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SUMMARY:Lessons and Mistakes Using Crowdfunding
DESCRIPTION:Crowdfunding is one of the most popular and easy ways for a sta
 rtup or individual to raise money without the need to go through a bank\, 
 investors\, or other traditional means. Yet\, despite being possibly more 
 easy than more traditional means of raising money doesn't mean crowdfundin
 g is easy.\n\nNOTE: Please make sure to complete RSVP here\, https://www.e
 ventbrite.com/e/lessons-and-mistakes-using-crowdfunding-tickets-1030136546
 14\, and you will receive live stream link 48 hours before event\n\nOur pr
 esenter\, Colin Trethway\, will discuss his background working on over 280
  crowdfunding campaigns including 14 campaigns which have raised over 1 mi
 llion dollars.\n\nMain Topics include\n\n- Using one's own network to supp
 ort a crowdfunding campaign\n\n- How to prepare for a successful crowdfund
 ing campaign\n\n- Using crowdfunding during the Covid-19 era vs. before Co
 vid-19\n\n- Understanding the WIFM (what's in it for me) in regards to cro
 wdfunding\n\n- Is my purpose for raising money most suitable for crowdfund
 ing?\n\nAbout the presenter\n\nColin Trethewey is a public relations execu
 tive whose agency PRmediaNow has helped clients raise over 75-million doll
 ars to launch their products via Crowdfunding.\n\nPRmediaNow has led the P
 R efforts for more than 280 crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter and Indi
 egogo. 14 of those campaigns raised over one-million dollars and over 80 c
 ampaigns raised between 100\,000 and one-million dollars. Colin is an APR 
 (Accredited in Public Relations)\, a distinction held by only about 2 perc
 ent of the public relations practitioners. Before co-founding PRmediaNow\,
  Colin was a national technology TV news correspondent.\n\nHis journalism 
 career helped him master the art of presenting engaging stories about comp
 licated technology concepts to mainstream news audiences. This is an inval
 uable skill in creating compelling stories for targeted journalists and ne
 wsroom decision makers. Colin has extensive contacts with business and tec
 hnology journalists/bloggers/editors who are responsive to our pitche\n\nh
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