What I'm reading in your sentiment is that you believe that such regulation prevents the "hard sales" approach of getting people to invest wonderfully demonstra

What I'm reading in your sentiment is that you believe that such regulation prevents the "hard sales" approach of getting people to invest wonderfully demonstrated by the junk bonds and Boiler Room movie. And I agree with you - such crap tactics are what ruins it for the rest of us. But I also don't believe that simply barring access is the right way to go. In an environment where barriers to entry are falling everywhere, the funding aspect still remains the most difficult. A talented small group of engineers can put together solutions that rivals the best of fortune 100 companies, but those same engineers are usually not capable of marshaling the resources they need to execute, often more efficiently than their big company counterparts. Start-ups are super risky. If people understand that, and have means to diversify, than we have a good model. To me, Kickstarter is an awesome way to crowdfund for a product or a finite project. By promising something in return, you essentially get a head start on sales revenue, and use it to fund the development.