SCORE How to Use Crowdfunding for My Business

Event description

Crowdfunding is a new source of business funding as well as a way to get pre-sales of your products. This is a new and fast growing area that allows small businesses and average investors to get involved in an area that was previously open only to very large businesses and wealthy investors. Find out how crowdfunding works and if it is right for you. We will review and compare the five forms of crowdfunding and also compare crowdfunding to traditional methods of financing.

The methods discussed will include:

• Donation-based Crowdfunding

• Rewards-based (or Affinity) Crowdfunding

• Debt Crowdfunding

• Equity Crowdfunding

• Revenue Sharing Crowdfunding

Our presenter is Craig Linsky.

27 Years in the Financial Industry with background in Customer Insights, Small Business Analytics & Research, Consumer Product Analysis Retail Credit Product Analysis, Investments Sales Management, Branch Management, Small Business Lending, Treasury (Asset/Liability) Management and Market Research.

FINANCIAL SERVICES VOLUNTEER CORP. EXPERIENCE

Conduct training seminars on strategic planning, marketing, new product development and competitive intelligence for bankers in Jordan, Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria and Iraq.

SCORE EXPERIENCE:

Ten years as a SCORE member. Six years as Chairman of the Client Education Committee. Develop, present and manage workshops on various small business topics. Provide one-on-one mentoring to entrepreneurs.