Chance Barnett is the Co-Founder and CEO of crowdfunder, the social network and business crowdfunding platform for small businesses, social enterprises and startups.

Chance is a successful internet entrepreneur who has started and bootstrapped several companies from inception to over $58,000,000 in revenues over the last 13 years. His unique skill set brings together both hands-on technical knowledge and high growth marketing/customer acquisition experience, as demonstrated by having built technology and grown businesses that have acquired over 40,000,000 email subscribers online.

Prior to founding crowdfunder in 2011, Chances left his most recent full time operational leadership role and became a hands-on investor and advisor for early stage growth companies, a Forbes Contributor on Startups and Crowdfunding, as well as a published best-selling Author & Speaker in the areas of Personal Development & Entrepreneurship.

In founding crowdfunder, Chance has played an early and significant role in JOBS Act legislation & regulation engaged directly with top leadership across Congress, the White House and the SEC.

Chance is a graduate of University of California, Santa Cruz with a degree in Economics. He lives in Venice, California where he is an Advisor or Board Member to a select group of socially conscious businesses and early stage startups, and surfs when the waves are good.

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