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Crowd Your Way to Success: A Guide to Crowdfunding for Businesses

Are you seeking innovative ways to fund your business idea or project? Crowdfunding provides a powerful platform to connect with a global audience and secure the capital you need. In this webinar, you’ll gain essential insights into crowdfunding fundamentals, current platform trends, and different crowdfunding models, including:

  • Donation Crowdfunding (Crowd-Gifting) – Raising funds through charitable contributions.
  • Rewards-Based Crowdfunding (Crowd-Selling) – Offering perks in exchange for support.
  • Lending-Based Crowdfunding (Crowd-Lending) – Borrowing funds from backers with repayment terms.
  • Equity-Based Crowdfunding (Crowd-Raises) – Selling ownership stakes to investors.

Join us to explore the potential of crowdfunding and learn how to launch a successful campaign!

Date

Mar 19 2025
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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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Crowd Your Way to Success: A Guide to Crowdfunding for Businesses

Mike Daniel is the network director of the Orange County Inland Empire SBDC Network, which assists aspiring entrepreneurs and current business owners throughout Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Mike was formerly the director of the SBDC office at Long Beach City College. As business owner and entrepreneur himself, he started his career as the owner of a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory location in Manhattan Beach and went on to open a second location in Long Beach in 2001. In 2007, Mike sold the Manhattan Beach store for an above-market offer then invested in several additional locations as a minority shareholder. Mike further expanded his candy empire with venture located in Shoreline Village in Long Beach called Sugar Daddies Sweet Shoppe, based on fill-it yourself candy options.

Mike has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from California State University, Fullerton.