Crowdfunding for Accountants

Description

The presentation provides a concise overview of crowdfunding - the practice of online fund-raising. Discover how professional accountants can take advantage of this exploding trend and develop new borrowing, lending, investing and business development opportunities.

Highlights

The major topics that will be covered in the course include:

• What is crowdfunding and how it's "Napsterizing" traditional banking.
  
• The three main crowdfunding models and players.
  
• Key crowdfunding benefits and risks.
  
• Top debt and lending crowdfunding sites that offer lower interest rates and higher returns than banks.
  
• Popular donation crowdfunding sites that allow you to raise money for projects in return for products, perks or rewards.
  
• Preeminent investment and equity crowdfunding services that allow businesses to sell ownership stakes online in the form of equity or debt.
  
• Tips on creating a successful crowdfunding campaign.
  
• New audit and review service opportunities that are arising from crowdfunding.
  
• Emerging online services that are using social data and online behavior to assess credit risk and calculate credit scoring.
  
• Leading crowdfunding resources including directories, industry associations and more.
  

Objectives

Upon completion of the course you will have learned how to:

• Identify leading crowdfunding models and platforms that are radically transforming the banking industry.
• Tap into an industry that's forecast to exceed $1 trillion globally by 2025.
• Lend, borrow and invest using crowdfunding services.
• Use crowdfunding to expand and diversify your accounting services.
  

Designed For

Accounting professionals at all levels who want to take advantage of new borrowing, lending, investment and business development opportunities using crowdfunding.