How Community and Community Capital Can Influence Historic Preservation Projects
Historic preservation projects are designed to protect a community’s heritage often through the expansion and enhancement of historic properties for public use. Community capital is designed to empower a community’s investment in itself through public offerings that...
read moreA Mission Driven Pickling Company Reached Their Direct Public Offering Goal in Less Than Two Months, This Is Where They Are Now
Seventeen years ago a small pickling company called Real Pickles, based in Greenfield, Massachusetts, became dedicated to changing the food system. Owners Addie Rose Holland and Dan Rosenberg practice traditional fermentation using only produce sourced from local...
read moreOpportunity Knocks: New Tax Incentives for Community Investment Funds
Since 2015, a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers has advocated for tax incentives for those who invest in low-income communities, recognizing that the benefits from the economic recovery have largely bypassed those communities. Their efforts were rewarded when their...
read moreWebinar Replay: Cannabis Business Structuring and Capital Raising Part II
As follow up to part I of our Cannabis Business Structuring and Capital Raising webinar, part II integrates 2018 California cannabis regulations. With our webinar, you will learn about the process to start a legal cannabis business in California with attorneys Kim...
read moreWhat Does Sessions’ Action Mean for the California Cannabis Industry?
On January 4, 2018, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memorandum rescinding the Cole Memorandum and Department of Justice memoranda articulating nationwide guidance for marijuana enforcement. The Cole Memo provided a path for states to have a thriving legal...
read moreWebinar Replay: Cannabis Business Structuring and Capital Raising
Interested in the process to start a legal cannabis business in California? Watch our webinar with attorneys Kim Arnone and Daniel Dellafosse to learn about capital raising, entity formation and compliance for the California cannabis industry. Update: On November 16,...
read moreWebinar Replay: Is Your Business Ready for a Larger Raise? Learn about Regulation A+
Is your business ready for more funding? Watch our webinar replay on Regulation A+. Learn how to identify when your business is ready for a larger raise, receive an overview of the regulatory process for Reg A+, and hear how Reg A+ offerings can be promoted. Crack...
read moreComCap17: It’s About Democracy
“[T]his is a fundamentally pluralist vision, in which multiple forms of public, private, cooperative, and common ownership are structured at different scales and in different sectors to create the kind of future we want to see. The vision begins and ends with the...
read moreWhy Financial, Legal, and Business Professionals Should be Champions of Community Capital
At this week’s ComCap17 Conference in Monterey, CA, one of the sessions that I participated in dealt with the roles of financial, legal, and business professionals as it relates to community capital. Our panel was moderated by my old friend, Michael Shuman, and we...
read moreLove Cheese, Beer, Wine or Great Food? Interested in DPOs? Listen to Maker’s Common’s KALX Interview
KALX Method to the Madness host Lisa Kiefer speaks with Maker's Common founders Sarah Dvorak and Eric Miller about their new Berkeley eatery/market's focus on American cheese producers and charcuterie, their challenges, mission and unique model of investment, a...
read moreWebinar Replay: Economic Activism Starts at Home: The Impact of Community Investment Funds
What if your community can come together to fund local ventures? Watch our webinar with Kim Arnone and Brian Beckon to find out how to utilize community investment funds (CIFs). Get an in-depth look at the array of opportunities CIFs offer. This is an immensely useful...
read moreWEBINAR: Economic Activism Starts at Home: The Impact of Community Investment Funds July 27, 2017 11 a.m. PT
Work for or operate a nonprofit organization, innovation hub, accelerator, or incubator? Are you a community leader or economic development specialist? Do you want to learn about community investment funds and community capital raising? Join Cutting Edge...
read moreKALX Method to the Madness Interview: Brian Beckon Breaks Down Community Capital
If you tuned into KALX, Berkeley's 90.7 FM station, at noon today, chances are you heard Cutting Edge Capital's Vice President Brian Beckon compellingly break down community capital on Method to the Madness with Lisa Kiefer, a weekly show that showcases the innovative...
read moreBeyond the Money: The Impact of Community Capital
I was recently at Women and the Environment, an amazing conference in Santa Barbara hosted by Pacific Standard Magazine and the awesome folks at LoaCom. I was fortunate to attend, speak, and hear about the great work being done, and the great work still to do, on...
read moreBreaking Down Private Placement Strategies
While Cutting Edge is best known for community capital raising strategies such as direct public offerings, we help many of our clients utilize private placement strategies instead of or in addition to other types of capital raises. The term “private placement” refers...
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