Digital Health Entrepreneurship Daily with Laurence Girard

Preparing a digital health startup so that it’s ready for a Regulation A+ offering involves a ton of work. This month, Fruit Street hired two new employees — Brenda Melanson and Brandy Marino — with decades of experience in bookkeeping, accounting, and legal matters to start the process. Fruit Street’s goal is to conduct an audit of their balance sheet, profit and loss, and other financial statements. Then, the next step will be to include the company’s audited financial statements in an Regulation A+ offering, with the goal of potentially raising up to $75 million from accredited and nonaccredited investors.

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