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Crowdfunding may soon be a reality in the United States, giving entrepreneurs and would-be mom-and-pop startup investors reason for celebration.

And make no mistake about it: crowdfunding could be one of the most significant changes to hit the startup world in a long time, providing entrepreneurs with a much larger market in which to raise capital for their companies.

As Tim Rowe, CEO of Cambridge Innovation Center, sees it, crowdfunding will "turn the start-up world upside down."

"This is Kickstarter on jet fuel," he writes.

But if and when the ink dries on crowdfunding legislation that is awaiting approval in the U.S. Senate, entrepreneurs will have to grapple with the reality that while crowdfunding gives them a potentially powerful new way to raise funds, it isn't a perfect funding solution.

To read the full, original article click on this link: Crowdfunding: four things entrepreneurs should consider | Econsultancy