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Win the Crowd

Four entrepreneurs explain how their companies raised money the newfangled way—from everybody.

Want to turn every customer or friend into a potential backer of your business? Since regulations changed in 2016, small businesses have been able to raise money from non-accredited individual investors. While equity crowdfunding, as it is now known, can be complicated and expensive, it’s also

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