Calacanis: US rules will let non-accredited gig workers invest in startups
Jason Calacanis · #81 Jason Calacanis: Intelligent Risk · Apr 14, 2020 · at 53:32
Angel investor Jason Calacanis discusses the democratization of venture capital and potential regulatory changes to accredited investor rules with Shane Parrish.
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“We're going to see some regulation in the United States where people are going to be able to be sophisticated investors, In other words, maybe they don't have the accreditation benchmark of whatever it is, a 152 100,000 a year in revenue of, in you know, income for two years. We're going to see sophisticated investors, which will be like, you take a course on private company investing, and you're going to see Uber drivers or Postmates delivery people or HR people working in LinkedIn investing in those companies”
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