Maggie Bolger is the founder of Maggie & Rose, a "private members club for families", and is one of the most creative and tenacious entrepreneurs I know.

From her own poor experiences of searching for a decent place to take her young children to enjoy time together and meet new people, Maggie had an idea to provide a fun learning environment for pre-schoolers. Once she had the idea there was no hanging around writing lengthy business plans.

Despite little capital, Maggie's first step was to rent out a room, generate some cash and make a start with just a few kids and mums looking for a place that was fun and educational. From this starting point, Maggie secured a premises in Kensington, London, and started creating the type of place she would like to take her own four children.

After five years of bootstrapping - and the kinds of challenges that would have stopped many other business-owners in their tracks - Maggie and her husband Sean, the company’s business development director, have created a children's club that is profitable and popular with a long waiting list.

The pair are now ready to start scaling and have found location number two in Chiswick. They've not been short on investment offers to fund their growth plans and have turned down one offer of conventional VC investment because they want more equity and control.

Instead they've decided to go the way of crowdfunding using Crowdcube, an online platform which allows small investors to buy equity in private businesses. Their crowdfunding pitch went live this week and their aim is to raise £800k and sell shares in the new club directly to their members, along with anyone else who wants to participate and share in the rewards.

If you're thinking of crowdfunding for your business take a look at Maggie & Rose's pitch which is excellent. Of course, £800k is a big ask in crowdfunding terms and if successful the deal could be the second largest crowdfunding deal within the UK (The Rushmore Group is currently the largest at £1m).

If it sounds like my support for Maggie and Rose is biased - it is. Having worked with the team, I'm convinced that their business really deserves to get fully crowdfunded. Not only that, their success would open the gates for many more entrepreneurs exploring this route to capital.