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How Senator Dodd’s Reform Plan Hurts Startup Finance – Accredited Angel Investor Status Could Change

March 22, 2010 /

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Senator Dodd proposes adjusting for inflation the income and net worth requirements for a person to be considered an "accredited investor" by the Securities & Exchange Commission. This benign-sounding change would dramatically reduce the number of accredited informal investors financing companies in the U.S. today.

By Scott Shane

Full Story: http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/mar2010/sb20100318_367600.htm

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