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Karsten Strauss

Last week, the Security and Exchange Commission signed off on new regulations under the JOBS Act allowing average investors to buy equity in startups on crowdfunding platforms—think Kickstarter but with actual equity for sale, not just trinkets.

To get a sense of how entrepreneurs stand to benefit from the new equity crowdfunding regulations, we sat down with Rod Turner, cofounder of Manhattan Street Capital – a growth capital marketplace looking to take advantage of the new changes by building an equity crowdfunding platform for mid-sized firms.