The Jobs ACT: Crowdfunding for Small Businesses and Startups

by William Michael Cunningham

Book Overview

On April 5, 2012, President Barack Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, better known as the JOBS Act. The act is designed to "reopen American capital markets to small companies," defined in the act as Emerging Growth Companies. This is one of the most significant legislative initiatives in finance since the Securities and Exchange Acts of 1933 and 1934, and it opens up funding to a slew of companies previously shut out of the capital...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143024755X
• ISBN13: 9781430247555
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Apress
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"