• What it’s like as a female entrepreneur in Silicon Valley.
• The exact strategy they used to get on the Huffington Post, Vanity Fair, and more.
• Why email and Facebook were the MOST important sources of pledges.
• How the team got people on their email list (4,000 people).
• A SECRET goal the team had for the campaign.

• How the changing equity crowdfunding landscape is changing
• What the team did to attract $6 million in test-the-waters reservations
• How David built a hyper growth company.
• Where to start if you’re a beginning entrepreneur

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• How Evan’s helped make self-made millionaires on Indiegogo
• The highest converting source of pledges
• How to build an email list
• How much funding should a creator expect from the Indiegogo marketplace
• The secret of gogofactor
• Insights from over $45 million worth of crowdfunding

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Today's question was asked by HamiltonPerkins.com:

"We have a mailing list of 700 people that we've accumulated prior to launch. Our question is now that we're live, what is your advice for maximizing the pledges with the list and our own network." 

“Hi Salvador. This is Hannah with Sublicious Farms. We’re a mushroom farm in Florida and we’re preparing our Kickstarter campaign right now. We’re trying to set up a distribution center so that we can set up local mushroom farms all over the country.

We’re trying to figure out when’s the best time to launch, how much we need to have prepared, the posts that we’ll need on social media, and what you have to do right then and there after you launch.”

Hope you enjoy my answer and don’t forget to leave your feedback on iTunes!

Recently, Kyle Koster reached out to me about a proven strategy that he developed to launch several successful Kickstarter campaigns.

His email read, "I've enjoyed following CrowdCrux and some of the articles you've posted over the past few years. I started a guitar accessory company called Hogjim: Music Imports on Kickstarter a while back and we were in contact...

I have a bunch of experience from my guitar accessory company and living in Hong Kong for a few years as well as now handcrafting products in the USA!"

Long story short, I invited him on the podcast to talk about his approach to raising money on Kickstarter. Remember, he didn't just do this once. He did it FOUR times with different campaigns in different industries.

Anddd it's another "Ask Sal" podcast episode!! Since I don't really do consulting, this section of the podcast gives me an opportunity to directly answer reader and listener questions.

Tony Lialin asked:

"Hi Sal. I have a software product. I'll be on Kickstarter in 20 days and I'm curious if there are any tactics in particular for software that worked better on a Kickstarter vs a tangible product. I'm curious what your advice might be."

This is an Ask Sal podcast episode, where you submit your questions and I answer them!

Today’s question is about IP (intellectual property). How much time should you spend worrying about IP? How should you market your product when you don’t yet have a patent?

I cover this and more in today’s reply.

Let me preface this by saying that I’m not a lawyer and this reply is just my opinion. I recommend consulting a lawyer if you want accurate answers to questions about IP.

Yesss! It's another "Ask Sal" episode, where you submit your questions and I answer them! Todays question was asked by Lisa from TurtleMoonPress.com:

"I have a Kickstarter question. I recently published a coloring book and I then donated 50 copies to a hospital where one of my students is currently staying. I'd like to replicate this with other hospitals or charity organizations. Can I use Kickstarter for this?"

I'm about to reveal whether or not you can use Kickstarter to raise money and donate books or other products. I'll also talk a bit about nonprofit crowdfunding and how it differs from rewards-based crowdfunding.

• How long it took the team to prototype and test the product
• What they did to get funded in 4 days and 4 hours
• Why cross-promotion with like-minded campaigns is powerful
• The importance of launching a blog
• How the team earned media attention