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Posted by Sean Key
Hi Sean. Much depends on in which country you are located. Local laws vary, and these will govern what you can and can't do. In it's simplest form, crowd funding lends itself to assisting startups with grass roots funding for which no equity need be surrendered. If you look at iPledg (http://ipledg.com/) and the attached blog, you will see how startups can use crowd funding in a manner similar to pre-sales to bring in fuding for their projects. Well worth a look
Thank you for the comment and the link. I appreciate the assist.
From the perspective of 20+ years experience in micro-cap start up securities law compliance, crowdsourcing startups needs to provide for how investors realize a return. That is either going to be pro rata distribution of profits or appreciation and market liquidity. Transfer agents and broker-dealers either need to be brought into the process or their functions recreated. This is the essential flip side of the coin. Without providing means of liquidity for ownership positions the potential for abuse of well intentioned investors is enormous.