Podcasts Business Piloting your Life Using an equity crowdfunding platform to get funding in the hands of small businesses and startups

Using an equity crowdfunding platform to get funding in the hands of small businesses and startups

Published: Oct. 23, 2018, 1 p.m.

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Who\\xa0is\\xa0Gabrielle\\xa0Katsnelson?\\xa0\\xa0

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Gabrielle\\xa0Katsnelson\\xa0is co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of SMBX. She\\u202fhas a decade of financial accounting, strategy, and operations experience;\\u202fincluding: managing the loan portfolio of the Artists Community Federal Credit\\u202fUnion; the\\u202frestricted royalty funds of TuneCore, a digital distributor of music; and architecting financial\\u202finfrastructure for countless startups and SMBs. \\u202f\\xa0

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Dedicated\\u202fto creating a surplus ecosystem, Gabrielle believes that giving SMBs access to\\u202fcapital while creating an engaging and empowering investing experience for\\u202fpeople is the\\u202fmeans.\\xa0

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Show Highlights\\xa0

  • Terri and Gaby talk about how they met at a Draper University blockchain pitch day and gravitated towards each other over common interests\\xa0
  • Gaby shared her journey from accounting into biotech\\xa0in New York\\xa0and ultimately into FinTech\\xa0in San Francisco in early 2017\\xa0
  • Gaby met her co-founder of SMBX at one of the\\xa0crypto, blockchain and ICO\\xa0meetups she went to; he was always asking the interesting questions.\\xa0\\xa0
  • Their company,\\xa0SMBX\\xa0is built on\\xa0a private\\xa0Etherium\\xa0network and\\xa0takes advantage of Title III of the JOBS Act to help small businesses issue bonds so that investors can invest in businesses they are interested in providing a secondary market for investors.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0
  • Gaby and Terri talk about where blockchain is from a maturity perspective and the future of blockchain.\\xa0\\xa0
  • Gaby explains equity crowdfunding\\xa0and the differences between Title II, Title III and Title IV.\\xa0Terri and Gaby talk about using crowdfunding to democratize funding and how we are still in early days.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0
  • If Gaby could wave a magic wand to change something in this world, she would change mindset and personal responsibility for your own mindset.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0

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Terri\\u2019s Key Takeaway\\xa0

It is important to maintain a sense of fun.\\xa0 It doesn\\u2019t have to be so serious\\xa0all of\\xa0the time.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0

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References in the Podcast\\xa0

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Contact\\xa0

Gabrielle can be reached via email\\xa0gabrielle@thesmbx.com;\\u202fTwitter: @gabykatsnelson\\xa0and through LinkedIn:\\u202fhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielle-katsnelson-6a73958/.\\xa0

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:\\u202f https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.\\u202f\\xa0

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.\\xa0

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife\\xa0and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.\\xa0

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