Investments & jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area startup economy

Investments & jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area startup economy

1. Please briefly answer the following background questions:
a) What are angel investors, and angel investors clubs?
b) What is crowdfunding?
c) What is an accredited investor?
d) What is the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (or JOBS) Act of 2012?
e) What are the main provisions of the JOBS Act concerning angel and crowdfunding investing?

2. Crowd-funding (non-necessarily accredited investor)
a) Prepare a portfolio of 10 investing opportunities in crowdfunding you would consider investing in. Explain why, and specify the amount to be invested and returns expectations. (Budget: $20,000)
b) What are the risks/opportunities in crowdfunding?
3. Angel investing (accredited investor)
a) Prepare a portfolio of 5 startups you would like to invest in. Explain why, and specify the amount to be invested and returns expectations. (Budget: 100,000)
b) What are the risks/opportunities in angel investing?
4. Jobs
a) Look for sources of startups and list 10 startups you would consider working for, and perhaps apply for jobs as well.
b) b) What are the risks/opportunities of working for those particular startups?
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 Initial sources –just to get you started. Adding sites to this list will help you get a better grade.

NVCA

http://www.startuphire.com/10,000/
https://angel.co/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2012/04/30/top-tech-incubators-as-ranked-by-forbes-y-combinator-tops-with-7-billion-in-value/
https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs
http://www.idealab.com/
https://www.kickstarter.com/

Home

https://circleup.com/
http://www.investorscircle.net/
http://www.indiegogo.com/
http://crowdfunding.com/ (Top 10 Crowdfunding Sites)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdsourcing
https://welcome.sharespost.com/
https://www.secondmarket.com/
http://equityzen.com/e/

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