Note: This week’s podcast features Gadget Flow. Submit your Kickstarter or Indiegogo project to The Gadget Flow today using code atok20 and save 20%.

For this week’s episode of the podcast, we spoke with Evan Varsamis, creator of the Gadget Flow, about how he built the Gadget Flow from the ground up and how the platform can help crowdfunding creators and backers alike. Tune in to check out this exciting episode from one of our sponsors!

Key Takeaways

* How to grow a business organically

* How to submit a project to The Gadget Flow

* How The Gadget Flow can help Kickstarter and Indiegogo creators

* How The Gadget Flow can help Kickstarter project backers

* How to launch and scale a new business

* What to look for when hiring and adding to your team

* How to use Slack to build company culture

* How to ensure your customers are recommending your product or service to others

* How to use growth hacking strategies to grow your business

* Why pre-launch is key to a successful crowdfunding campaign

Links

* Gadget Flow

* Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life Without Losing Its Soul by Howard Schultz

Connect with the Gadget Flow

* Gadget Flow on Facebook

* @gadgetflow on Instagram

* @Gadget Flow on Twitter

* Gadget Flow on Pinterest

Sponsors

Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by The Gadget Flow, a product discovery platform that helps you discover, save, and buy awesome products. The Gadget Flow is the ultimate buyer's guide for cool luxury gadgets and creative gifts. Click here to learn more and list your product - use coupon code ATOKK16 for 20% off!

Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by BackerKit. BackerKit makes software that crowdfunding project creators use to survey backers, organize data, raise additional funds with add-ons and manage orders for fulfillment, saving creators hundreds of hours. To learn more and get started, click here.

Transcript

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Roy Morejon:

Welcome to Art of the Kickstart, your source for crowdfunding campaign success. I’m your host, Roy Morejon, president of Enventys Partners, the top full-service, turnkey product development, and crowdfunding marketing agency in the world. We have helped startups raise over a 100 million dollars for our clients since 2010. Each week, I’ll interview a crowdfunding success story, an inspirational entrepreneur, or a business expert, in order to help you take your startup to the next level with crowdfunding.

Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by BackerKit and The Gadget Flow. BackerKit makes software that crowdfunding project creators use to survey backers, organize data, and manage orders for fulfillment by automating your operations and helping you print and ship faster. The Gadget Flow is a product discovery platform that helps you discover, save and buy awesome products. It is the ultimate buyer’s guide for luxury gadgets and creative gifts. Now let’s get on with the show.

Welcome to another edition of Art of the Kickstart. Today, I am joined with Evan Varsamis with The Gadget Flow. Evan, thank you so much for joining us.

Evan Varsamis:

This week on Art of the Kickstart, Eddie Lee of Podo Labs is back to tell us all about his latest Kickstarter project. Tune in to hear what he’s learned after running four successful crowdfunding campaigns, and what tips he has to offer to others hoping to fund their own consumer electronics product.

BELLE - A Powerful Bluetooth Speaker and Wireless Hub

Key Crowdfunding Takeaways

* What to expect to be different when you’re running your second, third or fourth campaign

* How to manage a crowdfunding campaign without losing focus on your existing customers

* How to use Facebook for consumer research

* How to get press coverage from the best online media outlets

* How to adequately prepare for a Kickstarter campaign

* How to make sure you truly understand your value proposition

Links

* Belle on Kickstarter

* Podo Labs

* Mailshake

* Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance

Connect with Podo Labs

* Podo on Facebook

* @PodoLabs on Twitter

* @PodoLabs on Instagram

Sponsors

Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by The Gadget Flow, a product discovery platform that helps you discover, save, and buy awesome products. The Gadget Flow is the ultimate buyer's guide for cool luxury gadgets and creative gifts. Click here to learn more and list your product - use coupon code ATOKK16 for 20% off!

Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by BackerKit. BackerKit makes software that crowdfunding project creators use to survey backers, organize data, raise additional funds with add-ons and manage orders for fulfillment, saving creators hundreds of hours. To learn more and get started, click here.

Transcript

View this episode's transcript

Roy Morejon:

Welcome to Art of the Kickstart, your source for crowdfunding campaign success. I’m your host, Roy Morejon, president of Enventys Partners, the top full-service turnkey product development and crowdfunding marketing agency in the world. We have helped startups raise over $100 million for our clients since 2010. Each week, I’ll interview a crowdfunding success story, an inspirational entrepreneur, or a business expert in order to help you take your startup to the next level with crowdfunding.

Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by BackerKit and the Gadget Flow. BackerKit makes software that crowdfunding project creators use to survey backers, organize data and manage orders for fulfillment by automating your operations and helping you print and ship faster. The Gadget Flow is a product discovery platform that helps you discover, save and buy awesome products. It is the ultimate buyer’s guide for luxury gadgets and creative gifts. Now, let’s get on with the show.

Welcome to another edition of Art of the Kickstart. Today, I am joined again with Eddie Lee. Eddie, thank you so much for joining us again.

Eddie Lee:

Roy, it’s a pleasure to be here. Thanks for having me again.

Roy Morejon:

Hey, it’s my pleasure. All right. You guys just kicked off your fourth campaign for Podo Labs, Belle.

For this episode of Art of the Kickstart, we spoke with Damien Henning, creator of the Shape Flexer Sunhat. Give it a listen to learn more about how to successfully launch a product on Kickstarter without any previous experience or connections.

Shape Flexer: The world's first shape-able sunhat

Key Crowdfunding Takeaways

* How to get started when you are launching your first product

* How to find manufacturers for your product

* What it looks like to go to Asia and work with manufacturers

* How to decide if Kickstarter is a good fit for your product

* How to use your Facebook friends to help gather support for your Kickstarter campaign

* How to maintain momentum during a 60-day Kickstarter campaign

Links

* Shape Flexer Sunhat on Kickstarter

* Shape Flexer Sunhat on Indiegogo

* Thunderclap

* Enventys Partners

* Joy

* Tucker

* Hustle and Flow

Connect with Shape Flexer Sunhat

* Shape Flexer on Facebook

Sponsors

Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by The Gadget Flow, a product discovery platform that helps you discover, save, and buy awesome products. The Gadget Flow is the ultimate buyer's guide for cool luxury gadgets and creative gifts. Click here to learn more and list your product - use coupon code ATOKK16 for 20% off!

Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by BackerKit. BackerKit makes software that crowdfunding project creators use to survey backers, organize data, raise additional funds with add-ons and manage orders for fulfillment, saving creators hundreds of hours. To learn more and get started, click here.

Transcript

View this episode's transcript

Roy Morejon:

Welcome to Art of the Kickstart, your source for crowdfunding campaign success. I’m your host, Roy Morejon, president of Enventys Partners, the top full service turnkey product development and crowdfunding marketing agency in the world. We have helped startups raise over $100 million for our clients since 2010. Each week I’ll interview a crowdfunding success story, an inspirational entrepreneur or a business expert in order to help you take your startup to the next level with crowdfunding.

Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by BackerKit and the Gadget Flow. BackerKit makes software that crowdfunding project creators use to survey backers, organize data and manage orders for fulfillment by automating your operations and helping you print and ship faster. The Gadget Flow is a product discovery platform that helps you discover, save and buy awesome products. It is the ultimate buyer’s guide for luxury gadgets and creative gifts. Now let’s get on with the show

Welcome to another edition of Art of the Kickstart. Today I am joined with Damien Henning with Shapeshifter. Damien, thank you so much for joining us today.

Damien Henning:

Hey Roy, it’s my pleasure. Thanks a lot for having me.

Roy Morejon:

We just concluded our Kickstarter campaign working together on this one and Shapeshifter being the world’s first shapeable stiff brimmed sun hat. Please tell our audience where this idea started. What’s the back story here?

Note: This week’s guest on the podcast is the co-founder of Crowd Invest Summit, a conference our host, Roy Morejon, will be attending as a member of a panel September 6 and 7. If you’d like to attend this conference in LA, register here using code RoyMorejon30 for a 30% discount on regular tickets.

For this episode of Art of the Kickstart, we spoke with Josef Holm, founder and CEO of Krowdster and co-founder of Crowd Invest Summit. Tune in to learn more about how to make sure your Kickstarter or Indiegogo project hits its funding goal quickly.

Key Crowdfunding Takeaways

* How to build an audience on social media before launching a Kickstarter campaign

* How to use Facebook Ads to promote your Kickstarter campaign

* Why it’s important to start marketing a crowdfunding project well before you launch

* How to get results with Facebook Ads

* How to use a landing page to collect email addresses before you launch your campaign

* How to stick out amongst all the campaigns launched in Kickstarter and Indiegogo each day

Links

* Krowdster

* #AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness by Gary Vaynerchuk

* Crowd Invest Summit

* The Profit

Connect with Josef Holm & Krowdster

* [email protected]

* @josefholm on Twitter

* Josef Holm on Facebook

* Josef Holm on LinkedIn

* @Krowdster on Twitter

* Krowdster on Facebook

Sponsors

Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by The Gadget Flow, a product discovery platform that helps you discover, save, and buy awesome products. The Gadget Flow is the ultimate buyer's guide for cool luxury gadgets and creative gifts. Click here to learn more and list your product - use coupon code ATOKK16 for 25% off!

Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by BackerKit. BackerKit makes software that crowdfunding project creators use to survey backers, organize data, raise additional funds with add-ons and manage orders for fulfillment, saving creators hundreds of hours. To learn more and get started, click here.

Transcript

View this episode's transcript

Roy Morejon:

Welcome to Art of the Kickstart, your source for crowdfunding campaign success. I’m your host Roy Morejon, President of Enventys Partners, the top full-service turnkey product development and crowdfunding marketing agency in the world. We have helped start-ups raise over $100 million for our clients since 2010. Each week, I’ll interview a crowdfunding success story, an inspirational entrepreneur, or a business expert in order to help you take your start-up to the next level with crowdfunding.

Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by BackerKit and The Gadget Flow. BackerKit makes software that crowdfunding project creators use to survey backers, organize data, and manage orders for fulfillment by automating your operations and helping you print and ship faster. The Gadget Flow is a product discovery platform that helps you discover, save and buy awesome products.

For this episode of Art of the Kickstart, we spoke with Antonia Saint Dunbar, creator of Antonia Saint New York, a company that makes beautiful, classic heels and flats that feel like sneakers.  Tune in and hear more about how to launch a fashion company on Kickstarter and raise over 1.8 million dollars!

High-Tech Heels & Flats that Feel Like Sneakers Inside

Key Crowdfunding Takeaways

* How to build a great team for your crowdfunding project

* How to provide a highly-customized product on Kickstarter

* How to make the most out of a Kickstarter Live Stream

* What to know before you launch a fashion project on Kickstarter

* How to communicate about your product effectively

Links

* Antonia Saint New York on Kickstarter

* By Invitation Only: How We Built Gilt and Changed the Way Millions Shop by Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson

* The Glitter Plan: How We Started Juicy Couture for $200 and Turned It into a Global Brand by Pamela Skaist-Levy and Gela Nash-Taylor

* Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose by Tony Hsieh

* www.antoniasaintny.com

Connect with Antonia Saint New York

* Antonia Saint NY on Facebook

* @AntoniaSaintNY on Twitter

* @antoniasaintny on Instagram

Transcript

View this episode's transcript

Roy Morejon:

Welcome to Art of the Kickstart, your source for crowdfunding campaign success. I’m your host, Roy Morejon, President of Enventys Partners, the top full-service, turnkey product development and crowd funding marketing agency in the world. We have helped startups raise over $100 million for our clients since 2010. Each week I’ll interview a crowdfunding success story, an inspirational entrepreneur or a business expert in order to help you take your startup to the next level with crowdfunding.

Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by BackerKit and The Gadget Flow. BackerKit makes software that crowdfunding project creators use to survey backers, organize data and manage orders for fulfillment by automating your operations and helping you print and ship faster. The Gadget Flow is a product discovery platform that helps you discover, save and buy awesome products. It is the ultimate buyers guide for luxury gadgets and creative gifts.

Now let’s get on with the show.

Welcome to another edition of Art of the Kickstart. Today I am joined with Antonia Saint Dunbar, the co-founder and creator of the Antonia Saint NY. Antonia, thank you so much for joining us today.

Antonia Saint Dunbar:

Thank you for having me, I’m excited to be here.

Roy Morejon:

So Antonia, you are the co-founder, creator of multiple companies. What is the backstory here

Antonia Saint Dunbar:

Yeah, so the backstory. I think we would have to start with looking at the world through the eyes of being my father’s daughter, really. He was an industrial designer, worked for GM, a chief of design for 30 years. And he was always pointing out design flaws to me. Like, “This chair doesn’t work so well,” or “Look at how that bottle could have been designed differently.” And even taught in his retirement a industrial design class at Center for Creative Studies in Detroit. So I just had this kind of perspective that was unique.

For this episode of Art of the Kickstart, we spoke with Antonia Saint Dunbar, creator of Antonia Saint New York, a company that makes beautiful, classic heels and flats that feel like sneakers.  Tune in and hear more about how to launch a fashion company on Kickstarter and raise over half a million dollars! High-Tech […]

This week on Art of the Kickstart, we spoke to Narek Vardanyan, founder of The Crowdfunding Formula and campaign manager for the Volterman smart wallet. Tune in to hear from Narek about what to consider before launching a crowdfunding campaign, how to choose between launching on Kickstarter and Indiegogo and much more!

Volterman - World’s Most Powerful Smart Wallet

Key Crowdfunding Takeaways

* What benefits crowdfunding creators get from launching products on Kickstarter or Indiegogo

* What a campaign creator should consider before launching a crowdfunding campaign

* How to decide between Kickstarter and Indiegogo

* Why email subscribers are a critical part of a crowdfunding campaign

* How the crowdfunding industry is transforming

Links

* thecrowdfundingformula.com

* Volterman on Indiegogo

* 57 Secrets of Crowdfunding

Connect with Narek & Volterman

* The Crowdfunding Formula on Facebook

* Volterman Smart Wallet on Facebook

* @VoltermanWallet on Twitter

* @voltermansmartwallet on Instagram

Sponsors

Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by The Gadget Flow, a product discovery platform that helps you discover, save, and buy awesome products. The Gadget Flow is the ultimate buyer's guide for cool luxury gadgets and creative gifts. Click here to learn more and list your product - use coupon code ATOKK16 for 25% off!

Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by BackerKit. BackerKit makes software that crowdfunding project creators use to survey backers, organize data, raise additional funds with add-ons and manage orders for fulfillment, saving creators hundreds of hours. To learn more and get started, click here.

This week on Art of the Kickstart, we spoke to Narek Vardanyan, founder of The Crowdfunding Formula and campaign manager for the Volterman smart wallet. Tune in to hear from Narek about what to consider before launching a crowdfunding campaign, how to choose between launching on Kickstarter and Indiegogo and much more! Volterman – World’s […]

This week on Art of the Kickstart, we have a slightly different type of interview! We spoke with Shawnee Kilgore, a musician whose Kickstarter project gave her the opportunity to work with screenwriter and director Joss Whedon. Tune in to hear more about why Kickstarter is a good fit for musicians, how to prepare to launch an album on Kickstarter and much more!

A Long and Precious Road: Shawnee's New Full Length Album!

Key Crowdfunding Takeaways

* Why Kickstarter is a good fit for musicians

* How long it takes to prepare for a music project on Kickstarter

* How to tell your friends and family about your Kickstarter project in a personal way

* Why it’s important to be authentic throughout your entire Kickstarter campaign

Links

* A Long and Precious Road on Kickstarter

* The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff

Shawnee Kilgore and Joss Whedon - Back to Eden (Official Music Video)

Connect with Shawnee Kilgore

* Shawnee Kilgore on Facebook

* @ShawneeKilgore on Twitter

* @shawneekilgore on Instagram

* Shawnee Kilgore on YouTube

Sponsors

Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by The Gadget Flow, a product discovery platform that helps you discover, save, and buy awesome products. The Gadget Flow is the ultimate buyer's guide for cool luxury gadgets and creative gifts. Click here to learn more and list your product - use coupon code ATOKK16 for 25% off!

Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by BackerKit. BackerKit makes software that crowdfunding project creators use to survey backers, organize data, raise additional funds with add-ons and manage orders for fulfillment, saving creators hundreds of hours. To learn more and get started, click here.

Transcript

View this episode's transcript

Roy Morejon:

Welcome to Art of the Kickstart, your source for crowdfunding campaign success. I’m your host Roy Morejon, President of Enventys Partners, the top full service turnkey product development in crowdfunding marketing agency in the world. We have helped start ups raise over 100 million dollars for our clients since 2010. Each week I’ll interview a crowdfunding success story, an inspirational entrepreneur, or a business expert, in order to help you take your start up to the next level with crowdfunding.

Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by Backer Kit and the Gadget Flow. Backer Kit makes software that crowdfunding project creators use to survey backers, organize data, and manage orders for fulfillment by automating your operations and helping you print and ship faster. The Gadget Flow is a product discovery platform that helps you discover, save and buy awesome products. It is the ultimate buyers guide for luxury gadgets and creative gifts.

Now, let’s get on with the show. Welcome to another edition of Art of the Kickstart. Today I am joined with Shawnee Kilgore. Shawnee, thank you so much for joining us on the podcast today.

Shawnee Kilgore:

Thank you for having me, Roy.

Roy Morejon:

Back in March of 2014, which seems ages ago in the universe of crowdfunding, you launched a campaign for an album,

This week on Art of the Kickstart, we have a slightly different type of interview! We spoke with Shawnee Kilgore, a musician whose Kickstarter project gave her the opportunity to work with screenwriter and director Joss Whedon. Tune in to hear more about why Kickstarter is a good fit for musicians, how to prepare to […]