Soliciting Investors: One Thing Twitter Should Never Be Used For

Last Updated on March 25, 2026 by Ryan Roberts

I saw this TechCrunch article in my RSS reader and thought I would pass it on to you:

Social Median Disregards 60 Years of Securities Regulations With Sale of Stock on Twitter

I’m a new user of Twitter and I believe it can be used for a lot of things. Soliciting Investors? Not one of them.

When it comes to raising capital and soliciting investors, I think the best approach you can take is that you should assume you can’t do what you want to do.

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Ryan Roberts is a startup and venture capital attorney and partner at Roberts Zimmerman PLLC with more than two decades of experience advising high‑growth startups and venture capital investors. He is the author of Acceleration: What All Entrepreneurs Must Know About Startup Law and StartupLawyer.com

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