Let’s face it, raising money is a full-time job, and everyone knows the venture capitalist story of 'your market is too small,' 'too unproven,' or 'the product just not ready for millions of seed funding.'
That’s when people turn to alternative investments, like crowdfunding.
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There’s nothing cooler than telling people that thousands love your idea, except maybe telling people that thousands are willing to give you money up front for your idea.
Let’s face it, raising money is a full-time job, and everyone knows the venture capitalist story of 'your market is too small,' 'too unproven,' or 'the product just not ready for millions of seed funding.'
That’s when people turn to alternative investments, like crowdfunding.
So how does a company pull off a crowdfunding campaign successfully? It’s still a full-time job, but a very different kind of job. This month, Illini Startups is bringing in a Kickstarter success story to explain how they not only went from nothing to 2.5 times their funding goal but then onto a successful Seed funding round as well.
This month, you’ll hear from:
Peter Fiflis (Illini Ph.D. ’16), the Product Lead at Tovala who saw everything go from MVP to shipping.
Alex Solomon, Marketing Director with a strong background in advertising strategy. Alex was the lead who got Tovala through Kickstarter.
