Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of SBE Council (SBECouncil.org), cheers for the SEC and their proposed series of practical changes to the exempt offering framework that will strengthen and improve capital access for startups and small businesses. The proposed amendments are reforms that SBE Council has long advocated for, particularly refinements that were needed soon after implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act), which made equity and debt-based crowdfunding legal.