Space Coast Energy Crowdfunding - June 7

Space Coast Energy Workshop This Thursday! Bootstrapping Your Business: Crowdfunding and the JOBS Act Thursday, June 7, 2012 10:00am - 12:00 noon   Florida Solar Energy Center - Auditorium 1679 Clearlake Road Cocoa, FL 32922 Join the Consortium and a range of community partners for a special workshop to learn about the new set of tools and funding options for innovative ideas and businesses enabled by "crowdsourcing" funding of a new product or service. Upon completion of the relevant rule making by the SEC, the recently enacted JOBS Act will allow entrepreneurs to raise up to $1 million in $1,000 increments from a broad range of interested investors with streamlined registration requirements. Brian Meece, co-founder and CEO of RocketHub, one of the world's premier crowdfunding platforms, will provide special insight on this new option for technical entrepreneurs. The program will include a special case study on how to develop a crowdfunding campaign for a local Florida project. Meet other energy-related businesses and community leaders in the Space Coast/Central Florida region, and build your network! Special thanks to Florida Solar Energy Center for hosting this event for our community. For more information or to RSVP for this event, please contact the Consortium via email or phone at info@spacecoastenergy.org or 321-613-2973 or register online HERE. As seating is limited, please respond no later than 5:00 PM on Wednesday June 6, 2012. There is no charge for this event, but an RSVP is required for attendance. More information is available at this link: http://www.spacecoastenergy.org/pdf/SCEC_Crowdfunding_Workshop_June_2012.pdf About Space Coast Energy Consortium The Space Coast Energy Consortium is a group of businesses and community leaders who are dedicated to driving energy-related economic development in the Space Coast and Central Florida. More information about the Consortium is available at their website: www.SpaceCoastEnergy.org The FL-CAN program is distributing the above email as we feel that it would be of value. The email content above was provided by the Space Coast Energy Consortium and does not necessarily represent the views of the FL-CAN program.   The Florida Cleantech Acceleration Network (FL-CAN) links Florida-based universities, incubation networks, investors and industry resources together to create a network of Proof of Concept centers to accelerate the creation and commercialization of innovative clean technology research into new technology companies or to license into existing firms.