Hello Beautiful People and in particular Founders. Today we’re going to discuss the obvious and the elusive of investment crowdfunding. The obvious things being why WeFunder, StartEngine and Republic have the most “successful” crowdfunding campaigns and then the elusive definition of “successful” when it comes to what that means to you as a Founder. You can read more about their success to date in this KingsCrowd article: https://kingscrowd.com/chart-of-the-week-which-platforms-have-most-successful-deals/ 

First some quick, obvious, maybe even a little dirty things that you should be aware of: 

1. It takes money to make money and even more to raise money.
2. If you’re considering launching a “successful” crowdfunding campaign you should be planning to spend a minimum of 6 months and $150k planning, launching, and nurturing your “successful” campaign to success.
3. Raised money isn’t earned. You’ve got to pay it back. So while your “successful” crowdfunding campaign is definitely some