Articles by Mike Chliounakis

Thousands of crowdfunding projects go live every year. Yet, only a handful of them become big names like the Oculus Rift and BAUBAX Travel Jacket. They must have done something out of the box to reach the peak of success. But,..

After promoting more than 4,000 crowdfunding campaigns since 2012, we are now considered experts according to Kickstarter. Using our expertise, we set out to create one of the best crowdfunding checklists for anyone who is interested in launching a crowdfunding..

Why is it that out of all the incredible crowdfunding projects on Kickstarter, only a select few become big names such as Oculus Rift (which has now made its way to being another Facebook acquisition) or Avegant Glyph? The answer:..

How many Kickstarter projects are actually successful? Out of more than 400k launched projects on Kickstarter, only 36.15% have been successful. Are some crowdfunding categories more successful than others? Over the years, we’ve seen projects from very different categories experience..

What is Hyperstarter? Hyperstarter is a crowdfunding marketing as well as an analysis tool that will help you fix your campaign page and grab more attention from the right audience.  Where can you find Giles on the web? With over 18..

Nearly two-thirds of crowdfunding campaigns fail because of lack of preparation in marketing as well as lack of proper feedback.  Crowdinsight is a community of repeat buyers/backers who review projects and provide valuable feedback based on different factors. There are..

Arora Project has reached over 100 million people through crowdfunding. They have a 100% crowdfunding campaign success rate. They have generated leads for as low as $0.50 per qualified email. Crowdfunding is a tough game if you are not well-versed..

This pre-launch page service by Indiegogo is currently free of charge. Dragon’s Lair collected over 3,000 email addresses from the pre-launch page service. They raised nearly $100k for their campaign in the first 24 hours. According to Indiegogo, an average..

It seems like just yesterday we were rounding up our previous year in review. Nevertheless, 2017 is just about over and, if we look back on all we’ve done throughout the year, we are, in a word, unstoppable! Apart from..

We have been discussing on various tips and tricks on crowdfunding projects for quite some time now. From writing product descriptions to choosing the right social media channels for marketing, there are a lot of factors driving towards the success..

The crowdfunding industry is rising at a rapid pace. Since 2012, crowdfunding has grown from a $1.7 billion industry to more than $60 billion last year. Since we first launched our platform, we have always had the goal of simplifying..

Running a company with a nearly 100% remote workforce is not easy. However, statistics show that nearly half of the world’s employed population will be working remotely by 2020. In fact, I feel that remote working ends up making you more..