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Will you like a Kickstarter for startups?
Where users can invest, without getting company shares, in your startup
- Kilimanjaro 16y agoI've been thinking exactly the same thing, but giving investors the option to get shares. Something like micro-angels, offer a pool of 1000 shares valued at 5% of your startup and sell them for say $10 each, or something like that. Easy for people to invest in ideas they like and still being able to own something from the startup.
- Kilimanjaro 16y agoOf course the startup might not be registered yet, so the legal aspects must be studied with care. But having a list of 'donors' and honoring that list when the startup grows is the right thing to do.
- retroafroman 16y agoAren't there SEC issues with this in the USA? It seems like I heard something about non accredited investors that limits this type of system. But I may be wrong.
- ccarnino 16y agoI don't know how are the legal aspects, but I think that give the ability to customers to pre-buy the product, or as kickstarter, do a simbolyc investment. Eg. $10 for thank in the honor page and a t-shirt.
- noctrine 16y agoI think those legal issues are the reason that Kickstarter doesn't allow you to give shares as a 'thank you' for donating.
- GeoffSakala 16y agoSounds like Profounder. Yes, there are significant legal issues to overcome in each state in fact. One idea that is intriguing is founders swapping equity. So if I give up 1-2% into a pool and receive a blended 1-2% back of a pool of other startups I'd jump at that chance.
- dstein 16y agoMaybe one way to do this, would be to make a "startup coupon" system. Where people would actually donate real money, which become coupons for whichever startups you want to support. And once the startup is running, the actual money would be deposited to the company, and users can redeem their coupons.
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