Rock The Post launched as a crowdfunding platform in November 2011, in order to help small businesses and entrepreneurs overcome the tough economic conditions that limit their access to funding.
Small businesses are in desperate need of money and without access to accredited investors, loans from banks may be the only option. In 2009, U.S. banks posted the sharpest decline in private lending since 1942. Without help from the banks, entrepreneurs are strictly limited to accredited investors and VC money, which say NO to entrepreneurs 95% of the time.
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