The JOBS Act : Crowdfunding Guide to Small Businesses and Startups

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Summary of the JOBS Act -- Chapter 1: The JOBS Act -- The Growth of the Crowdfunding Industry Since 2012 -- Rewards- and Donations-Based Crowdfunding Compared to JOBS Act Investment-Based Crowdfunding -- Regulatory Implementation Chronology -- Key JOBS Act Regulations -- Structure of the Act -- Increased Capital-Raising Allowances -- Exemptions from Certain Reporting Requirements -- Funding Portals -- Portal Requirements -- Investment Restrictions -- Small Company Risk -- Fraud Prevention -- Twenty-One-Day Dissemination and Goal Meeting -- Privacy Issues -- Conflict-of-Interest Prohibition -- Requirements for Issuers -- Crowdfunding Regulations -- Trading Restrictions on Crowdfunded Securities -- Important Definitions -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Startup Financing Environment -- Startup Financing Marketplace Recovering -- How We Got Here: Impact of the Market Crisis on the IPO Market -- Venture Capital and Angel Investing -- Comparing the United States to China -- Additional Factors Impacting Startups -- What the JOBS Act Does -- From Which Regulations Are EGCs Exempt? -- Audited Statements -- Financial Reporting -- Marketing -- Regulatory Initiatives -- Sarbanes-Oxley -- Section 501 -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Emerging Growth Companies -- Emerging Growth Companies in the United States by Revenue -- More Data on Activity by State -- Potential Impact on Jobs -- Crowdfunding Examples -- Title III Equity Crowdfunding to Date -- Beta Bionics and the Artificial Pancreas -- BrewDog Brewery -- Donation and Reward-Based Crowdfunding Campaigns -- Pebble: E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android -- Coolest Cooler -- East Harlem Café -- La Casa Azul Bookstore -- Summary -- Part II: Disclosure and Crowdfunding in the JOBS Act.