Since 2006, P2P & online lending have enjoyed explosive growth. Lending Club and Prosper, America’s two largest P2P lenders have now surpassed $2B in loan origination, and P2P has captured the attention of industry legends, the financial media, the investing public and even today’s technology giants. Lending Club’s board is comprised of such recognized leaders […]
Capitalizing on Financial Innovation – Part II: Accessing Small Business Growth Capital Right Now
Hey, bootstrapped entrepreneurs and struggling small businesses, what’s all this lying around sh*t? So what if the banks aren’t lending? Who cares if the public markets continue to exclude you? Boo hoo that the SEC is dragging its feet on implementing key components of the JOBS Act such as crowdfund investing? Are you going to […]
Capitalizing on Financial Innovation – Part I: Preparing for the Crowdfunding Revolution
Since the passage of the overwhelmingly bipartisan Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”) on April 5, 2012, the curiosity of a revolutionary small business financing mechanism called, Crowdfunding (also referred to as Title III of the JOBS Act, “Crowdfund Investing” or “CrowdInvesting”), has intensified. For those out-of-the-know, “Crowdfunding” is a process of raising […]
The Great Wall Street Slumber Party
Thursday, January 3, 2013 Dear Readers, Thanks to all of you entrepreneurs, visionaries, financiers, bankers, legislators, tax, legal and regulatory experts who came together this past year to institute colossal Wall Street reform. When historians look back on the 2012, it will be recognized as the year that not only laid the foundation for the […]
Today’s America – Nothing Ventured, Everything Gained – at Least for Some
Dear Fellow Americans, I am writing this letter not only as an unrelenting advocate for Wall Street reform, but more poignantly as a concerned citizen and a devoted mother of two young children. Like me, my parents before me and my grandparents before them, I want to see my children grow up in a prospering […]