In this episode, we’re venturing briefly beyond crowdfunding to talk about investing, specifically how you can start your own profitable investment fund. For that, we’re going to interview our special guest Bridger Pennington, a serial entrepre

Life After Crowdfunding: ABC’s “Shark Tank”

Apr 22nd, 2020 1h 21m

In this episode, we’ll talk with Mindy Zemrak, who is the Emmy-nominated Supervising Casting Producer of ABC’s “Shark Tank.” This award-winning startup-centered reality show debuted in 2009 and has since featured thousands of entrepreneurs, inc

Life After Crowdfunding: e-Commerce Strategy

Jan 8th, 2020 1h 4m

In this episode, we’ll focus on e-commerce strategy, especially for bootstrapped startups. And, for that purpose, we’re interviewing an expert growth strategist named John Coyle, who’s going to explain how to identify your competitive advantage

Crowdfunding Prototypes & Mass-Production

Dec 18th, 2019 1h 23m

In this episode, we’re going to familiarize you with the world of prototyping and mass-production, specifically as it relates to crowdfunding. Whom should you contact? How can you best keep your ideas from being stolen? How can you best ensure

Crowdfunding Suspensions & Re-Launches

Dec 11th, 2019 47m 44s

In this episode, we’re going to revive the subject of what to do when your campaign goes wrong—in this case, so terribly wrong that you actually need to restart it. So, we’re going to talk all about the mechanics of re-launches, both voluntary

Crowdfunding Stories: Dale Backus & Ohsnap

Oct 2nd, 2019 53m 22s

We’re back atcha today with another good one that includes a very impressive guest who is also literally live on Kickstarter right now! Our client Dale Backus has developed a wildly-popular phone grip that has been raising thousands of dollars

Ultimate Crowdfunding Pre-Launch Checklist

Sep 4th, 2019 58m 7s

As promised, we’re going to break out our newly-minted Ultimate Crowdfunding Pre-Launch Checklist! And, after this episode, we’re going to give it away to you for free… no catches. And you can start using it to prepare yourself to take your nex

Episode 0032 | Handling Legal Matters during Startup Phase

Sep 4th, 2019 1h 16m

In this episode, you’re going to hear from our very own in-house legal counsel here at Funded Today, Thomas Alvord. He’s going to give you the insider’s look at everything you should be considering when it comes to business law, contracts, and

Crowdfunding Stories: Rob Peck & FlexSafe

Jun 12th, 2019 41m 4s

As promised, we’re bringing on one of our past clients, namely Rob Peck of AquaVault. He’s got a very unique perspective and I think you’re going to love it. So are you ready to learn directly from an actual Kickstarter creator who raised over

Crowdfunding Stories: Tammy Rant & TushBaby

Jun 5th, 2019 55m 45s

Have you ever wanted to listen to an actual Kickstarter creator who raised over $100,000 on a project? What about learning the ins-and-outs of a successful appearance on “Shark Tank”? Or, are you just curious about the life of an entrepreneur?

Customer Service from Backers to e-Shoppers

May 22nd, 2019 48m 53s

What does it take to manage customer service? Why is customer service more important now than ever before? And finally, what are the best ways to ensure that you, too, can provide world-class customer service? Let’s dive right in… ------------

Freedom in Time, Money, Body, Mind, and Spirit

May 8th, 2019 1h

In this episode, we’re waxing philosophical once more. The topic: FREEDOM. The reason: we think that it’s the most important word in the world to focus on. And today, we’ll show you why... ------------------------------------------------------

Life After Crowdfunding: e-Commerce Basics

Apr 30th, 2019 49m 36s

In this episode, we’re circling back around to our extremely popular “Life After Crowdfunding” series with perhaps our most practical episode in the series so far, which is about how to turn your website into a cash machine. Let’s dive right in

Life After Crowdfunding: Amazon & Jungle Scout

Apr 24th, 2019 36m 33s

In this episode, we have a wonderful guest—Greg Mercer, who is the founder of Jungle Scout. We’re going to discuss how tools like Jungle Scout can give you an edge over your competition on Amazon. ----------------------------------------------

Episode 0025 | Life After Crowdfunding: Amazon Presentation

Apr 17th, 2019 48m 11s

In this episode, we are continuing our “Life After Crowdfunding” series by discussing how to make big money on Amazon by optimizing your listings. Let’s jump right in… ---------------------------------------------------------------- ⭐ During t

Becoming Self-Aware and Defining Success

Apr 3rd, 2019 56m 20s

In this episode, we are bringing you Zach’s special interview by Carson Jorgensen in his pretty-famous podcast “The Definition of Success.” Carson and Zach discuss quite a few things that are a little bit different than what we normally talk ab

Life After Crowdfunding: Amazon Intelligence

Mar 27th, 2019 31m 17s

In this episode, we’re bringing back our very popular series “Life After Crowdfunding.” And today’s topic of Amazon is one of our favorites—it’s the 800-pound gorilla of e-commerce that you cannot ignore. Let’s dive right in! -----------------

Living Happier through Stoic Philosophy

Mar 20th, 2019 45m 29s

In this episode, we learn from Stoicism! Let’s get started… ---------------------------------------------------------------- ⭐ During this episode, we detail these takeaways: 1. We can live more happily by gleaning time-tested truths from gre

Living Happier by Improving Perspective

Mar 13th, 2019 48m

In this episode, we’re talking about one of Zach’s most favorite things: the #1 reason why your life “sucks” right now—and what you can do about it! Let’s get started… ---------------------------------------------------------------- ⭐ During t

Life After Crowdfunding: Indiegogo InDemand

Mar 6th, 2019 37m 48s

You might find this episode’s topic a bit interesting: “Life After Crowdfunding: IndieGoGo InDemand – What Do I Do After I’ve Had a Successful Campaign on Kickstarter?” An interesting question! Your journey has just begun. Don’t worry, though—w

Profiting from the Kickstarter Algorithm

Feb 27th, 2019 21m 57s

In this episode, we are going to show you how you can capitalize on Kickstarter’s more powerful tool—perhaps their most powerful tool—the Kickstarter algorithm… ---------------------------------------------------------------- ⭐ During this epis

Platform: Kickstarter versus Indiegogo

Feb 20th, 2019 28m 9s

In this episode, we’re finally going to answer the age-old question that we probably get asked just as much as anything and, until this point, there’s never been a direct, straightforward answer to. The question: “Which platform should I choos

Achieving Goals like Multimillionaires

Feb 13th, 2019 58m 53s

In this episode, we are going to talk about goal-setting. Zach has spent a lot of time reading about goals, and so has Thomas; in fact, Thomas focused some of his Master’s Degree studies on goal-setting. But, today, we aren’t going to talk abou

Crowdfunding Promotion: Paid Media (Ads)

Feb 6th, 2019 1h 7m

In this episode, we’re going to walk you through the single-most-effective way to consistently raise money and even extrapolate how much money you’re going to raise. This approach has raised more money than all of our other methods and that’s w

Crowdfunding Promotion: Earned Media (PR)

Jan 30th, 2019 39m 23s

In this episode, we’ve got a very special guest for you. She’s directly responsible for raising millions of dollars for thousands of campaigns leveraging the power of earned media and the press! ------------------------------------------------