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Live entertainment management rock star Michael Grozier joins the Invest Local Podcast to share his vision for Greenville's burgeoning music scene. Steeped in 3 decades of work with the country's top live entertainment brands such as Live Nation and House of Blues, Michael is pouring all his learnings into his latest project, Trueline. In this episode, we talk about the importance of venue variety...

Bryan Beal and Nate Tomforde join the Invest Local podcast giving a peak behind the curtain on their new development Trade Street Social. Hear how Bryan's real estate chops and Nate's food and bev expertise combine to create these unique development projects they're calling "Crafted Community Concepts" With 3 Crafted Community Concepts already under their belt this crew makes it look easy. Don't b...

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Steph and Brandon Prime are reinventing the greeting card experience. They're on a mission to murder the card aisle with their new invention: on-demand printing from customized kiosks. Their card kiosks are outfitted with high-quality paper, high-powered printers, and high-touch ipads, designed to make beautiful cards with local art instantly available with the tap of a touchscreen. Tune in to hea...

HUBB Kitchens is currently holding a Testing The Waters campaign on Vicinity's platform. The page and details on the potential raise can be found here: https://marketplace.vicinitycapital.com/offers/PreviewOffers/Njg3MDU= This is not currently a live securities offering. No money or other consideration is being solicited, and if sent in response, will not be accepted. No offer to buy the securitie...

Grain dealers is currently running a "Testing the Waters" campaign on Vicinity's portal.  You can find the campaign page here. The campaign not currently a live securities offering. No money or other consideration is being solicited, and if sent in response, will not be accepted. No offer to buy the securities can be accepted and no part of the purchase price can be received until the offering sta...

This week the team tackles a popular topic in investing: Liquidity. The private markets have long been largely illiquid, posing an increasingly stark contrast to now easy-to-trade public securities. As more and more investors gain access to private investments, the demand for cash-out options has grown as well. In this episode, we cover the good, the bad... and yes, the ugly of liquidity. What doe...

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This week the crew tackles a topic that’s gaining steam in our vicinity: needs and trends in the growing real estate developer market. As Crowdinvesting grows in popularity, new needs and opportunities have sprung up as well. From managing the inbound and outbound flow of funds to keeping your investors in the loop after the deal closes, growth has brought a new set of problems. We discuss some of...

Doug and Laurie Duncan join the podcast to give us a peek behind the curtain of a real-life family business takeover. They share what joys and challenges come with running a family business along with the lessons they've learned making the shift from employees to owners. We discuss how they navigated respecting and preserving the local family reputation while maintaining a steady, persistent pursu...

The Vicinity team discusses how to evaluate an opportunity by going inside the mind of a business owner. Where do you start, what challenges do you tackle first, and how do you prioritize as you go? What does it really mean to "fail fast, fail cheap" and do your investors really care? This episode digs into all these questions and attempts to give clarity around the pursuit of opportunity evaluati...

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Website : www.bricdynamics.com Zeb's number: 864-4two1-2three85 Timestamp notes: 3:34 - Original plan for Bricolage was plastic. “climb the smaller mountains first” 4:47 - The various outputs and uses of the bricolage machines 7:14 - Shrinking municipal programs are creating a market for privatized residential recycling 8:49 - The glass recycling problem is really a supply chain problem - how Bric...

Crowdfund article & stats referenced: https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2021/07/177979-reg-cf-the-number-of-finra-regulated-funding-portals-plateaus/

1:45 How Naked Pasta got started 3:57 Why people don't make their own pasta more often 7:28 How they balance production with distribution as a small business 8:48 It’s the specials every week the keep things fun 9:54 How they use seasonality to keep things interesting 12:22 “We’re not using local for the sake of local, We’re using local because we have such a rich community here of quality and tal...

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Investment crowdfunding regulations don't often change, but when they do, the impacts are usually significant for investors. Today the Vicinity team sits down to discuss the importance "Testing The Waters" - one of the latest additions to Regulation Crowdfunding. In short, it allows companies raising capital to discuss their raise publically before going through the process of filing a securities...

Garrett Coyne, a local real estate developer in Huntsville AL shares his take on the booming real estate market. Even with a mix of commercial and residential deals, there is a common thread through Garrett's projects. His strategy always starts a deep understanding of his community and keeps a close eye on the trends of the neighborhoods he invests in. Tune in to hear why Garrett is so excited ab...

:49 - Where Investment crowdfunding dollars typically come from 1:07 - Are we near a tipping point for Investment Crowdfunding? 1:52 - The reason Will invests in real estate & revenue shares with Reg CF 2:54 - The money people put into the stock market is disconnected, local private investors are enjoying a much more relational experience 3:45 - As more people get into private investing - relation...

1:34 - Why Will started INCOLO (formerly Crowdfund NC) 2:27 - How the INCLO program works “It’s not just about investment… It’s about what the business is doing to grow it’s revenue, grow a really good team and grow partner channels" 3:09 - Investment crowdfunding a sales arm, marketing arm, or supply chain channel Case study: BatteryXchange  5:06 - How Will knows a company is ready to accelerate...

2:03 - Julie’s career progression from newspapers to AOL to SC Dept of commerce 5:13 - An overview of the Relentless Challenge grant program and who it supports 6:24 - The three goals of the grant 7:37 - Julie releasing the next round of funding 8:52 - The difference in programmatic grants & infrastructure or company funding 12:15 - Julie’s “Favorite” programs the grant has funded 16:11 -  The val...

Jennifer's website: https://www.sunshinemedianetwork.com/ Timestamps 1:58 - Jenn’s journey into entrepreneurship 13:25 - The key steps for helping small businesses tell their stories.  1st step - understand your "Who" 14:15 - Want to get good at telling people’s stories? be the “idiot” who asks the questions 16:36 - 2nd step - Have confidence 17:43 - 3rd step - Figure out the stereotypes you’re up...

For this special episode, Josh and John join Terrell Turner on the Business Talk Library podcast. They dig into the founding ideas behind Vicinity and share their vision for local investing. They reveal that, surprisingly, the original idea for Vicinity came before they even knew about Regulation Crowdfunding or any of the existing portals. Instead, Vicinity was born from the desire to bring toget...