{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 0031 | Crowdfunding Stories: Rob Peck & FlexSafe","description":"As promised, we\u2019re bringing on one of our past clients, namely Rob Peck of AquaVault. He\u2019s got a very unique perspective and I think you\u2019re going to love it. So are you ready to learn directly from an actual Kickstarter creator who raised over $200,000 on a project? What about learning more about how to absolutely crush a \u201cShark Tank\u201d appearance? Or are you just curious about the day-to-day hustle-and-grind of entrepreneurship? If so, then today\u2019s episode is for you! Let\u2019s get started\u2026 ---------------------------------------------------------------- \u2b50 During this episode, we detail these takeaways:  1. Entrepreneurship involves faith, capital, and persistence despite figurative headaches.  2. Entrepreneurs should identify a sufficiently-common problem (while noting that cures are easier to sell than prevention) that nobody else is solving well enough, innovate a product to solve that problem, and engage in market testing (perhaps at trade shows) to ensure that their product is actually desirable, as well as to refine it\u2014and such feedback will prove whether-or-not an idea is truly worth pursuing.  3. Entrepreneurs may use crowdfunding not only to raise funds to start mass-production, but also to obtain both feedback and \u201cbrand ambassadors,\u201d plus to show proof-of-concept that can leverage a better deal on \u201cShark Tank.\u201d  4. Entrepreneurs may use \u201cShark Tank\u201d to get both a good deal and good publicity, but should note that they likely won\u2019t ever get televised unless they show something sufficiently different and\/or entertaining that will appeal well to television audiences.  5. Entrepreneurs should perpetually reach out to relevant retailers and reporters and interest groups and such.  6. Entrepreneurs should note that growth is both expensive and challenging; they may want to form specific long-term plans to leverage what they already have in order to obtain loans to fund what they know for sure will work, and they should always seek deals that are mutually-beneficial to all parties involved.  7. Entrepreneurs should manage others with the right balance between oversight and autonomy. \u270d\ufe0f Click here for this episode\u2019s complete show notes! ---------------------------------------------------------------- \ud83d\udc49 We want to help as many people as we can; so, if this podcast helps you, then we urge you to please\u2026  \u2022 Subscribe to it on our website so that you don't miss an episode!  \u2022 Discuss it in our private Facebook group with us and fellow entrepreneurs! Join this group to network for success and to get personalized answers to all of your business questions!  \u2022 Review it on iTunes to help us reach more people who need it!  \u2022 And tell all of your associates who might benefit from it! We rely on YOU to help spread the word!!! ","author_name":"Get Funded Today: The Funded Today Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.funded.today\/podcast","html":"