You can just self-claim to be an accredited investor. I did this for ages until it started becoming true.
But it's probably best they stay private. As you can see in these HN comments, public investors lack the ability to see the project through. i.e. there will be failures, planned and unplanned.
This is also why I think Kickstarter projects should be restricted to people who understand that they can end up with nothing.
I know of at least a couple low-profile high-value things that are invite-only and I'm only a part of because I'm in the network. This is probably the future of these things. Being able to constrain your audience to only somewhat wealthy people insulates you from the lumpenproletariat, perhaps at the cost of some smart and unwealthy.
And to be honest, the lumpenproles usually demand to be protected from these things, so it's a good idea to give them that since there's an easy way to segment the population.
But it's probably best they stay private. As you can see in these HN comments, public investors lack the ability to see the project through. i.e. there will be failures, planned and unplanned.
This is also why I think Kickstarter projects should be restricted to people who understand that they can end up with nothing.
I know of at least a couple low-profile high-value things that are invite-only and I'm only a part of because I'm in the network. This is probably the future of these things. Being able to constrain your audience to only somewhat wealthy people insulates you from the lumpenproletariat, perhaps at the cost of some smart and unwealthy.
And to be honest, the lumpenproles usually demand to be protected from these things, so it's a good idea to give them that since there's an easy way to segment the population.