willing to share their knowledge and opinions and kindly suggest areas where effort should be devoted to broadening the knowledge.
Q: What is the biggest challenge facing crowdfunding as an industry today and what solutions would you suggest?
This is an emerging industry. Right now there are about 8800 platforms out there, from P2P lending, rewards, and securities based, whether equity or debt. There seems to be a love fest with the new platforms and more investment capital is finding its way into the industry.
The big question is how to differentiated one from the other. Certainly the Kickstarters and Indiegogo have great brand recognition. And newer players in the securities space, like CircleUp, Fundrise, RealtyMogul are making traction. And they are raising capital on their platforms. The question is whether the results of their offerings will prove to be good or great deals. So we are in the early innings of this game. I want to see what really makes certain players rise amongs the rest. And what really translates into success. Do understand that raising money online is not a new phenomena. Kiva has been around over a decade and there was the first online platform for private financing, OffRoad, back in the late 1990s. Now I guess its more fashionable. And the traction and the application of social media has really propelled the model.
Q: What advice would you give someone trying to get into crowdfunding right now?
Seems like an easy question, but there are so many directions someone can take. Do you want to become a platform and what makes you different. Can you assist in what’s needed – social media, finance, curation, marketing, technology, UX/UI.
This is a newish industry so lots of different things happening with so many companies. On the flipside, do I use crowdfunding as a means to raise money for my own project?. Within media, I am excited because there are so many opportunities, such as the news, opinions and just wait….
The data side will be huge. Capturing the volumes, and the wins and the losses, what works and what doesn’t. We will see a whole new body of knowledge and research over the coming months and years. This is a cottage industry quickly changing into a highrise.
Q: What resources and events (blogs, books, conferences, podcasts, videos, etc) would you recommend to someone looking to become a crowdfunding expert and why?
Obviously, you should read what we publish on CrowdFundBeat, and the events that we produce. There are other production companies doing vertical conferences such as Lendit, which enjoyed over 1000 participants earlier in the year. In many respects, this is going mainstream, and will continue to gather steam. But there will be hiccups.
The mass media throughout the world is now regularly using the term “crowdfunding”, so we know we are on to something. Just keep learning and reading whatever you can. And associate with experts, like my mentors, who can provide some of the nuance rather than just the daily affairs.
Q: What are you doing to make sure you continue to grow and develop as an industry leader?
My interest will ultimately lie in “smart content”. As an analog, I would like to build a media company that would be considered the “Economist” in the space, rather than USA Today. I would like to be the source of really intelligent discourse and not just be a reporter and party-giver, but play a role in crafting the opinion and the direction of the industry, for the betterment of all those that participate.
Q: Can you tell us a little bit about how social networking and Web 2.0 have affected your organization or you personally?
We live in a world of social networking and web 2.0 is all about interaction and collaboration, rather than static content. That’s the power of the crowd, and it is incumbent on those of us in this industry to leverage to the tools to enhance the experience of the crowd and hopefully create a more engaging experience. What’s really exciting is the move toward Web 3.0 with semantic search and databases, particularly when it comes to the area of personal finance. Then we move into a whole new world.
Q: What do you think the crowdfunding space will look like five years from now?
I may have some ideas as to what this space may look like in five years, but interestingly, one of my advisors/mentors is about to launch, which we are producing, a research piece entitled 2020 Vision, which will go into what the world of crowdfunding will look like, or at least various scenarios, in the year 2020.
You will be amazed at where this can lead, which amongst other things potentially changes the roles of the major banks and other financial services providers. As with Moore’s law about computing capacity, the world of finance will change abruptly.
Q: What ultimate goal are you working towards?
I thoroughly enjoy what I do. It seems like I work 24 hours a day, and that’s still not enough, but I love it. I get to converse with really smart folks that want to make a difference. So my goal is to make a mark in this space, assist where I can to advance it and make it work for everyone in different ways.
@Sydney_Armani
Source http://www.crowdfunding.biz/blogs/1/74/crowdfunding-industry-spotlight-7-sydney-armani
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Monday, July 7, 2014
Thursday, July 3, 2014
UC Berkeley is Hiring a Program Manager for CrowdFunding
CFB Job Post, University of California, Berkeley “UC Berkeley” it is the first university to hire a full-time crowdfunding manager.
Here is the position announcement. The link to the actual position is here http://jobs.berkeley.edu/
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Content or Distribution: Not Talking Media, Rather Crowdfunding
Fri, Jun 20, 2014 
By Steve Cinelli CFB contributing editor,
By Steve Cinelli CFB contributing editor,
There has been a long debate in the media industry as to where lies the power. Whether in music, television, books, news or movies, the proverbial query is who has the clout - content owners or distributors? Distribution, with accelerating reach and scale economies, may enjoy the negotiating power over rights and costs from owners, particularly in an environ of social media, with platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Netflix and YouTube. Yet content, in a world of unique and limited substitute offerings, can still command the stage, respect and compensation. The quality of content, the receptivity and connection with the observer yields a deeper essence. But the lines have and will continue to blur between the importance and role of both, particularly as business models evolve, technology intercedes and so the conversation moves on.
This analog, I submit, is spot on to the nature of the crowdfunding movement. So far, tremendous levels of near hysteria on the advent and growth of what is construed as a new form of finance. I say poppycock. Simply the business of finance, as an art and science, remains in situ. A user of capital conveys to a supplier of capital requisite information for such supplier of capital to decide to deploy such capital to such user, with the supplier, hoping to put up X and receive back X+. The merits of what represents a worthy investment still lies in essential characteristics – business thesis and need, management teams, market sizing and conditions, proper valuations and expectations on both parts, business and revenue models, competition and a bit of good fortune, i.e., when skill meets opportunity. To manifest a dream, various resources are needed, capital generally being one. How it’s structured and deployed, and how it performs is still resolute.
The crowdfunding mechanism is about distribution. In the days of old, private (unregistered) financing consisted of authoring a physical “book” aka private placement memorandum, which, containing the relevant information was sent to select investors, numbered of course, with follow up via phone, facsimile, or in person. Very analog. Very inefficient. While the “book” remained the constant, the conversations were tautological, and to some degree, personal, given the discourse with the would-be investor. Over the course of weeks and months, even years, one would fill the financing target, and all would be fabulous. Or not.
Welcome to the world of the Internet and digital communications, i.e., the ability to share information broadly, in many forms, and simultaneously. In 1999, at OffRoad Capital, we recognized that there was a much more efficient model of communicating to investors, i.e., via the Internet, by telling the story “singularly to a plurality”. And unlike investing in public companies, with reams of historical trading information, “privates” generally were virgin offerings, with a craft of storytelling. So we created a virtual environment to tell and share the story. We distributed the story in many ways, whether script, or pictures, or video, even providing live telecasts of management presentations and connecting our investors via phone bridges. Yep, pre SKYPE and pre-YouTube. We could provide a more robust and engaging experience to the investor than through a “book” and a phone. Means of technological distribution enabled efficiency and engagement, and even the ability to aggregate smaller levels of capital into a larger sum. No one could fathom doing a small offering with thousands of investors in an analog world, as it would be more mind numbing than herding cats. Technology enables in many ways.
But this still remains a finance game, where wins and losses are quantified in investment results, and for those conveying the “stories”, while efficiently shared, still have a responsibility to produce “appropriate content”. Said differently, I believe it crucial for those engaged in crowdfinance to bear the writer’s and editor’s pen and make sure that the story is told to engage, to educate, to enable, to elicit and to encompass all which an investor requires to make an informed decision. As Title III of the JOBS Act remains in limbo, securities-based platforms cater exclusively to the “accredited investor” (Regulation D, Rule 506c), which was a designation from which small companies might raise funds sans the cost of full-blown registration. The historical premise was that this group had both the ability to absorb losses, but also had the financial wherewithal to engage in their own, deeper diligence on a proposed offering. We generally lose sight of this latter premise, and intermediaries, be them analog bankers or crowd platforms, do have a responsibility to provide rich “content” in support of the investment thesis they are presenting.
In a review of offerings from various platforms in the US and EU, I believe we need to develop some standards of financial disclosure, i.e., content, if we hope for this industry of distributed finance to blossom into all of our desires and expectations. While we can lament generally about the lagging literacy and numeracy levels in the US, the degree of financial literacy is even more trammeled. Is it incumbent on the crowd industry to enable informed decision-making and provide a financial plenary that guides the reader/investor into how to really assess the investment, how numbers and values work (or don’t work), contributing to what the investor is striving for - an attractive return? While many companies rendered to the market are very early stage, and investors believe that products and brands and markets do create value, the measure of such is still financially represented. Thus, should we not just recognize we have the responsibility to financially display while we disclose, but we may also, in this moment of time, embrace the opportunity to financially educate?
I do believe that while still in a nascent industry, the platforms that will survive will be those that provide their investor audiences both comprehensive and understandable financial disclosures, while educating such audiences on how to “decipher” along the way in building investment discretion and skills. And in so doing, the smarter and more active investors will gravitate to those platforms that show the competence and elegance of disclosing, while educating, such information for a much advanced investment experience.
Steven Cinelli is Founder and CEO of Primarq and host of weekly webcast the crowd caucus
stevec@primarq.com
Friday, June 20, 2014
Who’s Who? of CrowdFunding Industry Professionals
Who’s Who? of CrowdFunding Industry Professionals
List@crowdfundbeat.com
Jay Abraham Business Growth Strategist
Kendall Almerico crowdfunding and JOBS Act expert @FundhubBiz
Andy Bentz Co-Founder CrowdLanding andy@crowdlanding.com
Andrew Dix Co-Founder Crowdfund Insider
Brian Dally Co-founder & CEO, GROUNDFLOOR
Brian Dally Co-founder & CEO, GROUNDFLOOR
Nav Athwal Realtyshares.com nav@realtyshares.com
Jouko Ahvenainen Chairman and Co-founder CrowdValley @jahven
Timothy C. Draper Founder Partner of DFJ
Dara Albright Chief Commuications Officer, Crowdcentric Founder, NowStreet @NowStreet
Antonio Arias CEO and Co-founder Healthy Crowdfunder Corp @alamidas @healthvcfunder
Sydney Armani CEO and Publisher CrowdFundBeat Media @Sydney_armani
Jason Best Co-founder and Principal Crowdfund Capital Advisors @CrowdCapA
Jeffrey A. Bekiares Spark Market Intrastate Platform
James Beshara Crowdtilt’s CEO and co-founder
Salvador Briggman CEO Crowdcrux.com
Richard Bliss crowdfunding podcast,
Amanda Barbara www.pubslush.com
Amanda Boyle CEO and Founder Bloom VC @nowaffle
Joseph Barisonzi Community Leader Turnkey CrowdFunding
Chris Camillo Author Laughing at Wall Street: How I Beat the Pros at Investing @ChrisCamillo
Steve Cinelli primarq.com stevec@primarq.com
Philip Cardwell Film PR Crowdfunding Consulatant cphilip@philipcardwell.com
Adam Chapnick AssetAvenue @AdamChapnick
Luan Cox Crowdnetic luan
Daniel Daboczy CEO FundedbyMe @fundedbymeceo
Charles Sidman President, Crowdfunding Professional Association CFPA
Andrea Downs President and CEO Coastalshows.comDavid Drake LDJ Capital Soho Loft Capital Creation
Douglas Ellenoff ellenoff@egsllp.com
Carl Esposti Crowdsourcing I Crowdfunding I Founder Crowdsourcing.org
Peter Einstein CrowdFunding4All (CF4ALL) – Search Engine
Peter Einstein CrowdFunding4All (CF4ALL) – Search Engine
Alex Fair Co-founder and CEO MedStartr.com @alexbfair
Michael Faulkner CEO SeedUps @seedups
Jonathan Frutkin Co-founder Cricca Funding , author equity Crowdfunding
Paul Freeman CFO CrowdIt paul@crowdit.com
Ryan Feit CEO and co-founder SeedInvest @ryanfeit
Brad Feld Managing Director Foundry Group @bfeld
Sanj Goyle CEO @bancbox.com
Daniel Gorfine Milken Institute
Julia Groves UK’s www.trillionfund.com http://www.ukcfa.org.uk/
Sandi Gilbert Founder & CEO CrowdCapital &SeedUps Canada
Dr. Kevin Grell CrowdFunding KBG|Consulting kevinberggrell@gmail.com
Oliver Gajda Co-founder and Chairman EURCrowdfunding @olivergajda
Kevin Harrington, Chairman of As Seen On TV
Josef Holm CEO @Tubestart.com, Crowdfunding Innovator,
Daryl Hatton CEO fundrazr.com
Barry James Barry. James@thesocialfoundation.org.uk
Alon Goren CEO at invested.in alon@invested.in
Jason T. Graf CEO Crowd it jason@crowdit.com
Jillian Helman Realty Mogul Jilliene@realtymogul.com
Sara Hanks CEO and Founder Crowd Check @SaraCrowdCheck
Josef Holm Founder and CEO, crowdfunding.biz CEO, Tubestart @josefholm
Ruth Hedges, CEO and Founder of CrowdFundingroad map.com
Kevin Harrington TVGoods.com
Jessica Jackley Investor and Advisor, Collaborative Fund Co-founder, Kiva @jessicajackley
Oscar A. Jofre, Jr. Founder, President and CEO BoardSuite @oscarjofre
Karen Kerrigan President Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council @karenkerrigan
Brian Koscak CANADA casselsbrock BKoscak@casselsbrock.com
Ronald Kleverlaan Senior Crowdfunding Strategist & Vice chairman European Crowdfunding Network
David Khorram CrowdFundi
Luke Lang Co-founder Crowdcube @lukelang
Howard Leonhardt Founder, Chairman and CEO Leonhardt Ventures @howardleonhardt
Jeff Lynn CEO and Co-founder Seedrs @jeffseedrs
Christopher J. Crippen Certified Crowd Funding Professional, Investment Real Estate
Alessandro M. Lerro 
Crowdfunding Italy
Crowdfunding Italy
Renaud Laplanche Lending Club, CEO
Benjamin Miller Co-Founder, Fundrise
David Manshoory CEO, AssetAvenue
Nadav Trenter Moser : http://www.mimoona.com/ medugam@gmail.com
Jonathan Medved CEO at OurCrowd
Benjamin Miller FundRise – Direct Public Offering Platform
Elena Mikhaylova, CEO of Crowdfund Productions, LLC
Gadi Mazor OurCrowd – Israeli Angel Platform
Brian Meece RocketHub Rewards Platform
Scott Mclntyre Crowdfunding Professional; Educator
Dan Marom Authors Crowdfunding Revolution me@danmarom.com
Arik Marmorstein Mimoona – Israeli Reward Platform
Eric Migicovsky Founder Pebble Technology @ericmigi
Alexander Mittal Co-founder and CEO FundersClub @mittal
Paul Niederer CEO Australian Small Scale Offerings Board (ASSOB)
Rodrigo Niño Prodigy Network’s founder and CEO
Sherwood (woodie) Niess Partner, Crowdfund Capital Advisors
Perry Niro Montreal, Canada perry@groupeavea.com
Tanya Prive Founder and COO RockThePost @tanyapri
Jeremiah Owyang Web Strategy www.crowdcompanies.com
Howard Orloff Crowdfunding-Website-Reviews
Mark Perlumutter www.websummits.com
DJ Paul Co-Chair CFIRA
Danae Ringelmann Co-founder and Chief Customer Officer Indiegogo @GoGoDanae
Ron Suber President at Prosper Marketplace
Jonathan Sandlund Founder TheCrowdCafe @jsandlund
Joy Schoffler Principal joy.s@leverage-pr.com
Joanna Schwartz s CEO of EarlyShares
Dr. Victoria Silchenko Journalist, Author, Speaker
Manolis Sfinarolakis Founder & Producer at Reality Crowd TV,
Bishop Rodney Sampson Kingonomics
Kevin Swill COO of the Carlton Group
Congressman Patrick McHenry one of the investment crowdfunding industry’s most resolute champions
Peter MacKness UK Crowdfunding, Sponsorship, Brand Activation,
John-Michael Scott Crowdfunding Film Project jms@indiefund.it
Stefano Zaccaria D’Aniello Co-Founder & COO, GroundBreaker
Bruno Schneider – Le Saout Crowdfundng France
Paul Spinrad CrowdFunding Advocate Investian
Wil Schroter Founder and CEO Fundable @wilschroter
Barry Sheerman Member of Parliament for Huddersfield UK Parliament @BarrySheerman
Barry Silbert Founder and CEO SecondMarket @barrysilbert
Rose Spinelli Coach, Trainer, Pitch Video Creator TheCrowdfundamentals.com @TCFrose
Duncan Stewart Director of TMT Research Deloitte Canada @dunstewart
Yancey Strickler Co-founder and CEO Kickstarter @ystrickler
Tim Sullivan CEO MicroVentures N/A
Richard Swart Partner and Research Director Crowdfund Capital Advisors @richardswart
Devin D. Thorpe Journalist, Author, philanthropist @ devindthorpe
John Trigonis Indiegogo author of Crowdfunding for Filmmakers
Carlo Tabibi CEO @ Patch of Land
Chris Tyrrell CEO at Offer Board @christyrrell
Slava Rubin CEO Indiegogo (@gogoslava
Darren Westlake CEO CrowdCube @DazWest
Joanne Wilson Co-founder Gotham Gal Ventures @thegothamgal
Kim Wills Wales Capital @kimwales1
Johnton Wilson Crowdfudning attorney jwilson@taylorenglish.com
Mathew Walker Technology Enthusiast | Domain Name Broker | eBook Author
Sonny Vu Misfit Wearables
Diana Yazidjian Crowdfunding strategist Canada
Bryan Zhang PhD Researcher Bryan Zhang @BryanZhangZ
Korstiaan Zandvliet Symbid – Global Equity Platform
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