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The Art of CrowdFunding Tax & Equity Crowdfunding Ryan Fetterly April 4, 2014

Equity Crowdfunding - BC, Canada

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I used this slide deck to explain the basics of Equity Crowdfunding at a CrowdFunding workshop for film makers and creatives.

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The Art of CrowdFunding

Tax & Equity Crowdfunding Ryan Fetterly!April 4, 2014

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What is Equity Crowdfunding?

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CrowdFunding History

Presale

EquityDonation

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CrowdFunding Continuum

May 2014

Donation Campaign

$50,000 Raised

February 2015

$125,000 Raised

May 2016

$200,000 Raised

Pre-Sale Equity Campaign

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Equity CrowdFunding Sites

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Oculus Rift - $2Billion

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* = There is a special program in Saskatchewan.

It’s Illegal …for now*

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Angels & Accredited Investors

“… you can go to Las Vegas and lose $10,000 at the table in an hour but you don’t have to be an accredited gambler …”!

!-Steve Case

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Tax

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“If Americans diverted 1% of their long-term savings to [crowdfunding], that sum would be 10x the total VC investment

in the US”. -Amy Cortese, author of Locavesting

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So what now?

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References

Canadian Site

Alixe Cormick’s Blog: !A well informed Lawyer

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Thanks!

Ryan [email protected]!Twitter: Fetterly_BC!Blog: 1yearentrepreneur.com!