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Pierce Leonard
Pierce Leonard @PierceLeonard answered: 3/30/2026 9:32:52 AM

At what stage of a raise is it too late to put proper D&O coverage in place without creating gaps?

Short answer: It's never too late, as long as no claim has already been filed.

D&O policies are claims-made, meaning they respond to claims made during the policy period regardless of when the underlying decision happened. TigerMark can backdate the retroactive date to match ...

Why did you get interested in crowdfunding?

I wanted to make a productive investment.

There are 2 types of investing, speculative and productive. When I looked at my retirement account 10 years ago, it was largely index funds and ETFs full of very big corporations like Apple. I realized I wasn't funding Apple or any of the...

The First 10 Days Decide the Ceiling of Your Raise

About half of all Reg CF campaigns raise roughly $115,000. That number barely covers a month of burn for most startups. Meanwhile, the top 10% of issuers pull in the vast majority of investment dollar ...more

Are Your Reg CF Issuers Falling Behind on Annual Reporting? Here's How to Check for Free.

Regulation Crowdfunding has quietly created a compliance problem that most of the ecosystem isn't talking about.

Since Reg CF went live in 2016, over 8,800 companies have raised money through equity c ...more

The Traffic Is There. Where Are the Investments?

Getting visitors to an offering page is one problem. Getting them to invest is a different problem entirely. Most crowdfunding campaigns solve the first and stall on the second.

The math is unforgi

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