This is part four of a six part interview series featuring businesses that have taken their crowdfunding success and turned it into flourishing businesses 1-2 years after the completion of their crowdfunding campaign.

This is part three of a six part interview series featuring businesses that have taken their crowdfunding success and turned it into flourishing businesses 1-2 years after the completion of their crowdfunding campaign.

This is part two of a six part interview series featuring businesses that have taken their crowdfunding success and turned it into flourishing businesses 1-2 years after the completion of their crowdfunding campaign.

This is part one of a six part interview series featuring businesses that have taken their crowdfunding success and turned it into flourishing businesses 1-2 years after the completion of their crowdfunding campaign.

Let's be honest about eCommerce: it's brutally hard. When asked what surprised him most about eCommerce, Dan Korte, founder of Riseabove Apparel said, “honestly, how hard it is. “You picture steady progress and quick wins, but in reality, it's constant setbacks—delayed shipments, poor quality, inventory issues, unexpected costs. There are...

Michael Jankie and Gary Tramer started NATPAT in 2020 with mosquito stickers. Then Kim Kardashian bought BuzzPatch, posted it, and everything changed for the Australian founders.

Imagine managing fresh-roasted coffee in grocery aisles and supplying independent restaurants and cafes, while also doing private labeling and custom blending, providing business coaching to aspiring cafe owners, AND expanding into 20 new retail locations. That’s a lot to handle. Especially when you’re doing it as coffee prices hit record...

Let's say you're a new mom, guardian to your teenage sister, and Hurricane Helene just destroyed your home in Tampa. And all this happened only a few years after a car accident that left you in the ICU. Most people would not choose that moment to build a business. Whitney...

You work a full-time 9-to-5 and rush home to eat dinner. Then you work until midnight blending essential oils, hand-bottling products, applying labels, and packing orders. On weekends, you do more of the same. And on top of all that, you're burning 8 to 10 hours every month just managing...

The Mr. Mintz brand sounds like it should be about a dad who creates crafts with his kids. And in a way, it is—but the business brain behind it belongs to Lena Mintz. Lena Mintz spent her career in corporate PR and advertising at companies like Mail.Ru Group, shaping stories...

Most startups don't make it to year two. Even fewer turn a profit in year one. And almost none survive 25+ years while major competitors like Teavana shut down. Michael Cramer's Adagio Teas did all three. In 1999, during the headiest days of the dot-com boom, Michael left investment banking....

You've spent months designing your product. You've run the numbers, found your manufacturer, and picked your crowdfunding platform. Everything is ready to go. But even the very best product in the world won’t fund itself. You need a rock solid marketing plan or your campaign will sputter out before it...