Sweta Khandelwal, Principal Attorney at The Law Offices of Sweta Khandelwal, spoke at the ASL Emerging Business Group’s best practices seminar on the topic, “US Immigration Issues for Businesses, their Founders, Investors and Employees.” In this podcast, Sweta shares how to handle the changing immigration laws. To watch the whole seminar, please visit our YouTube page: ASL YouTube
By Jyothi Chillara, CPA, Principal
ASL Emerging Business Group
Crowdfunding is a method of raising financing for projects from the public via crowdfunding platforms and social media. Some of the most common crowdfunding platforms are Kickstarter, Indiegogo and GoFundMe. According to Investopedia, Kickstarter has raised over $2 billion since 2009.
Forbes predicts that crowdfunding eventually will surpass venture capital for investing. According to Business News Daily, ““Crowdfunding is here to stay. By 2025, the global crowdfunding market potential could be between $90 billion and $96 billion,” said Bill Clerico, co-founder and CEO of WePay, citing data from the World Bank.” (more…)
Mike Rose and Eric Gonzales, Managing Directors at Montage Capital, spoke at the ASL Emerging Business Group’s best practices seminar on the topic, “Understanding Venture Debt & Equity.” In this podcast, Mike and Eric share that there are a number of different options available for companies in the early to mid-stage that are not traditional venture capital equity.
Karthik Sundaram, Founder & CEO of Purplepatch Services, spoke at the ASL Emerging Business Group’s best practices seminar on the topic, “B2B Marketing: Evolving from Spray-and-Pray to Align-and-Sign.” In this podcast, Karthik shares the importance of utilizing marketing to create demand and knowing who your buyer is.
Gary Jinks, President of GLJ Group, spoke at the ASL Emerging Business Group’s best practices seminar on the topic, “The Top 10 New Things You Need to Know about Start-ups Today.” In this podcast, Gary shares 2 of his top 10 list, including that the bar has been raised for start-ups, and understanding how to leverage and make use of the ecosystem.
