What Is Crowdfunding and Can You Trust a Kickstarter Campaign?

Kickstarter, Indiegogo, Unbound, Blurb... the opportunities for crowdfunding campaigns are massive these days. But if you've never backed a project on Kickstarter and don't really know what crowdfunding is - or if you have concerns over their reliability - we're here to help you out.

Shownotes

Here are this week's links for everything we discuss in the show.

• 3 Things to Consider Before Backing a Kickstarter
• Kickstarter Asks Creators to Be More Honest
• Tips for Running Your Own Crowdfunding Campaign
• Bets Alternatives to Patreon
• Crowdfund Without a Crowndfunding Website
• Crowdfunder Producer Discusses Brian Blessed Casting
• Sitcom Geeks

Christian Cawley and Gavin Philips host this week's show. Contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @gavinspavin.

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