Personal Growth

Navigating Crowdfunding Twists: Pivoting and Staying Positive

Behind the Business, Case Study, Crowdfunding Campaign, Facebook Ads, Personal Growth, Pre-marketing

Welcome to episode 149 of the Crowdfunding Nerds podcast! I’m your host, Andrew, along with my co-host, Sean. We discuss the importance of setting realistic expectations and not assuming that everything will go smoothly.

How To Hire The Right People

Behind the Business, Crowdfunding Nerds, Personal Growth

On this episode the Crowdfunding Nerds discuss the importance of hiring the right people while using Valve as a case study for business productivity.

Ascendancy: Making Your Game Undeniably Great With Matthew Meeple

Audience, Case Study, Personal Growth

Matthew Meeple joins The Crowdfunding Nerds to talk about the virtuous cycle of board game marketing and the challenges of game development iterations.

Leveraging Supply & Demand To Your Advantage For A Kickstarter Relaunch

Audience, Community Growth, Ecommerce, Personal Growth

The Crowdfunding Nerds breakdown the post-campaign sales strategy for Deliverance and the goal of generating supply demand through controlled scarcity.

Principles of a Thriving Business w/ Andrew’s #1 Mentor

Audience, Behind the Business, Personal Growth

The Crowdfunding Nerds are joined by Julie Lowen to discuss mentorship and the principles of businesses that thrive.

Establishing Relationships Vs Making Transactions

Behind the Business, Community Growth, Personal Growth, Pre-marketing

Rosemary Litoff joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to expound the necessity of building customer relationships for business success.

Lab Rats & Life Balance

Behind the Business, Personal Growth

The Crowdfunding Nerds discuss what causes work life imbalance and what you can do to bring things back to normality.

Maximizing Physical Energy & Mental Focus For Crowdfunding

Conventions, Personal Growth

The Crowdfunding Nerds interview weight loss coach and personal trainer, Dan Whaley on how to maximize your physical energy and mental focus for crowdfunding

How To Get Better At Marketing Your Game

Audience, Behind the Business, Crowdfunding Campaign, Facebook Ads, Personal Growth

The Crowdfunding Nerds discuss several resources that will help you market your game!

Why Being Positive Will Make You More Money

Audience, Behind the Business, Personal Growth

The Crowdfunding Nerds talk about being positive when things are mostly negative and how it can aid you in winning favour with your backers!

Marketing Tinyfolks On Steam With Pierre Vandermaesen

Behind the Business, Personal Growth, Video Games

Pierre Vandermaesen, indie game developer of Tinyfolks joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to discuss the challenges of developing and marketing video games for Steam.

Secret Update, The Cake Is A Lie & The Critical Path To Crowdfunding Success

Behind the Business, Community Growth, Crowdfunding Campaign, Personal Growth

What is the critical path you need to take get funded on Kickstarter and manufacture your board game? The Crowdfunding Nerds share some industry news and tips on laying a plan for crowdfunding success.

This One’s For You Jamey Stegmaier ＜3

Behind the Business, Conventions, Crowdfunding Campaign, Personal Growth

SEO Wizard Rick faces ravenous cougars in the wilderness while Andrew & Sean discuss Kickstarter delegation because Mr. Stegmaier threatened to tell the world how bad Andrew is as Scythe.

The Ultimate Crowdfunding Reading List – Part 2

Behind the Business, Personal Growth

The Crowdfunding Nerds are back with even more books to add to your Kickstarter reading list!

The Ultimate Crowdfunding Reading List – Part 1

Behind the Business, Personal Growth

The Crowdfunding Nerds discuss the business books you need to read to thrive at crowdfunding!

Post-Kickstarter Discussion: Kickstarter Board Game Creator Launches Successful Kickstarter on Kickstarter

Behind the Business, Board Gaming, Case Study, Crowdfunding Campaign, Facebook Ads, Personal Growth

A discussion with Eric Geller of Quest & Cannons (Kickstarter) who launched a successful Kickstarter on Kickstarter joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to discuss said Kickstarter.

Marketing A Video Game Through Kickstarter With Ryan Wiancko of Fractured Veil – Part 1

Behind the Business, Case Study, Facebook Ads, Landing Page, Personal Growth, Video Games

Ryan Wiancko of Paddle Creek Games (Also Iron Belly Studios) joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to discuss the Kickstarter pre-marketing for Fractured Veil, a massive-multiplayer online survival video game.

8 Business Ideas You Need To Know For Your Kickstarter

Behind the Business, Crowdfunding Nerds, Personal Growth

While cleaning his office Sexy Irish Sean finds an old notebook with some business advice that you need to know about before going to Kickstarter!

Work-Life Balance For Kickstarter Board Games With Chip Cole

Audience, Behind the Business, Crowdfunding Campaign, Personal Growth

Chip Cole is a freelance board game illustrator and founder of Squatchy Games. Chip has nine children and recently has a very successful Kickstarter Board Game Campaign. He shares his experience of balancing work and family amidst a Kickstarter campaign.

Kickstarter Mental Health: What You Need To Know & How To Prepare

Behind the Business, Community Growth, Crowdfunding Campaign, Personal Growth

On this week's episode of Crowdfunding Nerds Andrew, SEO Wizard Rick and Sexy Irish Sean talk about the important topic of Mental Health during a Kickstarter campaign.