Crowdfunding: Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and Ecommerce with CrowdCrux | Crowdfunding Demystified

Crowdfunding is a fantastic opportunity for existing and new businesses to build something amazing.

Just think about it. What other strategy helps your business get six-figure (or even seven-figure) funding in a matter of days?

However, while many people understand the benefits, most won’t launch a Kickstarter campaign because they’re afraid of what their friends and family will think of them.

They might tell you to be realistic and follow the same old process everybody goes through:

• Go to college
• Get a high-paying job
• Save up your money and retire

But you don’t have to live like that. And today’s guest is proof of that!

In this episode of Crowdfunding Demystified, you’ll hear Salvador Briggman talk to Raghav, a young entrepreneur who raised over $190,000 for his innovative cookware, FIREUP Dutch Oven.

Like many of you, Raghav didn’t want to live the 9-5 lifestyle. So instead of applying for jobs, he started his entrepreneurial journey. And now, he has built the innovative cast-iron cookware that can be used for almost anything: boil, simmer, roast, and fry.

During the episode, you’ll hear Raghav talk about:

• His journey from an Oxford MBA graduate to a successful Kickstarter creator
• The process of creating an innovative product
• The unconventional strategy he and his team used to raise six-figure funding

So if you’ve feared what others will think of you for going against the grain, don’t be! You can do anything, and it’s better to live on your own terms. 

Listening to this is a must if you’d like to start your Kickstarter journey. You’ll get a lot of valuable insight into creating your own campaign.

So grab a pen and paper, and enjoy your listen.

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

• Book a coaching call
• Tune in to Sal’s Live Workshops
• The Kickstarter Launch Formula Audiobook
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.
• FIREUP Dutch Oven

Here’s the thing.

Equity crowdfunding is on a boom right now! So many people are getting thousands of dollars of funding to start their dream businesses.

And do you know what the best part is?

You can do it as well! All you need to do is believe in yourself, learn the launch formula, and take action.

It’s that easy!

In this episode of Crowdfunding Demystified, you’ll hear Salvador Briggman talk to Josh, who has been able to fund his project, Vampr, multiple times on WeFunder. The project is an app that helps musicians connect with creatives, including other musicians, producers, and choreographers, in order to form collaborations and level up their careers.

His current crowdfunding campaign has reached over $500,000! Sounds pretty amazing, right?

In the podcast, you’ll hear Josh talk about:

• How he got into equity crowdfunding
• What differentiated his campaigns from the crowd of average ones
• Much more!

If you’re interested in reaching six-figure funding, then listening to this podcast is a must. You’ll get so much insight into what goes into a great WeFunder campaign!

So take out your pen and a piece of paper, and enjoy listening.

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

• Crowdfunding Coaching
• Equity Crowdfunding Explained
• Free Equity Crowdfunding Course
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.
• Vampr

Imagine this:

You’ve just come up with a business idea that could change the world. But then, the people around you don’t believe in you, and you start telling yourself that you cannot do it.

If that has ever happened to you, then let me tell you, you’ve been lying to yourself! Anybody can make it happen, no matter who you are.

It doesn’t even matter if you’ve finished college or not.

Don’t believe me? Just wait until you hear from today’s guest!

In this episode of Crowdfunding Demystified, you’ll hear Salvador Briggman talk to Albert about his journey to launching multiple successful crowdfunding campaigns.

Albert launched his first Kickstarter campaign when he was only 18 years old! After experiencing its success, he took a big risk and dropped out of college.

Now, he has launched his fourth campaign for a STEM kit called CircuitMess Batmobile that teaches people about autonomous driving and machine learning through electronics and programming. It was widely successful—it only took him two hours to crush his $15,000 funding goal—and now it has raised over $340,000!

Pretty impressive, right?

So, if you’re looking for some valuable tips on crowdfunding, then listening to this episode is a must. In it, Albert will reveal to you some of the most powerful strategies he used for success.

So take out your pen and paper, and enjoy your listen.

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

• Book a coaching call
• Tune in to Sal’s Live Workshops
• The Kickstarter Launch Formula Audiobook
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.
• CircuitMess Batmobile

Having a pre-launch is necessary for a successful crowdfunding campaign.

With it, you can get people excited about your product and help the campaign get traction and press.

Most crowdfunders build their social media presence on Instagram and Facebook. Then, they get people to a waiting list so they can email them as soon as the campaign has launched.

While these social media channels are great for getting people to your waiting list, there’s one platform that usually gets overlooked: TikTok!

In this episode of Crowdfunding Demystified, you’ll hear Salvador Briggman talk to Aaqib about how he was able to raise $147,469 for his one dimension gaming console, Light Pong. He’ll tell you his entire journey, from creating the idea to launching a successful Kickstarter campaign with more than 1,300 backers.

His team tried to crack the TikTok code by conducting many experiments during the pre-launch, and he shares insider tips about this platform, including:

• How TikTok’s algorithm works
• A weird thing about TikTok ads
• How TikTok can aid crowdfunding

So if you’re building your pre-launch list, then listening to this episode is a must. You’ll get some invaluable insider tips on growing on TikTok.

So grab a pen and paper, and enjoy your listen.

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

• Book a coaching call
• Tune in to Sal’s Live Workshops
• The Kickstarter Launch Formula Audiobook
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.
• Light Pong

Here’s the thing.

Creating a successful campaign is simple! All you have to do is follow the process of a successful Kickstarter, and your funding is almost guaranteed.

And once you’ve cracked the code, you’ll be able to replicate it over and over again.

Don’t believe me?

Well, listen to what this episode’s guest has to say!

In this episode of Crowdfunding Demystified, you’ll hear Salvador Briggman talk to Erik, the co-founder of Redshift Sports. He started using Kickstarter back in 2013 to launch his brand and has created four successful Kickstarter campaigns throughout the years.

His latest one, Arclight, is for smart LED bike pedals, and he was able to raise an enormous sum of $421,983 from more than 3,000 backers.

How crazy is that?

You’ll hear Erik share many valuable tips about launching a crowdfunding campaign. These include things like what not to do, how to write a campaign description, and much more.

You’ll even hear him talk about how Kickstarter has changed throughout the years.

So if you’re looking to build a successful campaign, listening to this is an absolute must. You’ll hear many insider tips that will increase your chances of success.

So without further ado, take out your notebook and enjoy listening!

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

• Book a coaching call
• Tune in to Sal’s Live Workshops
• The Kickstarter Launch Formula Audiobook
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.
• Get Help With Your Campaign
• Arclight Bike Pedals

I get it!

It isn’t easy to launch your campaign without knowing if anyone is interested in your product.

But that shouldn’t stop you from trying. Many people have been able to build wildly successful Kickstarter campaigns with niche products.

Don’t believe me?

Wait until you hear about today’s guest.

In this episode of Crowdfunding Demystified, you’ll hear Salvador Briggman speak to David, who was able to raise a whopping $598,648 for his Kickstarter campaign, Beasts of the Mesozoic.

And you know what?

His product isn’t a trendy new tech gadget; it’s a line of scientifically-accurate dinosaur action figures. Quite a specific market, isn’t it?

During the episode, David will teach you many valuable lessons like:

• What it takes to launch a Kickstarter mega-success
• How to launch and market a niche crowdfunding campaign
• How Kickstarter marketplace works

So, instead of asking if there’s an audience for your campaign, give it a shot. You’ll never know when your idea has potential if you’ve never tried it.

If you’re ready to take the leap, pull out your notebook, and enjoy the many valuable lessons in this episode.

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

• Book a coaching call
• Tune in to Sal’s Live Workshops
• The Kickstarter Launch Formula Audiobook
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.
• Beasts of the Mesozoic

Have you ever daydreamed about making money from your passion?

Just think about the fulfillment you’d get and how easy it would be to work. But that’s just a dream and won’t happen, right?

Wrong!

There are many ways to start making money from your passion, and one of these is by using crowdfunding to fund your big idea.

Don’t believe me? Just listen to today’s guest.

In this episode of Crowdfunding Demystified, Salvador Briggman speaks to Mal, a successful Kickstarter creator.

He had a childhood passion for filmmaking. To share his passion, he created a campaign for a board game called Roll Camera.

It was a huge success and raised an enormous sum of $151,224 with more than 3,000 backers.

With this success and his other side gigs, he was able to quit his job.

If you’re looking to do the same and start getting paid for fulfilling work, then you must listen to this episode. You’ll learn about Mal’s whole journey and the mistakes he made along the way.

So, grab your pen and paper, and enjoy your listen.

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

• Book a coaching call
• Tune in to Sal’s Live Workshops
• The Kickstarter Launch Formula Audiobook
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.
• Roll Camera

Imagine this scenario.

You’ve just launched your very first Kickstarter campaign. It’s going better than expected, and by the end, you’ve nearly tripled your funding goal. 

How does it feel? Amazing, right?

However, exceeding your goal doesn’t mean the hard work ends there. People have high expectations, and you have to make sure that your backers are satisfied with the end product.

If they’re not, they probably won’t back your next project.

In this episode of Crowdfunding Demystified, you’ll hear Salvador Briggman talk to Greg, who raised $325,440 for his 1-2 player card game “Spire’s End: Hildegard.”

This is his second campaign for games within the world of Spire’s End, and it presented him with a unique set of problems. You’ll hear him discuss the pressure of needing to meet expectations, the criticism he faced, dealing with packaging issues, and much more.

On the flip side, he reveals how he was able to raise the money with little to no advertising.

So, if you’re itching to make your tabletop game into a reality, listening to this is a must. You’ll get some fantastic tips to make your next crowdfunding campaign a successful one!

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

• Book a coaching call
• Tune in to Sal’s Live Workshops
• The Kickstarter Launch Formula Audiobook
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.
• Spire’s End: Hildegard

Has this ever happened to you?

You’ve just thought of a brilliant business idea that is going to change the world. 

You go to your closest friends and relatives and tell them about your idea, and they say, “You’re crazy!”

That demotivates you to take action, and then after some time, you see someone else making millions off the same idea!

What if you had just ignored what they said and moved forward, nonetheless? What would your life look like now? 

Well, in this episode of Crowdfunding Demystified, you get to hear from someone who has been in that exact position.

You’ll hear Salvador Briggman talk to Dan, the CEO of DRONEDEK, which offers drone package delivery straight to your doorstep.

He’ll tell you the complete journey of turning his idea into reality.

You’ll also get insight into how his team was able to raise a gigantic sum of $3,477,197 with WeFunder.

So if you’ve been called crazy for your ideas, then listening to this is a must! 

And remember, Steve Jobs once said in a speech: “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

• Crowdfunding Coaching
• Equity Crowdfunding Explained
• Free Equity Crowdfunding Course
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.
• DRONEDEK

Crowdfunding has changed the game!

No longer do you need to be highly frugal for many years to get enough money for a chance to create a successful business. All you need to do is register for a crowdfunding platform and get people talking about your product. 

And the best part? You can get funding for any idea, no matter your location. That can all happen faster than you think.

Just imagine this scenario: You launch your campaign before bed, and the very next day, you wake up to a fully-funded campaign.

That would feel amazing, right?

Well, that’s basically what happened to today’s guest (except the sleeping part).

In this episode of Crowdfunding Demystified, you’ll hear Salvador Briggman talk to Artur about how he was able to fully fund his AI-powered software, Never Ending Dungeon, in just seven hours. 

You’ll hear about Artur and his team’s path to glory and the strategies they used to get fully funded. Furthermore, he will discuss the differences between Patreon and Kickstarter and how to use both platforms to your advantage.

So if you’ve got an innovative idea that you want to make into reality, I highly recommend you listen to this episode. You’ll get a lot of insight and tips on creating a successful campaign.

So, be sure to keep a notebook at hand and enjoy listening.

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

• Book a coaching call
• Tune in to Sal’s Live Workshops
• The Kickstarter Launch Formula Audiobook
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.
• Never Ending Dungeon