Austin, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/26/2012 -- Texas angel investor and filmmaker Chris Camillo, Startup Texas (a member of the Startup America Partnership), and the Crowdfunding Professional Association today announced the launch of a premier crowdfunding conference, Crowdfund Texas. The event will be primarily an invite-only event with a limited number of tickets available for the general public. While most crowdfunding conferences are geared towards helping entrepreneurs prepare for Crowdfunding, Crowdfund Texas will bring together leaders in the investment and entrepreneurial community for in-depth panels on this new law.

The Crowdfund Texas conference will provide a detailed history of what led to the creation and development of a critical piece of new legislation called the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, which was signed into law by President Obama on April 5, 2012. As the name implies, the bipartisan political movement will provide entrepreneurs, startups, and existing businesses with a monumental new funding mechanism that will make it a great deal easier to access a larger pool of potential financial investors by loosening the regulations for private investment via online crowdfunding portals.

"There are a great deal of crowdfund conferences geared towards entrepreneurs," said Chris Camillo, conference organizer and author of the popular guide to investing, "Laughing at Wall Street." "We wanted this event to be different. We wanted to bring together the most influential people not only within the crowdfunding community but also the investment, entrepreneurial, and academic community as they will be the ones that will determine the success of crowdfund investing."

During the event Camillo, who is producing the upcoming documentary "Crowd of Angels", will be conducting live interviews with a distinguished list of persons to gather their thoughts and opinions on this important piece of legislation. Leaders of the investor, entrepreneurial, and academic community as well as press that wish to be selected to attend the event at no cost are encouraged to apply at http://www.crowdfundtx.com.

"We want a variety of opinions," said Camillo. "It is important to us that all voices are heard in our documentary to show a holistic view of how the market views crowdfunding and its future implications on our society, culture, and economy."

Interviews for the film will be shot on location during the Crowdfund Texas Conference at the Omni Hotel Downtown Austin located at 700 San Jacinto 8th Street Austin, Texas.

The Crowdfund Texas conference will be moderated by Chris Camillo, one of the world's top ranked self-directed investors. Other guest speakers will include Sherwood Neiss and Zak Cassady-Dorion that led the fight to make Crowdfund investing legal in the U.S. Additional presenters include: Maurice Lopes, Howard Leonhardt, Ruth Hedges, Candance Klein, Vince Molinari, D.J. Paul, Scott Purcell, Rodney Sampson, Richard Seline, Jeremy Smith, Jonathan Sandlund, Dara Albright, Jed Cohen, and Doug Ellenoff.

"While there has been much debate in the investment community about Crowdfund investing," said Camillo. "There is no denying that change is needed. Small businesses create 70% of the jobs in the U.S. while only having access to 1% of the investment capital. Crowdfunding is a real opportunity for small business and the U.S. economy as a whole. The question Crowdfund Texas wishes to address is the one of implementation and without the investor communities' involvement this is not possible."

Register now to attend the Crowdfund Texas Conference at www.crowdfundtx.com.

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Crowdfunding Recognition Growing Rapidly Due to Nationwide Conferences and Road Shows

Austin, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/16/2012 -- As the crowdfunding industry continues to grow, the Crowdfund Texas Conference announced today that according to a Crowfunding research report released yesterday by the Crowdfund Professional Association, the awareness for the blossoming American Crowdfunding industry is booming as the startups, entrepreneurs and small businesses are flocking to Crowdfunding Platforms (CFPs) to build business profiles, upload business plans and video presentations on why investors should invest up to a million dollars in their new business ventures.

Waiting on the edge to their seats, the Crowdfunding industry has been anxiously awaiting the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) new guidelines on Equity-Based Crowdfunding and the Repeal of Regulation D that governs the general solicitation and marketing of capital investment offerings. Current regulations have been severely undermining and inhibiting America's number one growth segment from raising sufficient investment capital needed to start new businesses that would put millions of Americans back to work. The new SEC guidelines are due around January 5, 2013.

Per the Crowdfunding Professional Association's research, here three important trends to note that will be covered in breakout sessions and panel discussions at the Crowdfund Texas Event:

1. The first was that investors are ready and willing to begin investing in small businesses:

- Investors want to be a part of something larger than themselves 44%
- Investors have desire to help companies gain access to new capital 41%
- Investors want to make a difference in the life of an entrepreneur 35%

2. The second trend identified what industries were ready to begin utilizing Crowdfunding as a mechanism or platform to raise money for their new startup or existing business:

- Technology 30.0%
- Media & Entertainment 10.3%
- Financial Services 9.87%
- Consumer Products 9.44%
- Other 19.47%

3. The third trend identified what would influence entrepreneur's decisions the most when picking from the more than 500 available Crowdfunding platforms:

- Will pick the most visible Crowdfunding platform 34.67%
- Will pick a Crowdfunding platform that serves their industry 34.34%
- Will pick a Crowdfunding platform in their regional vicinity 14.74%

The full Crowdfunding research report can be downloaded from www.crowdfundingprofessional.org.

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