A Twist on the Traditional Wine Glass – AOTK193

Art of the Kickstart

For this week’s episode of Art of the Kickstart, we spoke with Patrick and Margarita Vacanti, two entrepreneurs who put a literal twist on the typical wine glass by adding a spiral that catches sediment to bring out red wine’s best flavors. Tune in to learn more about how they designed these glasses, how they used Kickstarter Live to their advantage and much more. The Spirale™ Wine Glass Key Crowdfunding Takeaways How to collect useful feedback about your product before launching it on Kickstarter How to handle product design challenges How doing a livestream on Kickstarter can give your campaign a boost Why it’s important to stay authentic on Kickstarter Why launching a project on Kickstarter takes serious commitment Links The Spirale™ Wine Glass on Kickstarter https://vacanti.com/ A Handmaid’s Tale Never Pay Retail for College Connect with Vacanti Vacanti Wine Glasses on Facebook @VacantiGlass on Twitter @vacantiwineglasses on Instagram Sponsors Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by The Gadget Flow, a product discovery platform that helps you discover, save, and buy awesome products. The Gadget Flow is the ultimate buyer's guide for cool luxury gadgets and creative gifts. Click here to learn more and list your product - use coupon code ATOKK16 for 25% off! Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by BackerKit. BackerKit makes software that crowdfunding project creators use to survey backers, organize data, raise additional funds with add-ons and manage orders for fulfillment, saving creators hundreds of hours. To learn more and get started, click here. Transcript View this episode's transcript Roy: Welcome to Art of the Kickstart, your source for crowdfunding campaign success. I’m your host Roy Morejon, President of Enventys Partners, the top full-service turnkey product development and crowdfunding marketing agency in the world. We have helped start-ups raise over 100 million dollars for our clients since 2010. Each week I’ll interview a crowdfunding success story, an inspirational entrepreneur, or a business expert in order to help you take your start-up to the next level with crowdfunding. Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by BackerKit and the Gadget Flow. BackerKit makes software that crowdfunding project creators use to survey backers, organize data, and manage orders for fulfillment by automating your operations and helping you print and ship faster. The Gadget Flow is a product discovery platform that helps you discover, save, and buy awesome products. It is the ultimate buyers’ guide for luxury gadgets and creative gifts. Now let’s get on with the show. Roy: Welcome to another edition of Art of the Kickstart. Today, I am being joined with Margarita and Patrick Vacanti. Thank you so much for joining us Margarita: You’re welcome. Patrick: Thank you Roy. Roy: So, we have created the Vacanti Wine Glass, please tell our audience all about this unique product. Margarita: I can just take that one Pat. So the Vacanti Wine Glass, the unique thing about the Spirale Wine Glass is it really changes the way you experience red wines because as many people experience with red wine you can end up with that sediment at the end of your last glass that gives you the bitter run up. And what’s really unique about the Spirale is that we have a corkscrew feature in the bottom of the bowl that enables the sediment to settle down into that and because of the way it’s uniquely shaped, when you tilt the glass you don’t get the sediment. Sediment is something that you find in fine wines or in regular bottles. When we first encountered it, it was just a Thursday night at home enjoying a bottle of red wine, and we tend to open a bottle, pour, and enjoy, and don’t really think too much about whether or not there is going to be sediment. So, it was a situation where it was just a casual evening togeth...