President Obama signs the Jumpstart OurBusiness Startups (JOBS) Act into law. For those of you who haven’t been following the JOBS Act, it is a bill that will make it easier for startups and small businesses to raise funds, especially through online crowdfunding.
As an entrepreneur myself, I’ve been watching the evolution of the JOBS Act very closely. It passed Congress last week through a 73-26 Senate vote and a 380-41 House vote, including an amendment designed to protect crowdfund investors in order to make it easier for startups to access financing.
Both statistics and anecdotal evidence tell us entrepreneurship is the key to job creation. So, while the JOBS Act doesn’t relate to the job market per se, I asked a few crowdfunding experts how it might impact the unemployment rate.
“Simply, the JOBS Act will make funding more accessible for startups by allowing non-accredited investors to participate in the funding rounds, and this alone, I believe will be the main factor driving the increase in new companies being founded. And with new companies comes the need to hire staff. Without a doubt, this will help the current unemployment rate,” said Tanya Prive, founder of Rock The Post, a social networking platform for entrepreneurs to fund and swap resources.
Rory Eakin, founder of CircleUp, an equity-based crowdfunding platform focused on established high-growth consumer and retail companies, added: “Currently, less than one percent of U.S. small businesses receive Angel investments. By opening up restrictions around general solicitation and introducing crowdfunding…these investments create UPTO SIX JOBS PER INVESTMENT
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