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Funding the Dream

Funding the Dream

Richard Bliss

Raising money and launching a business are daunting tasks. Since 2011, Richard Bliss has hosted a wide array of guests who bring their expertise in all areas of business.
With a heavy focus on the board game industry, Richard and his guests have taught thousands of people how to fund their dreams.
Join Richard and his next guest as you look to build and grow your own business.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Funding the Dream episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Funding the Dream for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Funding the Dream episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Wes Woodbury, from Fundamental Games, is a returning guest. He relaunched his Kickstarter campaign, Legends of Novus, after appearing as a guest on the show in Episode 293.

With advice from other guests and fans, Wes went back to the drawing board and retooled and relaunched his campaign.

There were three key things he did to increase his chances for success:

#1 He worked with Manufacturers to lower is overall production costs by a significant amount. This allowed him to lower his overall goal.

#2 Finding alternative methods of adding content without adding costs. 

#3 Helping others succeed. Wes has been heavily involved in helping other Kickstarter creators put their board games on Tabletop simulator in order to enhance the overall experience.

Wes goes into details on each of these as well as other strategies. This is well worth listening to as he is on his way to having a successful Kickstarter project.

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Funding the Dream - Ep. 234 The Power of Social in Crowdfunding
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11/20/14 • 21 min

Richard and Jamey discuss the importance and pitfalls of social networking, debate social funding goals, and suggest several social network management tools.
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My guest Harold Stewart wants to raise $25k for his Kickstarter project to launch his company. But he really doesn't have a crowd or fans. I have him on the show to see it you really need a crowd before launching.
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Jonathan Liu has the dream job. He writes for Geek Dad covering the board gaming space. How cool is that? Jonathan joins me on the show to talk about resisting the Kickstarter urge to back all the great game projects.
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Paco Garcia Jaen, the creative mind behind GMS Magazine, sits down to discuss his recent project on IndieGoGo. There are important differences between IndieGoGo and Kickstarter, and Paco shares with us how IndieGoGo worked well for his raising funds for Spiel in Essen.
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Three weeks after launching their Kickstarter project, we check in with my two favorite Brits to see how things are going and to get a sense of how nerve-racking it can be to have a project creeping up on the funding goal. Their project is down to less than 40 hours and less than $300. We see if they are going to make it.
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Funding the Dream - Funding the Dream on Kickstarter Ep 70 Serpent Stones
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07/26/12 • 19 min

Every project experiences the same thing; After the initial launch and enthusiasm the mid project blues set in. Things seem to drag on slowly. We sit down with Robert Harrington to discuss his project and the ways he has found to overcome this mid project downturn.
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Marquis and Lucas from Uniforge talk about the steps to launch Top This, the Pizza Flicking Game
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Funding the Dream - EP 258 Protospiel San Jose with Jeremy Commanduer
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03/31/17 • 20 min

You may raise $100,000 on Kickstarter for your board game, but without proper playtesting, you won't raise it your second time. There are common mistakes that new game designers make when creating a game. Proper playtesting can flush those problems out and help move your game from good to great. Jeremy Commanduer has been running Protospiel San Jose for four years and discusses how the importance of these prototype conference are to the success of Kickstarter boardgames.
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On this episode of the Funding the Dream on Kickstarter podcast, Salvador Briggman talks with James Takenaka, who has over 25 years of experience in the collectible and tabletop games industry.

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James started selling at collectibles shows in 1990 and then was a co-owner of the Comix and Cardz Etc. hobby store.

In 2001 he co-founded Hero Factory Inc. to produce licensed trading cards and served as a consultant for Bandai America Inc. in the collectible card game market.

From 2007-2012 James served as Bandai’s Games Division Sales & Marketing Manager, working with hobby game distributors, overseeing their Organized Play Network and co-creating the Star Trek DBG. James joined  Hit Point Sales in March 2012.

https://www.hitpointsales.com/about-us

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FAQ

How many episodes does Funding the Dream have?

Funding the Dream currently has 345 episodes available.

What topics does Funding the Dream cover?

The podcast is about Boardgame, Kickstarter, Crowdfunding, Podcasts, Board Game, Business and Rpg.

What is the most popular episode on Funding the Dream?

The episode title 'EP 335 Board Game Fundraising Tips With Bobby Fiorentino' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Funding the Dream?

The average episode length on Funding the Dream is 21 minutes.

How often are episodes of Funding the Dream released?

Episodes of Funding the Dream are typically released every 3 days.

When was the first episode of Funding the Dream?

The first episode of Funding the Dream was released on Nov 7, 2011.

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