Monthly Archive for: ‘October, 2011’

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It Starts with Me — A Letter to the Occupy Movement

October 23, 2011 Dear Occupy Movement:  I saw you last weekend in Boulder, and I was mostly saddened by what I experienced.  Yes, it is good to see that you are motivated enough to change things that you will spend a spectacular fall day marching on Pearl Street.  But you seemed so angry, at times [...]

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Social Businesses Come in Many Legal Forms

I asked an entrepreneur recently why she wanted to incorporate her business as a benefit corporation.  Her response:  “Because it’s awesome.”  After more prodding, she went on to explain that although she did not know any of the details about the benefit corporation, she knew that it reflected her values in terms of how businesses [...]

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HUB Boulder – It’s On!

HUB Boulder – It’s On!

We suffer for very few things in Boulder, but I must admit that I have had HUB envy ever since I visited my first one in San Francisco over two years ago.  I have since spent time at HUB spaces in Mumbai, London and Vienna, and have met the folks behind HUB intiatives in LA, Seattle, Amman and Istanbul.  [...]

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Don’t Wait for the Crowd — Legalization of Crowdfunding Could Take a While

Don’t Wait for the Crowd — Legalization of Crowdfunding Could Take a While

Crowfunding – raising money online to finance something – has obvious appeal in this era of social media and rapidly expanding Internet penetration.  For companies seeking to raise investment dollars, however, crowdfunding is largely unavailable as a tool to attract investors based in the U.S.  Crowdfunding is currently impractical in the U.S. because all securities [...]

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