Propel Arizona - WORKSHOP - Dec 1 2012
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Propel Arizona - WORKSHOP - Dec 1 2012
- 1. Practical Crowdfunding Workshop www.propelarizona.com
- 2. Agenda 1. Crowdfunding overview 2. Crafting the Idea and Campaign 3. Preparing the Visuals 4. Perks and rewards 5. Running a successful campaign Practical Crowdfunding www.propelarizona.com Workshop
- 5. Concept to Product to Growth
- 6. Concept to Product to Growth $ $ $ $
- 7. Concept to Product to Growth Entrepreneur IPO $
- 8. Concept to Product to Growth Entrepreneur IPO $ Venture Entrepreneur Capital IPO $ $
- 9. Concept to Product to Growth Entrepreneur IPO $ Venture Entrepreneur Capital IPO $ $ Angels, Venture Entrepreneur accel & incub Capital IPO $ $ $
- 10. Concept to Product to Growth Angels, Venture Entrepreneur accel & incub Capital IPO $ $ $ $ $ Crowdfunding
- 11. Concept to Product to Growth Angels, Venture Entrepreneur accel & incub Capital IPO $ $ $ $ $ $ Crowdfunding Crowdfunding
- 12. Concept to Product to Growth Angels, Venture Entrepreneur accel & incub Capital IPO $ $ $ $ $ $Crowdfunding $ Crowdfunding Crowdfunding
- 13. Concept to Product to Growth Angels, Venture Entrepreneur accel & incub Capital IPO $ $ $ $ $ $Crowdfunding $ Crowdfunding Crowdfunding Crowdfunding $
- 14. Crowdfunding Soliciting & Collecting relatively small amounts of money (funding) from a large number (crowd) of people
- 19. Crowdfunding Concepts • Debt Crowdfunding – microloans – P2P lending • Donation Crowdfunding – Charity/Causes – Kickstarter Model – Rewards Based – Pre-Order/Presumer • Equity Crowdfunding – JOBS act
- 22. Equity Crowdfunding - JOBS • Eliminates ban on general solicitation and general advertising in connection with private offerings to accredited investors under Regulation D (Rule 506) and to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A. • Exemption from Securities Act registration “crowdfunding” transactions (involving access to small amounts of capital through the internet). • Exemption to allow issuance of up to $50 million of securities in any 12-month period, up from the current $5 million threshold • An increase in the number of shareholders a company may have before being required to register its common stock with the SEC and become a public reporting company from 500 to 2,000 total shareholders (including up to 500 “unaccredited” shareholders) • Amount each person may invest in offerings of this type, tiered by the person's net worth or yearly income.
- 23. Real Crowdfunding – that works. Today
- 24. Rewards-based, Donation Crowdfunding: “THE KICKSTARTER MODEL”
- 28. ALL OR NOTHING
- 29. Perks & Rewards
- 33. Kickstarter 2011 • Let’s look at some statistics for 2011: • Launched Projects: 27,086 • Successful Projects: 11,836 • Dollars Pledged: $99,344,382 • Rewards Selected: 1,150,461 • Total Visitors: 30,590,342 • Project Success Rate: 46%
- 34. Why ? (do people crowdfund)
- 36. Lessons from Ethan Mollick’s “The Dynamics of Crowdfunding: Determinants of Success and Failure”
- 37. “its not what you do, but why you do it,”
- 38. There are three main reasons why people unconnected to a project or business would support it: • 1. They connect to the greater purpose of the campaign • 2. They connect to a physical aspect of the campaign like the rewards • 3. They connect to the creative display of the campaign’s presentation • What Is Crowdfunding And How Does It Benefit The Economy - Forbes http://www.forbes.com/sites/tanyaprive/2012/11/27/what-is-crowdfunding-and-how-does-it-benefit-the- economy/
- 39. WHY Crowdfunding? • Passion – For the technology – For the industry – For the cause – For the product • Affinity – For the Entrepreneur – For the region, industry etc • Connection • Every reason BUT R.O.I. …
- 40. emotional rate of return. Not financial ROI
- 43. http://trendwatching.com/trends/infographics/presumers/ • “Consumers who want products before they are developed” • Pre-orders • Supporters
- 44. The Kickstart Model.. UH OH …
- 48. What you need to know 1. Crowdfunding = New “1st Money” for ventures ($10k - $50k average– but wild exceptions) 2. Equity Crowdfunding is Still Far away 3. Rewards based Model IS Crowdfunding today 4. All or Nothing Crowdfunding – Standard 5. Perks and Rewards: Pre-order Crowdfunding 6. Social Media & Content Intensive
- 49. HOW to Crowdfund? 1. PRE - Preparing 2. PUSH - Running the campaign 3. POST – Delivering on your Promise
- 50. Some initial rules ….
- 51. 1. Crowdfunding takes work, new skills. 2. It takes a strategy, and preparation. 3. The rules are different. 4. You can’t just post and run … 5. It’s a public success or failure – that “stays on your resume”
- 52. Crafting the Idea and Campaign
- 53. HOW to Crowdfund? 1. PRE - Preparing – Build Credibility – Sharpen Pitch & Post – Perks and Rewards – Timefames & $$
- 54. first … What does success look like?
- 55. • The iPhone-friendly Pebble watch earned $7.6 million more than its $100,000 goal. • And the Galileo iPhone platform closed its Kickstarter campaign at $702,000, far surpassing its $100,000 goal.
- 56. • Ouya raised $2 million in one day for a new Android gaming console (it’s raised more than $5 million to date), • the Nifty MiniDrive, external memory for Apple MacBooks. The tiny storage company is more than 2,000% above its $11,000 goal with 15 days left in the campaign.
- 57. What do successful campaigns have in common?
- 64. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smartthings/smartthings-make-your- world-smarter?ref=category
- 69. 7 habits of highly successful campaigns • They already have fan bases • They build off of something familiar • They are simple • They are (usually) NOT about the founders • They appeal to a specific interest ….
- 70. Before you start, remember … • For your target, It's about emotion • It’s about elitness • being part of the cool group • feeling like you're important - • feeling powerful! Influential
- 72. Checklist 1. Idea-check: (focus on target) – About “them” not you. – Emotional appeal: Passion, exclusivity, emotion. 2. Funding Level – Realistic (for you and them) – Use of proceeds 3. Timeframe 4. Possible perks (not yet)
- 73. Assignment
- 74. 1. Idea – What’s the story – What’s the emotional appeal, benefits 2. Who are the targets – Benefits. Connections 3. Describe, tell story. 4. What visuals should you provide. 5. How much, how long? When done?
- 78. American Grandmaster a Patrick Million FILM Directed by Patrick Million Executive Producer CJ Cornell
- 79. Rewards Crowdfunding • Incentives & perks • Pre-Orders • Pre-Sumers • Market Validation
- 81. Rewards don’t have to worth $$
- 83. • $25 perk is the single most claimed perk, representing nearly 25% of all perks that are selected. • While the $25 dollar perk is only responsible for raising 11% of total funds.
- 84. • . $100 perks raise more money than any other perk price and make up nearly 30% of total funds. A $100 perk combined with the next three perk price points: $50, $500, and $1000 makes up about 70% of total money raised by perks
- 87. 1. Make them unique & Exclusive
- 88. 2. Target them
- 89. 3. Give them a connection
- 90. The Cocktail Party Effect
- 92. The Carey School Effect
- 95. Assignment
- 96. 1. What is important to your target? 2. What rewards can connect them to you or your project 3. What rewards are part of your project 4. What unique rewards can you think of (that others are not doing) 5. What rewards will get them talking to others!
- 98. HOW to Crowdfund? 1. PRE - Preparing 2. PUSH - Running the campaign 3. POST – Delivering on your Promise
- 99. HOW to Crowdfund? 1. PRE - Preparing – Build Credibility – Sharpen Pitch & Post – Perks and Rewards – Timefames & $$
- 103. successful campaigns raise, on average, 49% percent of their goals during the first and last 10% of the campaign length.
- 104. Your mission: To get them talking about your project
- 106. • most successful projects receive about 25-40% of their revenue from their first, second and third degree of connections. • This could include friends, family, work acquaintances, or anyone that the owner is connected to, including their second and third degree connections. • http://www.forbes.com/sites/tanyaprive/2012/11/27/what-is- crowdfunding-and-how-does-it-benefit-the-economy/
- 107. Continue the story…
- 108. Social Engagement – Transparency & Trust – Social Proof & Viral FX – Engagement & “The Fundamentals” – Twitter – Facebook – Blogging
- 109. 1. Create: - A Facebook Account - A Twitter Account (for your campaign)
- 110. 2. Tweet & Post –Frequently –Uniquely –Personally
- 111. 3. Post Updates & Blog •About your progress •About the subject •About the industry •About the People
- 112. 4. Go 1-1 •Reply to comments •Retweet/Repost Your fans and donors are your most powerful advocates!
- 113. 5. Target, Measure & Adjust • Different Messages for different groups • Google, Hootsuite, others • Learn and Adjust focus
- 116. • the importance of google analytics to track and improve performance • + perks from fivvr • • http://www.perlsteinlab.com/blog/anatomy- of-a-crowdfund-week-3-slow-and-steady
- 117. HOW to Crowdfund? POST - campaign • Thanks … • Perks and rewards • Updates • Completing your goals !!
- 118. The most important secret is …
- 119. Showing Momentum (the perception of momentum)
- 120. The most obvious secret is …
- 121. Credibility = trust, competence & follow-through
- 122. Practical Crowdfunding Workshop www.propelarizona.com @PropelArizona