Advancing Diversity Honoree -- Crowdfunding Roadmap and Ruth E. Hedges

Crowdfunding Roadmap Diversity Initiativeamp160amp160We believe that small medium and diverse businesses should have an equal opportunity to access the capital they need to grow and compete When diverse communities are strengthened robust job creation and economic growth is the resultamp160Crowdfunding has the ability to bring a new pool of billions of investment dollars into minority woman disability servicedisabled veteransamp160and LGBTowned businessesamp160and startupsamp160Crowdfunding is a crucial funding method for new and established businesses and a medium that levels the playing field for those who might not have access to nor the requirements for other forms of financing from traditional channelsamp160Crowdfunding isn39t randomly asking for money It entails building a wellthoughtout crowdfunding campaign based on a sound strategy and solid execution while inviting the crowd to be a part of your journey and share in your success With a proper ecosystem of crowdfunding technology education and training startups and growing enterprises can raise the capital they need scale up and compete in today39s worldamp160We are starting that journey with a partnership with Fernando Hernandez Director of supplier diversity at Microsoftamp160to help expand crowdfunding education to all diverse business ownersAbout Ruth E HedgesRuth is one of the world39s foremost authorities on Crowdfunding and one of the original pioneers of the legislation that was ultimately signed into law as the crowdfunding bill in the JOBS Act on April 5 2012 She was honored with an invitation to the White House for its Crowdfunding Champions of Change event and to Capitol Hill to showcase heramp160technologyamp160to members of congress and the world bankRuth is the founder and producer of the Flagship annualamp160Global Crowdfunding Conventionamp160now entering its 6th year She is also the founder ofamp160CrowdfundingCRMcom the industry39s first Marketing Automation CRM and Social media platform built for Crowdfunding and Crowd Financing that helps you bring your crowdfunding campaign to life and market it to the worldAs an industry expert Ruth has been interviewed or quoted in over 60amp160major publicationsamp160and was selected to teach the first universitylevel course on securitiesbased crowdfunding in the nation at the University of Nevada Las Vegas UNLV and will soon be continuing that work in her new college course andamp160Crowdfunding Education Centeramp160in Las Vegas where she will teach the educational programs she has createdRuth was also a Founding Board member of the CrowdFund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates CFIRA and the CFPA In 2012 she also launched globalcrowdfundingdaycomamp160to help spread the word across the globePreviously Ruth was featured in the Chronicle of Philanthropy as well as the New York Times the LA Times and People magazine for her work with Oxfam America and the Hollywood Hunger Banquets She was featured on ABC39s Home Show and the Financial News Network produced a twopart series on Ms Hedges for their show American Entrepreneur She was invited to fill a cabinet seat on the Second Century Campaign board which raised over 16 million dollars to build the new Union Rescue Mission She is the recipient of the Certificate of Appreciation from the City of Los Angeles for that workClick hereamp160 View the AgendaClick hereamp160 To RegisterClick here For Sponsorship InfoClick here See the HonoreesClick here About UsClick here A Note from Jack Myers

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