Claim Statement Instructions: Respond to a minimum of two peers. · Review unit 4 Overcoming Objections, Write two possible objections to your peer’s claim statements. · Review unit 4 Refutation, Respond to at least one peer objection Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format. Please review post and response expectations . Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria (Read Me First Section of the Course). Andria Chapman Crowdfunding is the quickest way to create a startup business or the easiest way to scam. The issue of crowdfunding exists for individuals who provide a service, new product, scientists and researchers, engineers, and a plethora of individuals who want someone else to believe in what they can provide, build, or create; however, it also presents the risk from fraudulent activity and leave many people with nothing to show for their investment. This is true because if you browse through the world wide web or television, you will find websites like GoFundMe, Kickstarter, and Shark Tank who all have a few things in common; a business owner; product, service, or research; and investors. You don’t have to look far or do much searching if you want to dive into the countless number of projects that are available to invest in through crowdfunding. This issue may have started with someone with a great idea and no way to mass produce it or let the general public know that it was available, and limited access to funds or resources to bring their idea from paper to reality. “In 1876, crowdfunding was used to finance one of the United States' most iconic monuments, the Statue of Liberty. The citizens of France paid for the statue, and the citizens of the United States paid for the pedestal. Citizens in both countries held meetings, theater performances, art auctions, prizefights, and rallies to raise money. Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, the Statue of Liberty's architect, offered a miniature version of the statue with the name of the buyer engraved on it in exchange for a donation—a "perk" when compared to today's crowdfunding. Despite being $250,000 short, newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer used The World , a New York City daily newspaper, to mount a fund drive, promising to print the name of each donor. Pulitzer's plan worked and millions of people around the country began donating whatever they could including a kindergarten class in Iowa that sent $1.35. Why? Because these people believed in the project and wanted to give back; they wanted to be a part of history and be a part of something bigger than themselves. These are the same reasons people give to crowdfunding today. Times might have changed but core beliefs have not.” (Dresner, 2014). If crowdfunding becomes the quickest way to start your project or the fastest way to scam someone then more laws will begin to change the way people can invest and it may be more difficult in the future. I think tha ...