&gt; Reminder: you can take money from non-accredited investors<p>My understanding is that it&#x27;s only legal if investors approach you, or if you solicit individual investors on a one-by-one basis. It&#x27;s illegal to simply announce that you&#x27;re publicly accepting investment. I wholeheartedly agree that the marketing of these types of offerings need to be tightly regulated, but as it stands today, it&#x27;s effectively impossible to participate (as an investor) without having a personal connection to the business.