The Comprehensive Crowdfunding Guide: Donation and Rewards-based Crowdfunding Success (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781503199361)

My mission is to help others achieve financial independence and alleviate poverty by providing entrepreneurs with the knowledge, tools, and resources to access capital for their business endeavors. - Lance McNeill, author of The Comprehensive Crowdfunding Guide(R) Lance McNeill is driven by his desire to coach and guide small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. In his role of seeing clients through the development process from an idea to successful launch, he looks to crowdfunding as the platform for empowering his clients to take the success of their businesses to the next level. McNeill pioneered the Keep Austin Funded crowdfunding program with local Austin non-profit, Business and Community Lenders of Texas. The Keep Austin Funded program provides technical assistance to those seeking to raise funds through crowdfunding. The program navigates entrepreneurs through both the start-up and crowdfunding processes with an innovative combination of 1-on-1 business coaching and crowdfunding. At the helm of this program, McNeill recognizes crowdfunding as a revolutionary opportunity for start-up entrepreneurs seeking access to capital. Formerly a business coach in Peace Corps Africa, McNeill brings a unique perspective to entrepreneurship at a global level. McNeill's experience and commitment to helping budding entrepreneurs lead him to writing his debut book titled The Comprehensive Crowdfunding Guide(R), a tool to help not only his clients, but an audience at large finding themselves turning to innovative avenues, such as crowdfunding, for capital. McNeill holds an MBA from the McCoy School of Business at Texas State. As a believer in lifelong learning, he is currently pursuing a second Master's degree at the University of Texas' LBJ School of Public Affairs.