#14 - Alex Brown - Raising money on crowdfunding - a podcast by Smarter Destiny Podcast

from 2019-07-27T18:20:01

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 Alex Brown is an ecommerce entrepreneur, crowdfunder, speaker and active consultant with countless success stories under his belt. After building The Beard Club to $10M in its first year, his passion for startups and helping companies grow led him to share his knowledge through advisory work and on multiple stages all around the world.



  • Bullet points

  • 00:30 - Intro

  • 04:30 - The start of the entrepreneurial journey

  • 08:00 - The college experience

  • 10:20 - Meeting a business partner

  • 11:20 - Raising money on crowdfunding

  • 16:20 - How to have a successful campaign

  • 20:05 - What to do before launching

  • 22:35 - The most important drivers behind pre-launch in today’s age

  • 24:30 - The Dollar Beard Club

  • 28:22 - Getting funding and cash flow

  • 31:50 - Selling in the USA, Canada and globally

  • 35:00 - Focus on encouraging consumption

  • 34:50 - Don’t overcomplicate things

  • 40:00 - Subscriptions aren’t always the best strategy

  • 41:23 - The importance of social and environmental consciousness in brands

  • 44:30 - You don’t have to be perfect

  • 51:18 - Stepping back from the day-to-day operation

  • 57:52 - The Mastermind event

  • 01:01:16 - Rapid fire question round

  • 01:01:18 - Any unusual drinking or eating habits?

  • 01:05:07 - How do you get into a state of flow?

  • 01:06:37 - What silly thing should people do more of?

  • 01:07:24 - What habit or opinion do you have that people tend to disagree with?

  • 01:09:45 - What non-traditional lesson would you teach at school?

  • 01:12:29 - What books had the biggest impact on your life?

  • 01:14:07 - What do you do or where do you go to get inspired?

  • 01:15:05 - What’s the best advice ever given to you?

  • 01:16:17 - Would you rather fight one horse-sized duck or one hundred-duck sized horses?

  • 01:17:22 - How would you convince someone to do something that is good for them, but that they don’t want to do?

  • 01:19:13 - What makes you happiest?

  • 01:22:00 - Any asks or requests for the audience?

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