I had the privilege of interviewing Barry James, the founder of The Crowdfunding Centre. In this podcast, we talk about a few different initiatives that he has going as well as his take on the crowdfunding industry and how it’s progressing in the UK.
His website has a lot of data and insights about platforms, campaign categories, and trending projects. You know how much I love data!
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In this episode you will learn:
- How crowdfunding is progressing in the UK
- How this new analytics tool can help campaigners
- Tools that entrepreneurs can use to prepare for the launch of their campaign
- The UK’s current regulatory environment
- Why Barry started The Crowdfunding Centre
- Rewards-based crowdfunding vs. equity crowdfunding
- What’s needed for crowdfunding to go mainstream
- Ways entrepreneurs can connect with other entrepreneurs
- How to approach launching a new crowdfunding campaign
Podcast Episode Notes
- Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They help you ship out rewards to your backers and products to your customers!
- The Crowdfunding Centre
- iNeed crowdfunding campaign which raised £200,000+
- SyndicateRoom’s equity crowdfunding platform (and our podcast with them)
- Venture Funding Hubs
- Crowdfunding and Other Animals
- Podcast interview with Josef Holm
- Subscribe to CrowdCrux
Thanks for listening!