Investment during our national emergency

For more COVID-19 information,
see our posts Resources and Response Framework.

How do I ask for investment money during the national emergency…

• We live in “unprecedented times”
• National emergency – recession or depression

A couple of thoughts on asking for investment money during a national emergency:

1. Nobody is willing to invest in new opportunities at the present time;
2. People will still invest in new opportunities if they can see that the opportunity will help others to help themselves (socially responsible enterprise);
3. If we make the minimum investment a reasonable amount (this is how crowdfunding web site raise money); and
4. Reasonable Minimum investment $500 or $1,000 (it is easier to come down in price than go up in price)

StartEngine Information

Here is a list of 5 current campaigns on the crowdfunding web site StartEngine:

In a new blog post from StartEngine CEO Howard Marks, Howard breaks down the state of fundraising today and shares good news: there is an alternative source of capital. Just as Kickstarter and Indiegogo blossomed in the years after the 2008 financial crisis, equity crowdfunding has gone in the opposite direction of institutional investment in the past few weeks. The space is currently thriving.

For more information:

• https://www.startengine.com/blog/raising-capital-in-the-time-of-coronavirus/?utm_source=Company+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=4ef87723bc-Company_Newsletter_2020_19_3&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1299be1712-4ef87723bc-286987437
• See DSV Consulting LLC’s crowdfunding consulting services page or an article on our funding process…

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Steve Bethke, President of Everybody’s Phone Company, is a guest blog author who contributes to the DSV Consulting LLC website from time to time. “Everybody’s Phone Company is a alternative to the large telecom providers that have dominated the local telephone service market. We offer pre-paid service that is a fast growing concept in the telecommunications market.“

This article is copyright 2020 by Steve Bethke, reprinted here by permission.

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