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Crowd Funding - Debt & Equity


Total Credits: 2 including 2 Finance - Technical

Average Rating:
   22
Faculty:
Don Minges, MBA
Course Levels:
Intermediate
Duration:
2 Hours
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Description

Passage of the 2012 JOBS Act effectively lifted previous bans on private companies raising funds from the public. The Securities and Exchange Commission will release regulations for raising equity through crowd funding. Crowd funding will not be appropriate for all companies. Risks, advantages, disadvantages and costs exist. Whether crowd funding is or is not an appropriate method for your organization to raise debt or equity, it is becoming a part of the Finance landscape and toolkit. This session covers using crowd funding to raise debt and equity. An independent companion session covers crowd funding for donations and pre-sales.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives

*Discuss the four types of crowd funding: donations, pre-selling, debt & equity

*Review the JOBS Act, Risks, advantages, disadvantages and costs of crowd funding to raise debt or equity

*Forecast of when regulations will be available so US firms can raise equity using crowd funding

*Analysis of successful crowd funding projects, including international firms and US firms that have raised debt and equity by crowd funding


Major Subjects

*Crowd Funding

*Debt

*Equity

*2012 JOBS Act


Course Materials

Faculty

Don Minges, MBA's Profile

Don Minges, MBA Related Seminars and Products


Don Minges, MBA, is a fractional CFO who works in diverse industries at various development stages.  His expertise is in profitability enhancement, strategic planning, venture capital, mergers & acquisitions, consulting, turnarounds, economic forecasting, cost accounting and financial analysis.  Don has experience raising equity for several growing firms and has invested equity capital into promising businesses.  He has served on the Board of Directors for many firms.  He graduated with highest honors from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke.


Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Advanced Preparation None
Course Developer Executive Education, Inc.
Designed For All professional accountants.
Prerequisites Some corporate finance classwork or experience
Yellow Book

No


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Instructional Delivery Method Internet-based Group Live
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Course Registration Requirements

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Total Reviews: 22

Comments

Mary E

"Truly fascinating subject. Enjoyed the dialogue between speakers "