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Fast Company
June 18, 2012 "Meet The League Of Extraordinary Women: 60 Influencers Who Are Changing The World" NYTimes June 9, 2012 "Nurturing a Baby and a Start-Up" The Metropreneur May 12, 2011 "As most small business owners will tell you, acquiring funding from traditional sources for a young venture can be challenging, if not impossible. Enter ProFounder." TechCrunch May 3, 2011 "Entrepreneurs can customize their equity terms on ProFounder using tools such as pre- money valuation calculators, dynamically-updating graphs to show stock ownership percentages, and more." Forbes.com April 21, 2011 "The CEO of ProFounder had ''amazing'' talent and drive, the kind the VC-blogger was looking for. But what she also had was twins due in the fall." MSNBC's The Dylan Ratigan Show April 5, 2011 "GOOD Magazine's Ben Goldhirsh and Jessica Jackley of ProFounder explain how raising money for a business may be easier than ever regardless of the state of the economy." Treehugger.com March 31, 2011 Jessica Jackley talks to TreeHugger about the rising tide of crowdfunding, recent accusations in the micro-lending world, and offers tips on using social media to move ideas forward. |
Interview with The Economist's Tom StandageJune 6, 2012
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Sheepless
March 30, 2011
The key word for ProFounder is access. The ProFounder team has done an amazing job of making this intimidating legal and financial process more accessible for fledgling entrepreneurs and the people who want to support them.
JustMeans
March 24, 2011
Investors from this platform aren't just investing to get your idea funded, they are actual investors in your organization for the long haul. For entrepreneurs this moves beyond start-up funding toward long-term business accountability and connections.
American Express Open Forum
February 22, 2011
"While similar websites focus on donations, ProFounder is unique in its focus on crowdfunding investments for for-profit businesses."
MSNBC Your Biz
February 6, 2011
The brilliance of it is you get to come up with the terms that you want.
Wall Street Journal
December 8, 2010
The amounts that entrepreneurs raise are usually less than $10,000, and investors often are promised only token compensation such as coupons or free samples. But that trend may be changing, as sites like ProFounder are facilitating much larger fund-raising campaigns.
TechCrunch
November 30, 2010
Raising funds for a small business can be a daunting task for any fledgling entrepreneur. Enter ProFounder, a stealth startup that launches today to ensure that all entrepreneurs and small business have access to an easy and simple fundraising platform.
Worldchanging
July 16, 2010
The project focuses on the idea that 85% of funding for new businesses in the US comes from friends and family. Profounder makes [this process] easier, more formal and better organized.
VentureBeat
April 19, 2010
Profounder could create new opportunities for startups and small businesses by helping them raise money from family, friends, and their communities.
March 30, 2011
The key word for ProFounder is access. The ProFounder team has done an amazing job of making this intimidating legal and financial process more accessible for fledgling entrepreneurs and the people who want to support them.
JustMeans
March 24, 2011
Investors from this platform aren't just investing to get your idea funded, they are actual investors in your organization for the long haul. For entrepreneurs this moves beyond start-up funding toward long-term business accountability and connections.
American Express Open Forum
February 22, 2011
"While similar websites focus on donations, ProFounder is unique in its focus on crowdfunding investments for for-profit businesses."
MSNBC Your Biz
February 6, 2011
The brilliance of it is you get to come up with the terms that you want.
Wall Street Journal
December 8, 2010
The amounts that entrepreneurs raise are usually less than $10,000, and investors often are promised only token compensation such as coupons or free samples. But that trend may be changing, as sites like ProFounder are facilitating much larger fund-raising campaigns.
TechCrunch
November 30, 2010
Raising funds for a small business can be a daunting task for any fledgling entrepreneur. Enter ProFounder, a stealth startup that launches today to ensure that all entrepreneurs and small business have access to an easy and simple fundraising platform.
Worldchanging
July 16, 2010
The project focuses on the idea that 85% of funding for new businesses in the US comes from friends and family. Profounder makes [this process] easier, more formal and better organized.
VentureBeat
April 19, 2010
Profounder could create new opportunities for startups and small businesses by helping them raise money from family, friends, and their communities.
