Funding the Dream on Kickstarter
348 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsOver $1 Billion dollars has been pledged to Kickstarter campaigns since its launch in April of 2009. Traditionally a site for funding Film and Music, Kickstarter has become a great place for anyone with a dream to see them realized. With Kickstarter you don't need a publisher or a big company, just the courage to ask.
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EP 336 How Board Games Have Changed on Kickstarter with Brotherwise Games
July 15, 2020 13:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBIn this episode of the podcast, Salvador Briggman interviews Chris O'Neal from Brotherwise Games on his most recent Kickstarter for Overlord: a Boss Monster Adventure. You'll learn about what goes into building a successful board game company, how to get funded on Kickstarter in 2020, along with some tips and tricks the team has picked up along the way. Links Mentioned on The Show Become a guest on the podacast Overlord: a Boss Monster Adventure Brotherwise Games Want to become a podc...
Board Game Fundraising Tips With Bobby Fiorentino
July 01, 2020 23:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBBobby Fiorentino launched the Kickstarter project "This Game Is A Disaster!" and raised $8,420. He came on the show to share how he was able to do this, along with advice that he has for beginning board game entrepreneurs. Links Become a guest: http://fundingthedreamonkickstarter.com/ Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/boardgameclub/this-game-is-a-disaster Coaching w/ Sal: https://www.crowdcrux.com/coaching The Board Game Club FB Board Game Club FB Group
EP 335 Board Game Fundraising Tips With Bobby Fiorentino
July 01, 2020 23:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBBobby Fiorentino launched the Kickstarter project "This Game Is A Disaster!" and raised $8,420. He came on the show to share how he was able to do this, along with advice that he has for beginning board game entrepreneurs. Links Become a guest: http://fundingthedreamonkickstarter.com/ Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/boardgameclub/this-game-is-a-disaster Coaching w/ Sal: https://www.crowdcrux.com/coaching The Board Game Club FB Board Game Club FB Group
EP 334 Tabletop Wholesale and Retail Distribution Explained by HitPointSales
June 16, 2020 16:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBOn this episode of the Funding the Dream on Kickstarter podcast, Salvador Briggman talks with James Takenaka, who has over 25 years of experience in the collectible and tabletop games industry. Apply to Be on the Show: Funding the Dream on Kickstarter James started selling at collectibles shows in 1990 and then was a co-owner of the Comix and Cardz Etc. hobby store. In 2001 he co-founded Hero Factory Inc. to produce licensed trading cards and served as a consultant for Bandai America In...
EP 333 Gamedec (an Isometric, Cyberpunk RPG) on Kickstarter Community-Building
May 29, 2020 10:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBOn this episode, you'll learn an effective Kickstarter community-building strategy from Gamedec, a project that attracted 4,911 backers. In this game, you are a detective who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges. Salvador Briggman is the new host of the Funding the Dream on Kickstarter podcast. Links and Resources Ment...
Gamedec (an Isometric, Cyberpunk RPG) on Kickstarter Community-Building
May 29, 2020 10:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBOn this episode, you'll learn an effective Kickstarter community-building strategy from Gamedec, a project that attracted 4,911 backers. In this game, you are a detective who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges. Salvador Briggman is the new host of the Funding the Dream on Kickstarter podcast. Links and Resources Ment...
EP 332 Final Episode of Funding the Dream on Kickstarter
October 16, 2019 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBAfter eight years and more than 330 episodes, it is time to say good-bye on Funding the Dream. The podcast has been a fantastic way for me to meet some incredible people. It has also been a means for me giving back to a community that I believe in. In this last episode, I share a little behind the decision and how we got so far. Thank you to everyone over the years who have been so supportive and contributed their knowledge and experience to help those who listen. Hopefully, you've been ...
EP 331 Salvador Briggman and Demystifying Crowdfunding Podcast
October 15, 2019 15:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBSalvador Briggman has been teaching people about crowdfunding for a long time. He is an author on crowdfunding, he produces a Youtube channel, as well as hosting the successul podcast, DeMystifying Crowdfunding. He joins as a guest on Funding the Dream to break down the basic elements of being successful before you launch your campaign. He provides excellent advice and is well worth listening and taking notes. Here's a link to Demystifying Crowdfunding
EP 330 Brian Henk with Pull the Pin Games - Failure and Success with Kickstarter
October 14, 2019 20:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBWith more than 10 successful projects on Kickstarter, you can't always anticipate the sudden failure of a project. But what you can do, is learn and adapt. Brian Henk is the guest and co-founder of Pull the Plug games. You may also know him as the creator of the hit game, Good Cop/Bad Cop. He shares how a string of successes on Kickstarter suddenly became a short string of failures and how the experience taught him to pivot his expectations, adapt to his new understanding, and to launch ag...
EP 329 Manufacturing Your Kickstarter Project in China With Josh Fairbairn
August 27, 2019 19:00 - 20 minutes - 9.26 MBHow do you choose a manufacturing partner in China for your Kickstarter project? You ask Josh Fairbairn. Josh delivers specific advice to help those looking to work with Chinese manufactures for the first time. His first piece of advice? Don't make a decision based on pricing. There are other, much more important qualifications rather than pricing. He qualifies this with an understanding that when you are creating a few thousand units, a few cents of savings is not going to help your pro...
EP 328 Jessica Kelly with Thr3efold
August 20, 2019 17:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBJessica Kelly has successfully crowdfunded $22,500 for her company, THR3EFOLD, and has grown her company to be a leader in the ethical fashion space. Using crowdfunding to first scope her business with a trip to India, then using crowdfunding on iFundWomen.com, she stepped out on her own as a social entrepreneur four years ago and launched Thr3eFold. She has spent a decade helping hundreds of fashion & lifestyle brands grow their business through marketing, sales, and PR. She discusses ...
EP 327 A New Alphabet for Humanity - Kickstarting a Children's book with Leesa McGregor
August 12, 2019 21:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBGuest, Leesa McGregor, is the author of the book, A New Alphabet for Humanity, which is on Kickstarter. It is a beautifully illustrated children's book featuring 26 empowering alphabet words designed to nurture emotional intelligence, activate the potential of our children and create a brighter future for humanity. A New Alphabet for Humanity teaches children the power of positive words so they can build empathy and compassion, unlock their imagination, and feel empowered to live their dre...
EP 326 Crowdfunding for Social Good with Devin Thorpe
August 12, 2019 17:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBCrowdfunding for Social Good is what sets Devin Thorpe apart from many who use Crowdfunding as a means of raising money. Devin is a deeply optimistic person. He is an author, educator, and speaker; a champion of social good. Through his work, he aspires to help solve some of the world's biggest problems--poverty, disease, and climate change. His Forbes articles often reach more than 100,000 readers and his books—read over 1 million times—on using money for good, personal finance, crowdf...
EP 325 Give it away for Free to build your crowd Guest Lucia Fasano
July 23, 2019 16:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBYou build a crowd by giving before asking. That is the takeaway from our guest, Lucia Fasano. Lucia is a songwriter, actress, and producer of comedy and music. She is in her 2nd Kickstarter campaign and shares how she follows the philosophy of giving to your fans and then asking them for support. So many do it the opposite, asking for money before building the following. Amanda Palmer is discussed and her fantastic Ted Talk and book called The Art of Asking. You can find Lucia Kickstarter ...
EP 324 Laser Malena Webber Producing Music and Making a Living Through Kickstarter
July 19, 2019 12:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBRichard Bliss and Bryan Rosander co-host with guest, Laser Malena Webber, member of the band, The DoubleClicks. Laser has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars on Kickstarter and Patreon but focusing on giving away their music and then giving fans a chance to say thank you. Laser's book is currently on Kickstarter. It is called "Crowdfunding for Musicians" and shares insights and stories on how to be successful in building a following and raising money for your artistic efforts as a music...
EP 323 Building a Crowdfunding Social Campaign with Storyblaster
July 09, 2019 17:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBMaxine Lapiduss is a Golden Globe winning, 4-time Emmy-nominated TV writer and producer. She is also the co-founder of Storyblaster, a software company that helps Crowdfunding project creators learn how to tell their story and build their crowd. As host Richard Bliss oftentimes says, you don't have a funding problem, you have a crowd problem. Solve the crowd problem first and the money will follow. An entrepreneur and thought leader, Maxine combines her expertise and experience in fundra...
EP 322 Building your Crowd before you launch. Finding a path to success with your first Kickstarter campaign
July 01, 2019 17:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBBobby Fiorentino began building his crowd nearly a year before he even knew what his Kickstarter project was going to be. He built a following, using Live Stream, Giveaways, and advertising to draw people to his Facebook group where they shared common interests. His group rapidly grew to more than 4,000 members. He then began using this new crowd to develop ideas and as a sounding board for a Kickstarter project. Then, with the project beginning to be fleshed out, he identified what the...
EP 321 Three Things to Do When Relaunching Your Kickstarter
June 27, 2019 19:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBWes Woodbury, from Fundamental Games, is a returning guest. He relaunched his Kickstarter campaign, Legends of Novus, after appearing as a guest on the show in Episode 293. With advice from other guests and fans, Wes went back to the drawing board and retooled and relaunched his campaign. There were three key things he did to increase his chances for success: #1 He worked with Manufacturers to lower is overall production costs by a significant amount. This allowed him to lower his overall...
320 A Kickstarter Store and Conference
June 26, 2019 14:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBFrom Singapore to San Jose, this interview spans the globe. Nison Chan is the guest and discusses his retail store, We The People Store, that only sells Kickstarter projects. With stores in Singapore, Malaysia, and St Louis Missouri, Nison shares the idea behind getting your Kickstarter product into retail. In addition, Nison is part of a Kickstarter conference called For Creators By Creators that was recently on the East Coast, visiting NYC. As the buyer for the We The People Store, Nison...
EP 319 Becoming a Best Seller on Amazon before you go to Kickstarter
June 21, 2019 22:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBGrandpa Beck's Games is one of the most successful game companies you have never heard of. They did over $1 million in revenue last year with their games regularly appearing as a best seller on Amazon. And their Kickstarter project, Cover Your Kingdom does something completely opposite from where most game publishers go...They took a successful family game and reworked it for the hobby board game industry and released it on Kickstarter. This is a fascinating conversation. Jeff Beck, my gue...
EP 318 How to boost your Kickstarter Campaign during the slow time with Brandon Raasch
June 12, 2019 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBBrandon Raasch has mastered a means of increasing backer adoption during the lull between launch and the end. You know that period where backers slow to a trickle and you wonder if the campaign is ever going to pick back up. Brandon Raasch with Bard Games saw that lull in the middle as an opportunity to increase his backer's commitment. His project is called Fickle, you can find it here on Kickstarter And sure enough, if you take a look at his project on Kicktraq here you can see two smal...
EP 317 More Backers More Savings. How CrowdSales Changes the Crowdfunding Approach
June 05, 2019 21:00 - 19 minutes - 8.89 MBJT Smith from the GameCrafter is the guest as he shares how their new crowdfunding platform, Crowd Sales, allows you to lower the price for your backers as you overfund. As JT puts it, rather than adding stretch goals to overfund, Crowd Sales introduces a discount for reaching a certain number of backers. For example, if the pledge level is $50 at the beginning and then 10 backers support the project, the cost for all backers drops by a few dollars. More backers, more cost drops. This kee...
EP 316 Part 2 Ten ways I screwed up my Kickstarter campaign with Fabio Redivo
May 16, 2019 20:00 - 23 minutes - 10.8 MBPart 2 How to screw up your Kickstarter project with Fabio Redivo. As a continuation of our previous conversation, Fabio outlines the other five things he did to contribute to the failure of his Kickstarter campaign. These are: 6 - Not having a playthrough video 7 - Not having a PNP 8 - Rely on artwork only 9 - A lot of money for the first project 10 - Count on friends and family 6, 7, 8 - Are in the same bucket. Fabio is a graphic designer and works as a brand director for a digital...
EP 315 Ten ways I screwed up my Kickstarter Campaign with Fabio Redivo Part 1
May 14, 2019 07:00 - 21 minutes - 9.81 MBIt isn't often a guest reaches out to share their spectacular success. But Fabio Redivo wanted to share his mistakes so others can learn from them. Fabio is a talented artist and graphic designer who decided to create a card game around his artwork. Usually, it is the other way around. A game designer seems to be always looking for a good artist, but seldom is an artist looking for a game. Fabio shares 10 was he screwed up his Kickstarter campaign. In this episode we cover the first five...
EP 314 Building an audience for your Kickstarter with co-host John Coveyou
May 09, 2019 17:00 - 17 minutes - 7.96 MBHow do you find your audience for your Kickstarter campaign? It is a fluid thing on how to hone in on your core audience. Always remember it is better to find new products for your current audience rather than attempting to find a new audience for your products or services. This is why it is always a good idea to start small, to use your beginning as a learning experience and an opportunity to get feedback from your early adopters. Building a buyer's persona becomes much easier. Then bu...
EP 313 A Heart Throb Kickstarter to save Evil Dead 2 with Tommy Gofton
May 07, 2019 11:00 - 18 minutes - 8.7 MBWhat's a hearth throb kickstarter campaign? Two years ago thousands of backers were robbed of their money for backing the Evil Dead 2 Kickstarter boardgame. Now, Tommy Gofton is trying to bring it back by having fans and vendors chip in to cover the costs and get all those thousands of people a copy of the game that never was made. Sounds a bit crazy...No, it sounds a lot crazy...but Tommy may be able to pull it off. Take a listen and determine for yourself if this is a real deal or just so...
Richard Bliss Gets Married
May 03, 2019 23:00 - 17 minutes - 7.96 MBRichard Bliss Got Married. Why the two-week hiatus? Because I was busy getting married. I occasionally share personal items in my show, but this episode was all about what is happening in my life. I also wanted to thank all of you for your support. Recent decisions in my life have made it possible for me to dedicate even more time to make the show a success. And when you, the fans, reach out and share your own stories, it helps keep me motivated to keep going. In this episode, I also as...
EP 312 Brexit:The Real Deal Kickstarter with Laurence O'Brien
April 17, 2019 07:00 - 15 minutes - 7.34 MBYou have one week left in your Kickstarter and you're at 85%. What do you do? Laurence O'Brien from Wotan Games discusses actions and steps he is taking to generate the interest and engagement to reach that critical last 15%. And we ask several questions: Why do people back out before a project is finished and give the excuse that they will come back if the project funds? Also, if you surpass your goal at week two, but then backers cancel to drop you below your goal, did you fund? And doe...
EP 311 Kickstarter CrossCast with ComixLaunch and Tyler James
April 16, 2019 20:00 - 42 minutes - 19.4 MBComics and Kickstarter with Tyler James on the podcast, ComixLaunch. Richard Bliss is a guest on Tyler's podcast about Comics and Kickstarter called ComixLaunch. A lengthy conversation about a wide range of topics, and the impact Kickstarter has had on the Comic Book Industry.
EP 310 Kickstarter Success to Failure to Success w/Brad Talton of Level 99 Games
April 11, 2019 07:00 - 20 minutes - 9.37 MBSuccess through Failure on Kickstarter. Success on Kickstarter can be such a problem when it leads to so many failures. And a good failure can lead to long-lasting success. These are the lessons, Host Richard Bliss, takes away from his conversation with Guest Brad Talton of Level 99 Games. Brad successfully raised $25,000 on Kickstarter with no business experience and lost about $25,000 on the project. He discusses the three phases Level 99 Games has passed through on their way from succes...
EP 309 GAMA Live w/ Heather O'Neil and 9th Level Games
April 10, 2019 12:00 - 20 minutes - 9.62 MBAs a woman in the board game industry, and a successful Kickstarter project creator, Heather O'Neil, President of 9th Level Games hears has become a local resource to new Kickstarter creator, especially for women who are looking to raise money for their projects. Her advice is usually focused on getting a strong understanding on the financials necessary to create your projects, and it is oftentimes focused on the playtesting angle, making sure they have a strong project. One question I ask...
EP 308 Endangered and Nerdy Words with John Coveyou and Marc Specter
April 08, 2019 12:00 - 25 minutes - 11.7 MBCo-Host John Coveyou and Guest Marc Specter join Host Richard Bliss to discuss the challenges of non-traditional board games on Kickstarter John Coveyou, with Genius Games, has launched more than a dozen Kickstarter projects, yet his current campaign, Nerd Words, made some mid-campaign adjustments due to the difficulty of convey the game's experience into a Kickstarter campaign. While the project has funded, it has not met the bar set by many of John's spectacularly successful hard-scienc...
EP 307 Aldo Ghiozzi and the merger of Impressions with Flat River Group
April 04, 2019 12:00 - 23 minutes - 10.9 MBHost Richard Bliss and Guest Aldo Ghiozzi discuss the merger of his company, Impressions, with Flat River Group. Flat River Group is one of the largest distributors of board games online through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target, Walmart and even Bed Bath & Beyond. In addition, Flat River Group is one of the largest fulfillment companies for Kickstarter projects. Aldo discusses the theory of wholesale and distribution being 60% discounted and you use volume to make up the difference. Aldo...
Ep 306 Narek Vardanyan with The Crowdfunding Formula
April 02, 2019 12:00 - 18 minutes - 8.3 MBHost Richard Bliss is joined by Narek Vardanyan, founder of The Crowdfunding Formula, a copy focused on helping crowdfunding project owners expand the reach and influence of their campaigns. https://thecrowdfundingformula.com/ Narek shares his insights on what it takes to be a successful campaign on both Kickstarter and IndieGoGo. What's interesting, is Narek's company is influencing and supporting projects all around the world, while being primarily based out of Armenia. He joins the show...
EP 305 Laurence O'Brien Brexit: The Real Deal - The breakup of the United Kingdom
March 29, 2019 12:00 - 21 minutes - 9.88 MBHost Richard Bliss and Guest Laurence O'Brien from Wotan Games dig deep into Brexit and the mess it has become. But in this discussion we also talk about Brexit: The Real Deal Kickstarter project. A game about the consequences of Brexit and the break up of the United Kingdom. You can find the project here on Kickstarter: Brexit: The Real Deal Laurence and Richard have a great time discussing a wide range of projects, Past, Present and Future, as well as if I Richard should spend his honey...
EP 304 - Luke Gygax and the Emergence of Dungeons & Dragons as a streaming event
March 27, 2019 12:00 - 19 minutes - 9.05 MBHost Richard Bliss is joined by Luke Gygax, founder of GaryCon and son of Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons & Dragons. The conversation is centered on Luke's observations of the emergence of D&D as a streaming experience with fans by the thousands tuning in to watch. Discussed is Dungeons and Randomness, the previous guest, and the ability to make a living playing D&D. Luke admits that a little over a decade ago he did not see this aspect of his life developing. But now that it is here, he ...
EP 303 Dungeons and Randomness with Jason Massey
March 25, 2019 12:00 - 22 minutes - 10.5 MBHost Richard Bliss and Guest Jason Massey talk about the coolest job ever! In this episode of Funding the Dream on Kickstarter the topic is how to make a living as a professional Dungeon Master who plays live on his podcast. Jason Massey quit his day job and dedicated his working career to hosting a podcast called Dungeons And Randomness. In the podcast, he and many of his friends, play D&D in the world of Theria. What makes this exciting for me, is that Jason is able to support himself of...
EP 302 Robert Burke Games - Kickstarter Projects with Timed Stretched Goals
March 22, 2019 07:00 - 22 minutes - 10.1 MBHost Richard Bliss discusses with Guest Robert Burke about creating timed stretch goals. These are called Flash Funding Stretch goals. How do manage a flash funding stretch goal? What happens if you don't hit your goal in the time limit. Robert talks about moving stretch goals around to respond to customer feedback. Robert's project is The Silver River, a 4x game. We discuss what makes a 4x game. Richard backs the project live on this episode and discusses with Robert which pledge level ...
EP 301 The Success of Failure on Kickstarter with John Coveyou and Michael Mindes
March 20, 2019 11:00 - 21 minutes - 9.75 MBHost Richard Bliss and Co-Host John Coveyou are joined by Michael Mindes from Tasty Minstrel Games. Michael had just launched and cancelled a Kickstarter campaign because he knew he had done something wrong. Within two hours of launching the Kickstarter campaign, Michael knew they had missed on the offer and needed to take immediate action. Within three days, Michael was close to his funding goal, but knew they needed to pull the plug. If they had crossed the funding goal, he would have ...
EP 300 All About Patreon and Richard Apologizes for Abandoning His Fans
March 19, 2019 07:00 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MBHost Richard Bliss and Co-Host Thomas Umstattd Jr. who hosts the Creative Funding Show podcast, deliver a CrossCast episode to discuss Patreon and the power of the crowd to deliver consistent financial support. In addition, Richard shares how he let his fans down and apologizes for how he handled the situation ( or failed to handle it), when life happened. The hosts cover the idea of Patreon and how you can take advantage of it. It is a fun conversation that you will enjoy as much listenin...
EP 299 Live GAMA A.J. Porfirio Branding your Games and Licensing content
March 15, 2019 07:00 - 22 minutes - 10.5 MBHost Richard Bliss and Guest A.J. Porfirio discuss game books and their live Kickstarter project. They have launched Graphic Novel Adventures Vol 2 on Kickstarter. A.J. and Richard discuss how to license intellectual property, how to maintain a brand. Van Ryder Games delivers strong narrative-based games with a solo-play angle. They have expanded into Adventure books because it continues with their brand of playing games that tell a story. How do you find intellectual property? How do yo...
EP 298 Live From GAMA Tradeshow with Eric Price from Japanime Games
March 14, 2019 21:00 - 20 minutes - 9.42 MBHost Richard Bliss and Guest Eric Price, owner of Japanime games, explain why to bundle three smaller projects/games into a single Kickstarter campaign. Eric has built a company with Kickstarter and continues to make Kickstarter tightly tied to the growth of their company. Their current Kickstarter project, Three Worlds of Mystery, is a bundle of three different games with a similar theme and artwork that brings them together. Eric has launched 20 Kickstarter campaigns, using the momentum...
Ep 297 Tomas Härenstam From Art book to Amazon Prime TV Series Tales of the Loop
March 13, 2019 12:00 - 17 minutes - 8.09 MBHost Richard Bliss and guest Tomas Härenstam talk about Tales from the Loop and gives advice on how to turn small projects into larger projects. Their first project was an art book highlighting the talents of artist Simon Stålenhag Simon's art and concepts are now being turned into an Amazon Prime Television production. Tomas shares how he began working with Simon, how their tiny project turned into a series of large one. One of the great things about Tomas is he finds something of inte...
Ep 296 - 5 Attributes Of A Great Product for Kickstarter with Co-Host John Coveyou
March 11, 2019 12:00 - 22 minutes - 10.2 MBHost Richard Bliss and Co-Host John Coveyou discuss five attributes of a great product on Kickstarter. People want to buy the product. While this seems obvious. oftentimes people want a product, but aren't willing to pay for the product. You have to find something that is valuable to your audience. People want to tell others about it. Word of mouth marketing is the best means of attracting fans and backers to your project. You can pay for a crowdfunding promotional company to help you arti...
Ep 295 Helping Legends of Novus on Kickstarter with Guest Bryan Rosander
March 06, 2019 13:00 - 29 minutes - 13.7 MBHost Richard Bliss discusses Live Kickstarter project Legends fo Novus with his guest, Bryan Rosander. Bryan dug deep into the Kickstarter project and delivers some great analysis and feedback on ways for Legends of Novus to improve their message, format, and engagement. In addition, Richard Bliss apologizes for the failure of follow through on the Funding the Dream Patreon project. A Facebook Group has been created that discusses each episode. You can find it here: https://www.facebook...
EP 294 - 4 Unexpected Benefits of Using Kickstarter to Launch a Product w/Guest John Coveyou
March 04, 2019 09:00 - 20 minutes - 9.36 MBHost Richard Bliss is joined by co-host, John Coveyou, to discuss 4 unexpected benefits from Kickstarter. 1. Gauge demand before you manufacture. 2. Improve your product based on customer feedback. 3. Ship products with maximal efficiency. 4. Tap into an audience you wouldn't be able to reach otherwise.
EP 293 Building a Crowd. I ask the audience for help with Wes Woodbury as my guest
February 26, 2019 00:00 - 20 minutes - 9.29 MBYou do everything by the book. Follow all the advice, and yet you still fail to attract the numbers you need to successfully fund your Kickstarter campaign. These are the questions Wes Woodbury and I discuss. His project, Legends of Novus, has beautiful art work, great video, beautiful graphics, and an enticing theme, yet is still failing to draw a crowd. The question I ask you, the audience, is WHY? What has Wes done wrong and how can he fix it. If you have an answer, I want to hear from y...
EP 292 Mark Roderick and Understanding Equity-based Crowdfunding
February 21, 2019 05:00 - 21 minutes - 10 MBMark Roderick explains the difference between equity-based and rewards-based crowdfunding. Mark Roderick is a corporate and securities lawyer. Since the JOBS Act of 2012, Mark has spent all his time in the Crowdfunding space and is one of the leading Crowdfunding and Fintech lawyers in the United States. He writes a widely-read blog, www.CrowdfundAttny.com, with a wealth of legal and practical information for portals and issuers. Mark also speak at Crowdfunding events across the country, a...
EP 291 Alex Goldsmith from Greyfox Games and the $5 Pledge
February 13, 2019 05:00 - 19 minutes - 8.88 MBI'm a big believer in the $1 pledge for any Kickstarter campaign. Alex Goldsmith and Grey Fox Games just wrapped up their Kickstarter campaign, War of the Worlds: The New Wave. What Grey Fox Games did this time, was to create a $5 pledge in addition to the $1 pledge. 181 people took advantage and pledged at that level. I wanted to find out why and what Grey Fox Games hoped to learn from this experiment. Join Alex Goldsmith and I as we discuss the $5 pledge.
EP 290 Daniel Zayas - A review of important Kickstarter things to know and do
January 31, 2019 06:00 - 21 minutes - 9.96 MBDaniel Zayas has launched numerous Kickstarter campaigns. He is listed on Kickstarter's page as one of the experts. He and I discuss how to approach someone to promote your campaign. We discuss the time commitment it takes to run a campaign and the need to understand the numerous details like shipping and manufacturing.