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Scottish Christmas

According to Wikipedia: Haggis is a savoury pudding containing sheep’s pluck (heart, liver and lungs); minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally encased in the animal’s stomach and simmered for approximately three hours. Most modern commercial haggis is prepared in a sausage casing rather than an actual stomach. Sounds [… Read More]

Korstiaan Zandvliet, Symbid – Eurozone Crowdfunding

“Everyone’s skeptical at the beginning,” says Korstiaan Zandvliet, the entrepreneur behind Symbid, but most entrepreneurs say, “Cheerio!” Is capital formation broken in the Eurozone? Whether it is or not, huge change is coming in the form of crowdfunding platforms like Symbid. “Never fear when markets become more efficient,” ACA Chairman David Verrill once told me, [… Read More]

Ross Finlay, First Angel Network

I’m heading back to Halifax in a few weeks. The First Angel Network is once again hosting the NACO Annual Summit. This event closes the year for me; after the US Summit and EBAN’s Congress this Canadian conference summarizes the state of the art of angel investing in North America. Feeling a little smug? Thinking [… Read More]

Go to School on the JOBS Act with Dan Rosen

Who would you call for help? I knew right away: Dan Rosen of the Alliance of Angels in Seattle. He runs the Public Policy Committee for the ACA. Why did I need help? As you know, I’m on my way to Moscow for the 12th Annual EBAN Congress — I’ll be Master of Ceremonies for [… Read More]

Christopher Mirabile, Boston’s Launchpad

Chris calls it “lightening in a bottle,” his short interview of me in Austin at the Annual Summit. How could I resist? When he announced it on his blog I had to check it out; that’s when I saw his post on Crowdfunding. He’s here today to share his thoughts on the pros and cons [… Read More]