If I'm understanding your question correctly, you're asking if it's a good idea to use a video to explain to potential crowdsourced investors how your platform works? The answer is yes. Video content is an excellent medium for conveying a succinct, compelling message in a crowdfunding campaign. H...
Once your profitable and have a concept that works - finding investors is not the problem, its getting rid of them. Who doesnt want to put money into something that has proven to work and make a return? Seeding and funding is more for people trying to build a concept they think will work, and ne...
Millions of dollars flowing through your platform and you can't monetize it? You can't monetize the website, but you expect to be able to monetize on mobile? Those seem like major disconnects to me. Any investor you approach would think the same thing. Are you a marketplace like Etsy? If so, se...
When I was starting my company we used a platform called FundersClub in the US. We had to go through a pitch and get formally accepted in order to work with them. We went on their platform and proceeded to raise $100K. Our company also received some great publicity from being on the platform....
100%. Many companies "Pivot" and when they do, they let their current users know that the service is shutting down - but that they're now moving onto something new (or launching a new company). Flowtown (my last company) did this 3 times. We even leveraged users to test the new product before ...
First thing to do is to research other crowdfunding sites other than the big two as neither was really meant to raise funds for startup businesses. I would suggest something in the nature of www.crowdfunder.com or www.seedinvest.com might better suit your needs.
I actually pre-sold copies of my book in order to pay for the inital setup and printing costs. Here's my suggestion: 1) Create a list of people you'll invite to the raffle 2) Don't just email people, call them to get them excited about the raffle and ask if they'd participate 3) Have a compelling...
Good luck! Forget about SEO. This is just a temporary improvement. Not worth your effort right now specially if you have to pay. If is free, take it as long as it doesn't distract you with "useless busy" work. Focus on the emails. This has huge upside potential!! A video is a powerful tool th...
re deciding between validation capital (Kickstarter) and growth capital (Equity). If your main risk is demand uncertainty, Kickstarter can validate the market while funding initial production. If your main constraint is capital intensity (tooling, certifications, inventory, working capital), eq...
If your objective is to get a product funded, then getting on the news isn't necessarily the best route as this is a very broad approach vs targeted. Am assuming that whoever will invest in your product, will need to have a bit of understanding about what it offers photographers? From an editoria...