Unlock the Power of Crowdfunding: A Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Thriving Business by Growing Your Community

Amazon Customer: A very good and useful book thanks

United Kingdom on Dec 08, 2022

Pamela&Francisco: tiene datos muy buenos si estas en tu primer proyecto ya que ayuda a tener una imagen general de los pasos a seguir, pero se trata mas bien de un resumen de lo que se debe hacer para tener mas posibilidades de triunfar en tu proyecto sin ahondar mucho en cada tema, es mas facil quizas conseguir informacion directamente en los foros de kickstarter, es mas detallada

Spain on Feb 20, 2018

Cruz Farfan: The author provides multiple insights for running a successful crowdfunding project. He goes directly to the point while providing examples from his own projects. I took a star away because some chapters repeat information already provided.

Canada on Dec 29, 2017

Victor Lamy: The book offers an interesting twist on product development in the context of crowd funding with a strong emphasis on stakeholder management, advertising your product/campaign and building a community. Wording is very clear and helps demystify this daunting process.
The only downside I would say is the book assumes you have already created a great product ready to be crowd-founded and even though I respect that bias, the book could be more contextualised around that creative process, from which it feels s bit distant in its current form.
Overall an amazing reading experience, thanks for being awesome Jamey!

United Kingdom on Apr 22, 2017

Philip Redhead: I first downloaded: "A Crowdfunder’s Strategy Guide: Build a Better Business by Building Community," on Kindle. It has been such a positive help and guide for a total newbie like me, in fact today I bought the paperback version as well.

Jamey Stegmaier knows crowdfunding – having now done 8 Kickstarter projects – starting off small in which 17 backers pledged $305, to Jamey’s latest project of 17,739 backers who pledged $1,810,294 to help bring his Scythe game to life. So clearly - this guy knows his stuff. Some of the things I like about the book:

- THIS IS A VERY READABLE BOOK, full of practical tips and advice – and above all - he keeps it real with a writing style that is easy to read (or skim);

- Based on his blogs, he takes the reader through the crowdfunding process step-by-step;

- The blogs are summarized in bullet form – making them SO EASY TO READ! But, if you are like me with an eye for detail, you can go online and read the full version of that particular blog;

- Jamey constantly emphasizes the importance of creating community – before, during and after a Kickstarter campaign. He shows how to do it;

- He shares...

United States on Oct 24, 2016

Amazon Customer: Its a really nice book for people who wants to start doing crowdfunding, easy to read and very systematic. Recommended to read!

United Kingdom on Dec 13, 2015

bouldercomom: I appreciate that Jamey Stegmaier is a concise and clear writer. This book is one of the rare few that walks a delicate line between "beginner" and "advanced" - the content is accessible, even to a newbie in the crowdfunding world, but also has enough rich insight and detail to be a valuable read for someone with a lot of experience already.

Jamey's stories are entertaining and also illustrate in concrete ways how seemingly small choices in crowdfunding implementation, can make a very big difference to the success (or failure), of your campaign. Some of his lessons learned have been painful ones, and some of his ideas are counter-intuitive, but when I understood his logic, it changed my view completely.

There are some curious choices from an organization perspective (the organization of the book, I mean), but overall I found it a good read, chock full of important ideas that were followed with evidence to back them up.

I am already recommending this book to several friends, and I am keeping it by my side while I create my product and design my strategy for going to a crowdfunding platform.

United States on Dec 10, 2015

Amazon Customer: This book fulfills on its promise to the fullest! I have been reading Jamey Stegmaier's blog for about two years and have learned so much information about running a Kickstarter and running a business by putting the customers first. After reading his blog for so long I wasn't sure if I needed this book or if it would offer anything new, but because he has provided so much wonderful free content, and proven that he cares about his customers I figured he wouldn't publish a book that wasn't worth its price. I am glad I made the purchase as "A Crowdfunder's Strategy Guide", while reviewing some of the content on his blog, offers so many amazing anecdotes, first hand accounts and great examples of excellent crowdfunding strategies, tips, and ideas. It is very motivational and inspirational and will give any creator new insight into the world of crowdfunding. It is worth the price and more and I highly recommend it to everyone interested in crowdfunding.

United States on Nov 25, 2015

Nick May: I seldom write book reviews (not for a lack of reading, typically it's a lack of time) but sometimes you read a book and you can't put it down. This is such a book. Those who frequent gaming sites such as board game geek or read Jamey's blogs know that he is committed to quality in every facet of how he runs his business (Stonemaier Games). His unique board games have terrific production value and have had notable success (his game Viticulture is releasing an essential edition in November and he has another Kickstarter campaign set to begin this October). He's someone who puts the needs of his backers (and even non-backers) above his own.

In his book, Jamey stresses that taking the time to build up your community (by being a positive, contributing member) and genuinely connecting with your supporters to establish trust can greatly increase your chances of having a successful crowdfunding campaign. Such venues are remarkable because in many of the campaigns, the backers contribute both financially and creatively. In A Crowdfunder's Strategy Guide, Jamey discusses that no matter how great of a product you think you might have, it is the people that support it that make it...

United States on Sep 20, 2015