Elio Crowdfunding

[Rickb]

Yes, great idea! Pull them away from investigating real issues such as the people stealing millions on wall street on the daily from peoples retirement accounts all so Elio can file a civil suit since were in America!

Its involves us thus its the most important thing in the world and must be pursued, lets lobby Elio to do civil suits for StartEngines poor validation! How about YouTubes age validation where all the kiddos can easily say they are 18+? Hey, well were at it ElioOwners should sue me for wasting Kilobyte on their hard drive!

Good ol America, where an inhaler ($5 over the counter elsewhere) retails for $79, or for just one payment of $20*
(*plus a $200/month + $800/month employer contribution premium to health insurance, tax, title, registration, excess fees, administration fees, dealer fees and homeland security fees are not included, please speak to your representative for more information and have your credit card ready, no cash on deliveries)

I like Good ol America! The problem may be the Corporations and the 1% that have taken it over..........the New Corporate America. Personally, I think the new ruling that allows individuals to invest or rather gamble up to 10% of their networth by providing new startup companies venture capital is asking for more of the same corporate corruption. New startups have been known to take the money and run leaving the investors holding their empty cash bags that were hoping to cash in on a dream. The good news is that 90% of their assests are legally protected or some folks may gamble much more than they can afford.

 

[Helios]

How illegal would it be to show interest in something and then back out? There is no legal binding to this "interest gauge". What law would be broken?

I agree,

Investors would like to see what kind of price tag (valuation) PE puts on this offering, before making their final decision. That is critical information. Until then, it's probably their best guess how much they are ready to invest.

 

[AriLea]

Uh oh, I think I pledged $500 past my 10% limit, Id better lawyer up...or ask for a raise...

We do have to note one other incriminating evidence, the email accounts and using of false identities. Anyone who did that, has set up a criminal line of evidence. On the other hand, if they have their real names, a case could also be made for the intension based on personal finances, no mater if they back out or not. And what if they used two or more different accounts to make placements. This could always be a single shooter on the grassy knoll.

Anyway, so long as EM and SE have this under control, they will not pursue it. But where the security of the US comes into play no mater the aspect or reasons, the gov will react if they feel any threat. There have been some very small people put in jail for very long times. I would worry just a little if I was them.

 

[Rickb]

I'm like Bliokart, well 'cept I'm on the mongrel side of white . With so many reservations, I'll put in 1k each before I consider investment funding. Can't seem to muster up even that cash right now, even though I can qualify for the lending.

But if I ever do get my full reservation money in, count me in too.

Bumping up your reservation deposits is a very wise place to put any excess cash.

 

[Hightech]

I like Good ol America! The problem may be the Corporations and the 1% that have taken it over..........the New Corporate America.

Yup, you caught me off guard wrong choice of words on my part; Good ol America was good . Current America is

 

[AriLea]

Gosh, you know, I'm good for finding roses where darkness prevails.

If this unscrupulous behavior gets into the news, it could just make the funding for Elio more popular. I mean, we don't need a huge percent of success in the general population, but when a controversy attracts attention, people who didn't look before may well look now. Some small percent of those will join in, even if most do not. Anyway, here's a smattering of articles based on Monday's exuberance, and one not so much. But like I say, almost any attention is good at this moment in time, while the reasonable evidence favor's EM.

http://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/3akif0/regulation_a_and_startengine_crowdfunding/?
http://www.greencarreports.com/news...-small-investors-still-needs-130-million-more
http://www.greencarreports.com/news...-ethanol-from-carbon-monoxide-todays-car-news
http://www.thecrowdfundnetwork.com/...gn-has-attracted-16-million-plus-non-binding/
http://www.financemagnates.com/fintech/crowdfunding/
http://www.wopular.com/crowdfunding-more-crowd-frauding

 

[Hightech]

Bumping up your reservation deposits is a very wise place to put any excess cash.

True story... my Cash stocks never seem to gain anything on the daily compared to everything else I have. Summary, never sit on cash

 

[WilliamH]

Yup, you caught me off guard wrong choice of words on my part; Good ol America was good . Current America is

Why is it that people like you don't understand that little thieves grow up to be big thieves.
You may or may not be old enough to remember...... "Get em young, train em' right"?
If you catch them young, they wont become brokers because they will have an SEC fraud record.

 

[Ty]

It's not the changing their mind part that poses a problem. It's intentionally misleading EM, Startengine, and potential investors about the campaign, with the intention of subverting it. This certainly constitutes interference with trade, among other things. It's arguably a violation of EM's civil rights (yes, corporations do have certain civil rights). You can't intentionally jam a corporation's business processes (which this is) without consequences, civil if not criminal.

I didn't mean to imply it is a crappy thing to do. It is. I agree if the intent is to harm Elio, it should be dealt with. But, if the intent was to possibly invest later but then had a change of mind (or circumstances), you can't call out the dogs on them. I'm sure there were some people just messing with Elio or the process and that is kind crappy.

 

[Ty]

I like Good ol America! The problem may be the Corporations and the 1% that have taken it over..........the New Corporate America. Personally, I think the new ruling that allows individuals to invest or rather gamble up to 10% of their networth by providing new startup companies venture capital is asking for more of the same corporate corruption. New startups have been known to take the money and run leaving the investors holding their empty cash bags that were hoping to cash in on a dream. The good news is that 90% of their assests are legally protected or some folks may gamble much more than they can afford.

Woo Hoo! I'm in the top 1% globally!!!! We all are. (Well, at least in the top 10%). Let's celebrate!

How much do you need to earn to be among the top 1% of the world?
$34,000.
That was the finding World Bank economist Branko Milanovic presented in his 2010 book The Haves and the Have-Nots. Going down the distribution ladder may be just as surprising. To be in the top half of the globe, you need to earn just $1,225 a year. For the top 20%, it's $5,000 per year. Enter the top 10% with $12,000 a year. To be included in the top 0.1% requires an annual income of $70,000.