Crowd Funding and the JOBS Act

With all of the talk about the changes coming to crowd funding as a result of the JOBS Act, it is important for entrepreneurs to understand what the act entails. JOBS stands for Jumpstart Our Business Startups and the act is geared towards entrepreneurs who are raising funds for their next business venture.  Once the Securities Exchange Commission releases its regulations for the JOBS Act, the act will do three things for entrepreneurs: 1....

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Indie Film Financing

Independent filmmakers normally have interesting stories about how they made it to the big screen.  Blood, sweat, and tears literally make the movie, and the stories inspire new filmmakers to follow suit.  The many forms of financing for independent films are slate financing, equity financing, hedge funding, bank financing, crowd funding, product placement, and many more that are even more convoluted.  The Raindance Film Festival...

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Business Plan Essentials

“Blog Post #1” discussed the various key pointers that two particular experts in the field gave for successful business plans.  These two business experts are Jim Blasingame and Richard Milton.  Jim Blasingame stressed that business plans should evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of a company, and should assist in acquiring financing. Since investors want to see where they can make a profit, showing profitability and accurate financial projections is also important.  Richard Milton stated that the...

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How Important is the Business Plan to Potential Investors?

Jim Blasingame, founder of Small Business Network, Inc., is an expert in entrepreneurship and business development.  In fact, Google ranks him the number one small business expert in the world. His blog provides immense information on entrepreneurship, financing, and much more.  With several honors and awards from his small business journalism, chamber of commerce, radio show hosting and keynote speaking engagements, Blasingame “leverages...

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The Pros and Cons of the Retainer Fee

Here at Love, Entertain, Live, the creative is number one.  It is only right to discuss a major issue with the artist once the art has brought in considerable capital.  All artistic professionals, graphic designers, painters, sculptors, musicians, vocalists, and even celebrity and sports figures have one thing in common: they have a team of professionals working day and night to keep them relevant and successful. What’s this “retainer...

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Live Nation Canada Stage Collapse

Live Nation is a huge worldwide concert, touring and merchandising giant.  They have changed the way the concert and merchandising industry thrives within the music industry.  With the change in music lovers’ buying behavior, Live Nation has attempted to change the business model and redirect where profit comes in.  As of now, the public is still waiting to experience the viability and profitability of this model.  Live...

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Xbox One May Impact Our Television Viewing Experience

     The Xbox One has been revealed recently and has been in news articles and blogs alike.  Operating under the Windows OS (operating system).  This powerful system will allow for game play, video chatting, television and film   As a gaming console, the Xbox One will display “cinematic” and realistic graphics (http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xboxone/how-it-games). Games will automatically update in the background while gamers...

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