#003 Crowdfunding and Entrepreneurship - Anna Guenther - PledgeMe
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Anna Guenther is the founder of crowdfunding platform PledgeMe.
She joined Angus on an audio version of the podcast and shared some of her journey including:
- Why Anna chose "Chief Bubbleblower" as her title.
- How Anna got the idea for PledgeMe and her failure on Audacious
- How PledgeMe responded when their transaction provider shut them down with no notice
- The commonalities of successful crowdfunding campaigns - "The three C's"
- The common mistakes and misconceptions of crowdfunding
- Campaigns PledgeMe have rejected
- The fastest campaigns raised on PledgeMe
- Why crowdfunding works best for companies that are already going
- Launching a cheese delivery company
- Aligning values when forming a team
- Her secret peer-learning entrepreneur group
- Why social enterprise is the future
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