The New Path to Small Business Finance Podcast

Featuring Content from: Professor Irwin Stein and Adam Pressman of Syndicate Path, and special guests.

Enjoy here or download to your player these podcasts from influential people in the realm of traditional and alternative finance.

  • Yes, Virginia, we can and do use AI well…and you can too.

    We’re a highly regulated company in a highly regulated field. We risk the business if we make a mistake that crosses regulatory lines. Like the dozens of law firms that you’ve read about being chastised for bad filings, bogus case law etc, we were very apprehensive about how much we could leverage AI in our…

  • Irwin Stein – Start-ups, Are You Buying Investors Online?

    This episode of The New Path to Small Business Finance Podcast breaks down Irwin Stein’s article “Start-ups, are you buying investors online?” Stein traces crowdfunding back to the 1975 reforms that first let ordinary retail investors make their own decisions, and he argues that raising money online is fundamentally a numbers game. Founders who succeed…

  • Levi Brackman of Invown – Making Crowdfunding Affordable and Effective

    The Professor, Irwin Stein, welcomes crowdfunding portal owner Levi Brackman. Levi is a data scientist, startup founder and, since 2020 CEO of a crowdfunding platform Invown, you’ll hear his unique approach to making funding more accessible and his discussion with Irwin about how to improve the industry at large. You can reach him by email.…

  • Richard Rogers of Common Owner – Real Estate Crowdfunding

    Join the Professor, Irwin Stein, as we greet Richard Rogers, an attorney specializing in urban planning and development, leveraging historic tax credits and how Common Owner is offering options for real estate investment to promote walkable neighborhoods, preservation and adaptation of historic buildings and equitable urban redevelopment. Learn more about Richard at his LinkedIn Profile…

  • Devin Thorpe of the Crowdfund Professionals Association

    Listen to the Professor and Devin Thorpe discuss who can and should be at the forefront of addressing issues keeping the crowdfunding industry from fulfilling the promise of crowdfunding. The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation, founder and CEO Devin Thorpe is a bestselling author who calls himself a champion of social good. He…

  • Ruth Hedges of Rise Up Crowdfunding

    Hear Ruth Hedges and the Professor speak of the power and promise of crowdfunding with one of the originators and where currently the crowdfunding portals, the finance experts, and the regulatory authorities fall short in delivering. They also share some bold new steps to correct this. Listen and learn a compelling perspective on the state…