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Crowdfunding Fraud: How Big is the Threat?

Last week I published an article, written with Crowdfund Insider director and editor Charles Luzar on the subject of fraud in crowdfunding:  Crowdfunding Fraud: How Big is the Threat?  We researched and gathered data from hundreds of crowdfunding campaigns to get a sense of the scope of fraud and potential

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Crowdfunding – Five Big things

(Originally published as a Guest Blog on CX.com  on December 11, 2012)  Crowdfunding. You’ve heard of it — sexy projects by entrepreneurs who buck the establishment by going directly to the public for funding. Or maybe you’ve heard of the other crowdfunding — fraud, deceit and boiler room brokers bilking

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Crowdfunding – The Storm Begins

In 2011 “Crowdfunding” matured from a method to collect donations for small creative projects, to a formidable new way of investing in startups.  Battleground 2012 is about whether the US should update its antiquated securities laws to allow for Crowdfunding new entrepreneurial  companies. .

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Crowdfunding – The Calm Before the Storm

1. Crowdfunding Grows Up: 2011 was the year that crowdfunding matured, went pro and on the cusp of mainstream.   In prior years, crowdfunding sites were viewed as the only way starving artists and entrepreneurial mistfits could ‘pass the hat’  and get funded – mainly by other altruistic and curious misfits. Crowdfunding sites were derided by traditionalists 

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The Fallacy Against Crowdfunding

Recently Entrepreneur.com (the website for Entrepreneur Magazine) posted an opinion piece called: Why Crowdfunding is Bad for Business I encourage you to read the article in full. But I must say, I found the argument misinformed, to be kind. More bluntly – the argument and article were condescending, amateurish, and uninformed.

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Academics

Academics & Education I’ve been teaching as long as I’ve been learning.   As undergraduate (teaching assistant in Calculus and Nuclear Engineering); later as a lecturer in new ventures; and recently as professor in entrepreneurship:  I’ve been developing courses, lectures, giving seminars and workshops – plus publishing some papers on

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Backgrounder

Backgrounder CJ Cornell is a veteran media and tech executive, entrepreneur, investor, author and educator with a long history of creating products and companies television, broadband, and other consumer media platforms. As a serial entrepreneur, CJ Cornell was a founder or part of the senior management team of more than 10

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Writing

Writing I write Books. I Blog. I publish Research Papers. I write about entrepreneurship and startups, and what makes them successful. I write about the future of entrepreneurship.  Topics include: Entrepreneurs & Startups Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Innovation & Cutting Edge Technology Business Development & Marketing Mentors & Advisors (your Startup Brain Trust) Venture Capital

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