b'How to Legally Raise Private Moneywhere you can pay an upfront fee plus periodic maintenance fees to create your own crowdfunding platform to fund your own offerings to your own group of investors. Only time will tell which platforms, models and com-panies will survive (and some have failed), both from a practical and legal standpoint. But all in all, this is an exciting time for those brave enough to test the waters.A table showing the types of crowdfunding platforms is available at this link:https://howtolegallyraiseprivatemoney.comBuilding Relationships is Still CriticalEven in Advertised OfferingsWhy not just pick an exemption that allows advertising to start? The first question strangers will ask is: Whats your track record? If you dont have one, you need someone on your team who does. People who already know you may not even ask the question.The best way to get experience if you dont have any, is to invite someone who already has a proven track record with similar business models into your management team. You will likely have to give them a portion of the managers earnings, but in exchange you should be able to leverage their experience and gain instant credibility, and you may gain a mentor who can help your investment opportunity succeed. Investing in private offerings is a relationship-based business. People invest with people they know. An experienced issuer will simply use ad-vertising to obtain contact information for new investors, who they will take the time to get to know before allowing them to invest. There are un-doubtedly many issuers who will attest that an issuer who allows someone they dont know to invest in their offering may live to regret that decision. USING SECURITIES BROKER-DEALERS & FINDERS TO RAISE MONEYUnder the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), a broker is broadly defined as any person engaged in the business of effecting trans-104'