Capital Insight

In this episode, Mike Hannigan shares his background and experience in building a value’s aligned business model and how that carried over to his investing strategy. Mike was born in Pensacola, Florida. He earned his B.A. in Philosophy from U.C. San Diego and his M.A. in Criminology from U.C. Berkeley. He began work for the Xerox Corporation and built his career in management for business products companies for the next decade until starting GSB.

Chel Loyd is the Co-Founder + CPO of the dopest Women-owned, Black-owned, and Veteran-owned coffee company in America. In this episode, Chel shares her experience with investment crowdfunding, not just once but twice. Chel’s first company went with the bootstrap method, which left them in a bad place. Once she and her partner launched Dope Coffee, she realized their mission and vision were much bigger than just the two of them. This led them to seek out investors in a new way. Chel shares the challenges she faced, the tips and tricks she used along the way, and her advice for anyone seeking investment crowdfunding.

Jenny Kassan and Michelle Thimesch, securities lawyers and capital raising experts, will be interviewing fundraising veterans—both entrepreneurs and investors—and sharing success stories and cautionary tales of creative/outside-the-box capital raising.

Jenny Kassan is the author of Raise Capital on Your Own Terms: How to Fund Your Business without Selling Your Soul and served on the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies.

Michelle Thimesch is the CEO of Crowfund Mainstreet, a regulated investment crowdfunding platform.

Do you have questions for Jenny and Michelle to answer on the podcast? Call the PODCAST HOTLINE and leave us a message—866-J-KASSAN (552-7726) ext. 5.

Disclosure: Nothing herein should be construed as legal or investment advice.