1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910811482003321

Autore

Freedman David M.

Titolo

Equity crowdfunding for investors : a guide to risks, returns, regulations, funding portals, due diligence, and deal terms / / David M. Freedman and Matthew R. Nutting

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-118-85780-1

1-118-86487-5

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Collana

Wiley Finance Series

Disciplina

658.15224

Soggetti

Crowd funding

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface: The New Angel Investors; Definitions of Key Terms; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Chapter 1 The Foundations of Online Crowdfunding; The Internet Doesn't Change Everything; But the Internet Changes Some Things; Rewards Crowdfunding Blasts Off; Wisdom and Madness of the Crowd; Rewards as a Gateway to Equity; Debt and Donation Crowdfunding; Lending to Your Peers; Donation Crowdfunding; Emergence of Equity Crowdfunding; Chapter 2 Equity Offering Platforms (under Regulation D); Definitions; Liquidity; Liability; Regulation D Basics

Regulation D Offering Platforms Deregulating General Solicitation; Distinguishing Reg D and Title III; Reg D Offering Platform Categories; Profile: Micro Ventures; Done Deals; Deal Flow; Closing the Deal; Profile: Circle Up; Done Deals; Deal Flow; Closing the Deal; Suspense Builds around Title III; Chapter 3 Equity Crowdfunding; Paving New Roads to Capital Markets; A Deeper Dive into Title III; Title III Provisions for Issuers; Title III Provisions for Investors; Title III Provisions for Intermediaries; Broker-Dealers and Due Diligence; Experts and Pundits Analyze Title III

Supply-Side Pessimists Demand-Side Pessimists; The Cautious Outlook; Chapter 4 Intrastate Equity Crowdfunding; The Intrastate



Exemption; The Surge of Intrastate Exemptions; Can Funding Portals Receive Compensation?; The Bohemian Guitar Success Story; Deal Trickle, Not Flow; More Intrastate Crowdfunding Exemptions; Chapter 5 Deal Flow; Stages of Business Development; Growth Potential; Historical Angel Deal Flow; Chapter 6 Angel Investors; Angel Investors before Crowdfunding; Traditional Angel Investors; Financial and Social Motivation; Running the Numbers; Where's the ROI?

Angel Groups and Angel Crowds Wisdom and Madness of Crowds; New Angel Investors; Two Keys to Angel Investing Success; Chapter 7 Equity Crowdfunding Portals; Suitability and Due Diligence; Revenue for Platforms; Purebred and Hybrid Platforms; The Equity Crowdfunding Ecosystem; Generalists, Specialists, and Aggregators; Orientation to Equity Crowdfunding Sites; Terms and Conditions of Use; The Investor Dashboard; Application for Issuers; Chapter 8 How to Invest, Part I: Portfolio Strategy; Private Securities Risk and Reward; Risk and Diversification; Alternative Assets; Asset Allocation

Dry Powder Before You Pull the Trigger; Return on Investment; Liquidity; Employment; Exits; Chapter 9 How to Invest, Part II: Identify Suitable Offerings; Narrow Down Your Selection of Offerings; Social and Personal Motivations; Financial Motivations; Selecting Equity Crowdfunding Sites; Get Good Advice from Informed Advisers; Tying It All Together; Chapter 10 Equity Crowdfunding Securities; Straight Equity: Stock and LLC Units; Common and Preferred Stock; Drawbacks of Corporations; Limited Liability Companies; LLC Drawbacks; Stock or LLC Units: Which Is Better for Investors?

Convertible Debt, the Hybrid Security

Sommario/riassunto

Learn the ins and outs of equity crowdfunding with this informative guide  Equity Crowdfunding for Investors is a comprehensive, objective, and authoritative guide to the social and financial rewards of crowdfunding. Before now, angel investing - and the spectacular returns possible in this asset class - has been off-limits to all but the wealthiest Americans. Now equity crowdfunding portals allow the general public to buy shares in startups and fast-growing private companies for the first time in generations. This book provides the guidance individuals need to invest wisely, tempering the



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Record Nr.

UNINA9911022452803321

Autore

Kanavaris Fragkoulis

Titolo

Early-Age and Long-Term Cracking in RC Structures : Proceedings of the 2nd International RILEM Conference on Early-Age and Long-Term Cracking in RC Structures (CRC 2025) / / edited by Fragkoulis Kanavaris, Agnieszka Jędrzejewska, Farid Benboudjema, Miguel Azenha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

3-032-04361-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (524 pages)

Collana

RILEM Bookseries, , 2211-0852 ; ; 62

Altri autori (Persone)

JędrzejewskaAgnieszka

BenboudjemaFarid

AzenhaMiguel

Disciplina

691.3

Soggetti

Concrete

Building materials

Buildings - Design and construction

Structural Materials

Building Construction and Design

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of crack control in concrete, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the International RILEM Conference on Early-age and Long-term Cracking in RC Structures (CRC), held in Katowice, Poland on September 11-12, 2025. It covers early-age and long-term imposed deformations in concrete, analytical formulations for calculating crack widths in concrete, numerical simulations of the early-age and long-term restrained behaviour of concrete elements, experimental investigations on cracking, on-site monitoring of imposed deformations and cracking, crack control and influence of binders and admixtures on governing properties relevant to cracking. The conference demonstrated that a comprehensive approach to this problem requires the design of robust experimental techniques, the development of multiscale models and the evaluation



of code-based and other analytical approaches relevant to crack control in concrete. The contributions, which were selected through a rigorous international peer-review process, share exciting ideas that will spur novel research directions and foster new multidisciplinary collaborations. The event follows on from a very successful conference under the same theme in 2021 (CRC2021) which was held in Paris (ENS-Paris-Saclay) in hybrid format due to Covid-19 measures. The CRC2025 conference also served as one of the final events of RILEM TC 287-CCS, celebrating the achievements of the TC over the past 6 years.