Aug 21, 2017 | Blog, ComCap, Features, Hatch Oregon
Community capital provides new access for citizens to invest and removes barriers to entrepreneurship. Historically under-served communities (i.e. African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics, women, and rural), can now invest in the enterprises they believe in.... 
Aug 3, 2017 | Hatch Baker, Hatch Oregon, In the Press, News
The Rural Development office in the US Department of Agriculture has featured a story on our work in Eastern Oregon with Judy Goodman of BGood Bars, part of our entrepreneurial ecosystem development in Northeast Oregon, which also included the development of HatchLab... 
Jul 25, 2017 | Blog, ComCap, Features, Hatch Oregon
Crowdfunding is hot. It’s the most sweeping financial disruption to come along in decades, enabling financial shifts across professions and practices. It’s being discussed in pure hyperbole to thoughtful commentary on its potential for the democratization of capital... 
May 30, 2017 | Blog, ComCap, Features, Hatch Oregon
I’m not a venture capitalist, a securities regulator, or a legislator. I’m not even a lawyer. While these are the folks who have driven the conversation about crowdfunding-as-investment, especially the new JOBS Act-related federal exemptions, the real action is... 
May 4, 2017 | Blog, Hatch Oregon, News
It’s small business week and we’ve got one thing on our mind… You can’t tend a garden without water and you can’t tend a business without capital. Up until recently, only the wealthiest among us were allowed to invest in businesses. Imagine a law... 
Oct 31, 2016 | Hatch Oregon, In the Press, News
“There’s been a lot of press about the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act and its opening up of equity crowdfunding to unaccredited investors. What’s received less attention is intrastate crowdfunding platforms that, as the name suggests, allow small... 