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In this episode, you’ll learn:

• What Alexandra did to prepare for her theater campaign
• How to set the fundraising goal for your play
• Ways to come up with must-have rewards for your theater project.
• Why you absolutely must do a soft launch
• The importance of personal emails and why they're overlooked
• A trick for making a great video pitch (that anyone can use)
• How Alexandra so many strangers to back her campaign (25 percent)
• The amazing story behind one donor giving $1k+ who she didn't even know
• How one change made her campaign skyrocket

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In this podcast episode, you’ll learn:

• The difference between crowdfunding and peer to peer fundraising
• How donors can join your campaign by just texting
• Why millennials prefer nonprofit crowdfunding
• Ways that you can use MobileCause to run a campaign
• How to grow your donor database
• What’s working right now with nonprofit fundraising
• The importance of segmenting your donor base
• Getting donors to pay attention and take action

Get the show notes for this episode here: http://wp.me/p2TAu9-2u7

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Different ways that you can raise money for a new tech venture. 
• Whether or not crowdfunding is a good fit to raise money for a crowdfunding site. 
• Where your investors and backers are likely to come from. 
• Ways to create a new crowdfunding platform. 
• How to prototype your new venture, before investing large sums. 

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In this episode, you’ll learn:

• The story behind a multi-million dollar acquisition (Bryce's first company ) 
• How to hire initial team members
• A special technique that this team uses to validate product ideas
• How to gather 1,000 emails in two weeks
• The #1 route they used to get pledges
• Why you need to take advantage of the first week on Kickstarter 
• Practical Facebook advertising tips
• How to get featured on a media outlet (hint: there is a strategy)

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In this episode, you'll learn: 

• Business models in the real estate crowdfunding space
• Types of real estate crowdfunding sites
• How Crowdstreet works
• The basics of investing on a platform
• How the real estate industry is changing
• What you should know as a sponsor seeking capital
• The details of Crowdstreet’s first successful deal that returned 14% to investors
• Ways to get involved in the real estate funding boom
• Forecasts for where the industry is going 

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In this episode you’ll learn:

• How the Smart Letters team raised €250,000 from private investors
• Ways that Marie tested the initial prototypes they created
• How Marie went about assembling a kickass team
• Whether or not crowdfunding is popular in Europe
• How to ensure that you'll hit your fundraising goal
• Where the backers came from for this Kickstarter campaign
• How to tell if backers will love your product
• The difference between private and public funding

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In this episode you’ll learn:

• The importance of using Kickstarter as a validation tool
• How the team was able to raise $80,000 for the fast charge battery on day 1
• How their strategy has changed over the 5 different campaigns
• How the team did PR and blogger outreach for their campaign
• The layout that the team uses for every campaign
• Why people pledge to Kickstarter campaigns
• The story behind their Shark Tank appearance (Mark Cuban is an investor).
• How to get major retail outlets like Brookstone and other outlets
• Why the team’s Indiegogo project didn’t work out as well.

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In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How the team comes up with revolutionary product ideas
• How the Kickstarter ecosystem has changed over time
• Where the backers came from for each successful campaign
• The one thing that the team recommends first-time campaigners do
• How the team to put together an engaging video
• What you need to do to get people to pledge after they see your campaign
• How to write ad copy for your campaign
• How the PR arena has evolved and changed towards Kickstarter campaigns
• Facebook marketing advice

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In this episode you’ll learn:

• How the team got so much early momentum on Kickstarter
• Where the backers and pledges came from
• Ways to rank better in the Kickstarter algorithm
• How they put together the Whisky Elements team
• The importance of deadlines for new ventures
• Tips for setting up a system to ship out your products
• Advice for dealing with campaign backers 
• Why the real work starts after your fundraiser ends
• How the team was able to attract the attention of Bacardi