Passionate Living Through Passive Investing

Investing Where the Crowd Leads: How Investomers Are Redefining the Crowdfunding Landscape Ep-195(I)

โ€ข George Gordon Roberts III, Ph.D.

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๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ฌ: ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐ž-๐’๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐.
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What if your customers became your investorsโ€”and your biggest brand advocates?

Our first guest, ๐’๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐ โ€œ๐–๐จ๐จ๐๐ข๐žโ€ ๐๐ž๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ, is the venture capitalist who helped co-author Title III of the JOBS Act, unlocking equity crowdfunding in the U.S. Today, he's Founding Partner at D3VC.ai, where he uses AI to spot early-stage investment winners.

๐Ÿ’ก ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ: Woodie and his team created a special page for listeners โ†’ investomersbook.com
๐Ÿ“˜ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค: Investometers
๐Ÿ“ฆ Plus, weโ€™re longtime fans of FlavorRxโ€”one of his earlier ventures that turned medicine into magic for families like ours.

Chapters:
02:00 โ€“ What sparked the startup investing revolution?
02:25 โ€“ How do venture funds pick winners?
04:20 โ€“ Did Obama change startup funding forever?
06:40 โ€“ Is crowdfunding gaming the system?
08:40 โ€“ Kickstarter or Indiegogo: Which works better?
09:20 โ€“ Can startups still raise big outside Wall Street?
12:05 โ€“ Can investors really build a community?
14:30 โ€“ Is AI making venture funds smarter?
16:25 โ€“ What's the real deal with the $5M cap?
17:05 โ€“ Who can invest: Reg D vs crowdfunding?
19:00 โ€“ Whatโ€™s better: Reg CF or 506?
20:30 โ€“ Why is the $5M limit so important?
22:00 โ€“ Are there tax perks for investing?
22:50 โ€“ Why invest in 200 companies at once?
24:20 โ€“ How is AI changing the game?
25:40 โ€“ Should you trust AI with investing?


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