Crowdfunding and Entrepreneurship - Anna Guenther of PledgeMe - Startup Dunedin Podcast #003

Anna Guenther is an Audacious alumni and the founder of crowdfunding platform PledgeMe.

She joined Angus on an audio version of the podcast and shared some of her journey including:

  • Why Anna chose "Chief Bubbleblower" as her title.

  • How Anna got the idea for PledgeMe and her failure on Audacious

  • How PledgeMe responded when their transaction provider shut them down with no notice

  • The commonalities of successful crowdfunding campaigns - "The three C's"

  • The common mistakes and misconceptions of crowdfunding

  • Campaigns PledgeMe have rejected

  • The fastest campaigns raised on PledgeMe

  • Why crowdfunding works best for companies that are already going

  • Launching a cheese delivery company

  • Aligning values when forming a team

  • Her secret peer-learning entrepreneur group

  • Why social enterprise is the future


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Are you a University of Otago or Otago Polytechnic student?

Expressions of interest are open for Audacious - the same programme Anna went through when she was studying in Otago. Check it out!


Rather read? The written version will be released here on 11/06/19