Learn

D.C. Mobility

We created Small Change to allow everyday people to invest in real estate projects that change cities and neighborhoods for … Read More

3 Questions with Brian

Brian Beckon is a Bay Area-based attorney with over 25 years of experience working for nonprofits, start-ups, and publicly-traded companies. … Read More

Pittsburgh Mobility

Small Change allows everyday people to invest in real estate projects. And now we’re helping to bring change to Pittsburgh. … Read More

Foodie News

In cities everywhere, a sophisticated cousin of the food court has arrived.

These new food halls often combine communal dining … Read More

Meet Bill

Meet Bill Bedell. Bill is a change-maker. A Ph.D. student in chemical engineering at Cornell University, Bill was the … Read More

Crowdfunding Chat

What happens when Ben Schulman of Small Change and Dr. Adam Gower of the National Real Estate Forum get together … Read More

World CSR Congress

CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) refers to the activities and initiatives of a business, which make social and environmental impacts that … Read More

The News

January 2018

Cities. Cities everywhere are rolling out the red carpet to woo Amazon. Amazon has winked back at 20 … Read More

Toolkit

Come to our upcoming Boston event where we’re building a toolkit!

One that will help you to (re)build and (re)define … Read More

Small Talk (Part IV)

When Dr. Adam Gower and Eve Picker, founder of Small Change, had a conversation about real estate equity crowdfunding, there … Read More

Small Talk (Part III)

When Dr. Adam Gower and Eve Picker, founder of Small Change, had a conversation about real estate equity crowdfunding, there … Read More

Small Talk (Part II)

When Dr. Adam Gower and Eve Picker, founder of Small Change, had a conversation about real estate equity crowdfunding, there … Read More

Everyone is investing

Investments in crowdfunding campaigns for everyone are on the rise.

Before May 2016, only accredited investors (earning more than $200,000 … Read More

Small Talk (Part I)

When Dr. Adam Gower and Eve Picker, founder of Small Change, had a conversation about real estate equity crowdfunding, there … Read More

Numero Uno

Last month brought a new honor.

Small Change CEO and founder Eve Picker was named the Top Innovator in the … Read More

100%

The historic Buvinger Building at 4407 Butler Street is now 100% occupied, with a hip new restaurant downstairs and the … Read More

Gangnam meets Tango

With 50,000 fried chicken restaurants in South Korea, you’d have to say that Koreans love their fried chicken. If you’re … Read More

Direct your IRA

The self-directed IRA (Individual Retirement Account) was established in 1974 so that any working American could contribute into an IRA … Read More

Financial Literacy

What is financial literacy? It is understanding the basic concepts used in financial decision-making. It has also been described, by … Read More

Invest Hyperlocal

Hyperlocal (adjective) relating to or focused on a very small geographical community.

Although this buzzword is relatively new, the concept … Read More

Why Real Estate?

It wasn’t so long ago that you needed deep pockets and the right connections to invest in real estate. But … Read More

Coworking Cities

Coworking has become one of the fastest growing real estate markets in the world. Fueled by changes in technology and … Read More

Great NoLa ‘Hood

With a population of approximately 3,500 residents, Milan is a chill, soulful corner of NoLa, close enough to the action … Read More

On the Radio

What’s happening in Pittsburgh‘s tech scene? Small Change.

Tune in to the latest episode of the Pittsburgh Technology Council’s … Read More

Funding Portal!

Small Change has just been approved as a Funding Portal dedicated to real estate. With a small stroke of a … Read More

Conversation

By Eve Picker 

There are so many inspirational conversations happening around city and place. If you can filter out the … Read More

p4 Pittsburgh

By Eve Picker

Did anyone imagine, just a few years ago, that we’d be having conversations about how to manage … Read More

Greenbuild

By Eve Picker

It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks. Chicago, San Francisco, home to Pittsburgh, back to Chicago, home … Read More

Mindful Place

By Eve Picker

I’m on another flight today.  This time to Chicago. I’m participating in a “salon” hosted by artist … Read More

Detroit

“Detroit today has always been your town tomorrow.” – Coleman Young, Mayor of Detroit, 1974-1994

As Small Change packs our … Read More

Recap RealCap

What did we learn when the crowdfunding community came to Pittsburgh?

“The direct crowdfunding paradigm creates something that never before … Read More

Progress

This is what building a tiny house in Garfield looks like. On this page, we will be posting photos of … Read More

City Cure

Watch Eve Picker, Small Change CEO & founder, deliver a TEDx talk on her “cure for the common city.” (Hint: … Read More

Changes

It’s been a historic year for crowdfunding. In October, the SEC voted to approve the final Title III rules – … Read More

Accredited?

Say hello to Judy. Judy lives in downtown Pittsburgh where she works as the managing director for a software engineering … Read More

History

So, you wanna know about investment crowdfunding, huh? Maybe you’ve heard about the SEC voting on something called Title III … Read More

New Rules

There’s an unprecedented level of excitement in the geeky JOBS Act world. Title III is about to be born. In … Read More

Title III

It’s been a long time coming. This Friday, it appears that the SEC’s five commissioners will come together to vote … Read More

Change

We created Small Change to allow everyday people to invest in real estate projects that change cities and neighborhoods for … Read More

Welcome

In a recent op-ed for Next Pittsburgh, Small Change CEO Eve Picker breaks down the rapid rise of crowdfunding and … Read More

#Change

This past summer, Small Change teamed up with rabble-rousing doer-makers Fygment to present the #NotSoSmallChange Instagram contest. The idea behind … Read More

Boom

Now is the time for tiny! Excavation crews began work yesterday on the Tiny House in Garfield. Reporting live from … Read More

On the Radio

“People always say: ‘Oh, did you see what they built? Did you see what they did over there?’ No one … Read More

#Instagram

An Instagram Contest. You take photos with your phone, right? Use Instagram? Love Pittsburgh?  Well then, we have a challenge … Read More

Big Headache

Want to know what it takes to build a tiny house?

Watch two years of process condensed into 20 slides, … Read More

Say Hello

Today is a big day for cityLAB’s Tiny House. Our funding is finally in place. Well, almost….

Let … Read More