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

Ever heard of equity crowdfunding?

It’s like Kickstarter… but rather than pledging money, your backers are INVESTING in your company. Think startup investing, but taken online.

CrowdCube is one of the major UK-based equity crowdfunding platforms in this sector and today, I spoke with a startup that has raised more than £827,810 on the platform.

Equity Crowdfunding Explained - Audible

Sponsors

• The Gadget Flow: Their product discovery platform reaches 22 million people per month! They’ve helped more than 5,000 crowdfunding campaigns and have a social media following of more than 700,000 followers.
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended!
• BackerKit helps crowdfunders with the survey and order fulfillment process. Don’t buried in spreadsheets and manual data entry!

What if you had an extra $10,000 to invest in your business? 

What could you do with that? 

Today, I spoke with an expert from Kiva who shared how to get a 0% interest loan up to $10,000 for your business.

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Sponsors

• The Gadget Flow: Their product discovery platform reaches 22 million people per month! They’ve helped more than 5,000 crowdfunding campaigns and have a social media following of more than 700,000 followers.
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended!
• BackerKit helps crowdfunders with the survey and order fulfillment process. Don’t buried in spreadsheets and manual data entry!

Oh. My. Gawd.

It happened!!!

We got to speak directly with a staff member from Kickstarter... and they revealed everything.

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• The Gadget Flow: Their product discovery platform reaches 22 million people per month! They’ve helped more than 5,000 crowdfunding campaigns and have a social media following of more than 700,000 followers.
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended!
• BackerKit helps crowdfunders with the survey and order fulfillment process. Don’t buried in spreadsheets and manual data entry!

Today, I brought Andrew Hagen onto the podcast to share with you his experience having raised more than $1 million on Kickstarter with three crowdfunding campaigns. 

His products include a series of biking accessories that help you record what happen around you so that you don't run into traffic issues and arguments as a cycler.

Weekly Newsletter: http://www.crowdcrux.com/subscribe

 Sponsors

• The Gadget Flow: Their product discovery platform reaches 22 million people per month! They’ve helped more than 5,000 crowdfunding campaigns and have a social media following of more than 700,000 followers.
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended!
• BackerKit helps crowdfunders with the survey and order fulfillment process. Don’t buried in spreadsheets and manual data entry!

Anthony Kokakis launched a crowdfunding campaign for Yoga Flexer and raised $29k. He came on the show to share how ANYONE can create a physical product without a big budget.

Not only that, but you can also get the word out and drive traffic to your campaign even if you don't have much marketing experience.

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Sponsors

• The Gadget Flow: Their product discovery platform reaches 22 million people per month! They’ve helped more than 5,000 crowdfunding campaigns and have a social media following of more than 700,000 followers.
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended!
• BackerKit helps crowdfunders with the survey and order fulfillment process. Don’t buried in spreadsheets and manual data entry!

Jodi McMaster is the Author of Circus Vowels, a 1st Grade Teacher, a mom, AND an entrepreneur.

After launching her campaign on Kickstarter, she was able to rack up more than $20k+ to create a book that helps children learn how to read and an interactive reading kit for teachers to use in classrooms.

 Sponsors:

• The Gadget Flow: Their product discovery platform reaches 22 million people per month! They’ve helped more than 5,000 crowdfunding campaigns and have a social media following of more than 700,000 followers.
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended!
• BackerKit helps crowdfunders with the survey and order fulfillment process. Don’t buried in spreadsheets and manual data entry!

On this episode, Jason Furie, the Content and Community Manager shared tons of great post-Kickstarter tips when it comes to dealing with failed credit cards, handling surveys, doing upsells, and more.

• The Gadget Flow: Their product discovery platform reaches 22 million people per month! They’ve helped more than 5,000 crowdfunding campaigns and have a social media following of more than 700,000 followers.
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended!
• BackerKit helps crowdfunders with the survey and order fulfillment process. Don’t buried in spreadsheets and manual data entry!

Today, you're going to hear from Nishant, the project leader of the Quilo Fan crowdfunding project. This campaign raised $80,203 without a social following or big email list.

You're gonna see how they were able to pull off this tremendous feat and enter an entirely new product category. I think that listening to Nishant is like a personal coaching call from a seasoned entrepreneur.

Blogging for Beginners on Audible

• The Gadget Flow: Their product discovery platform reaches 22 million people per month! They’ve helped more than 5,000 crowdfunding campaigns and have a social media following of more than 700,000 followers.
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended!
• BackerKit helps crowdfunders with the survey and order fulfillment process. Don’t buried in spreadsheets and manual data entry!

I talked with Gihan, one of the co-founders of Ministry of Supply, who has launched threesuccessful Kickstarter campaigns for his fashion company.

The latest crowdfunding project raised $642,947 from the crowd for a intelligent heated jacket. The team has also raised money for performance dress socks and dress shirts.

Kickstarter Launch Formula

• The Gadget Flow: Their product discovery platform reaches 22 million people per month! They’ve helped more than 5,000 crowdfunding campaigns and have a social media following of more than 700,000 followers.
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended!
• BackerKit helps crowdfunders with the survey and order fulfillment process. Don’t buried in spreadsheets and manual data entry!

Today, you're going to hear from serial Kickstarter entrepreneur Brian Filko who has consistently raised thousands on Kickstarter across a few different projects.

He tells it like it is and shares with you his formula for seeing success on the platform. We'll also dive deep into his story of quitting his job and going full-time on his passion. It's pretty freakin' inspirational. 

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• The Gadget Flow: Their product discovery platform reaches 22 million people per month! They’ve helped more than 5,000 crowdfunding campaigns and have a social media following of more than 700,000 followers.
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended!
• BackerKit helps crowdfunders with the survey and order fulfillment process. Don’t buried in spreadsheets and manual data entry!
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