Introduce Yourself

I love hearing from people in the Equity Crowdfunding space. There's so many people from such diverse backgrounds and ideologies it's been amazing getting to know people in the space and that follow myself and the industry.

With that, take some time to introduce yourself! How'd you discover equity crowdfunding, why do you invest, and just generally tell me about yourself and your thoughts about the industry! As well, thanks for joining!

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Alex

Aug 24, 2022

Hey Caleb!

I've been reading some of your work on Medium for a while and saw you created this new site. You're one of the few writers in the equity crowdfunding space I've found, and I really enjoy reading your content.

I got into equity crowdfunding early in 2021 and was shocked to find out that the space even existed. I always found it unfair accredited investors got access to startup investing while average investors didn't, so finding out about the JOBS act and what it now allows was momentous for me. I've used Startengine, Dealmaker, Republic, and Wefunder and try to go for both quantity and quality of investments simultaneously since we all know 9/10 startups fail. I'm hoping those odds improve as crowdfund platforms do some vetting of who they list, but even still if we can all get just one winner out of ten to twenty investments that's going to offset the losses and then some.

Anyways, keep up the great work and expanding this site to a wider audience. I've shared it with some of my investing friends, but even they are still very reluctant to equity crowdfunding with only 1 actually dipping their toes in to invest in Boxabl. Getting people as excited about equity crowdfunding as they can get about crypto or meme stocks will be challenging, but once a few winners go public and make people some money I think this will become easier. I started out in crypto in 2014, and I'm as excited about Reg CF/A+ offerings now as I was about BTC and ETH back then. It's only a matter of time.

Feel free to follow me on Republic and I look forward to reading more of your articles in the future! https://republic.com/@alexander-duplessie

Caleb Naysmith

Aug 24, 2022

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I absolutely love hearing from people that enjoy my writing and find it helpful! I think equity crowdfunding is an absolute game changer such a huge step forward for 'democratizing finance' and allowing everyday people to build generational wealth AND everyday founders to secure funding.

I got in late 2020 and was equally shocked to find out it existed. I took the plunge in early 2021 and began investing quite a bit and now I have been incredibly succesful. I think equity cf sites vetting startups + people doing their own research means people will likely even outperform traditional VCs and angels in many instances. Personally, I have invested less than 20k, and my portfolio on paper is worth several multiples of that and will likely grow as these companies near IPO.

I've done what i can to educate people on it, but I think EqCF is on the cusp of something incredibly huge. VC funding is in the hundreds of billions every year, combined with trillions invested in the U.S. overall. The yearly volume of investments in EqCF is under a billion currently? So much growth and promise.

Lastly, my philosphy on it is this: There's always those early stories that "make an industry" and a name behind it. The dogecoin millionaire. The Winklevoss twins. The "greatest trade to ever exist" in Shiba turning 8k into billions. DeepFuckingValue and his GME journey. These people all saw something where no one else did and got in when others didn't believe in it. They committed and they became the story, and made the money while others chased it. I think EqCF is gonna have a lot of those stories and a long history of success, but I think people that have that type of vision for EqCF will be rewarded and we will begin seeing those types of stories with some of the big names currently cooking and entering the later stages of their funding cycles.

Super stoked to have you here, and glad you're enjoying the site. Lots to come here, and let me know if you need anything and have any suggestions. So: