Fund Your Dreams Like A Creative Genius; A Guide For Artists, Entrepreneurs, Inventors, And Kindred Spirits

134 Pages·2018·1.19 MB·English

by  Brainard Carey

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CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1 | Create a Product
Chapter 2 | Auctions for Everyone
Chapter 3 | A Moveable Feast: Fundraising over Dinner
Chapter 4 | Texting Your Way to Full Coffers
Chapter 5 | Fundraise by Design
Chapter 6 | Start a Festival
Chapter 7 | Write Letters the Old Way
Chapter 8 | P2P Campaigns: Viral Gold
Chapter 9 | Angels and Venture Capitalists
Chapter 10 | Pet Parties: Local Fundraiser for Any Cause
Chapter 11 | The Classics, Abbreviated and Ready for Updating
Afterword
Suggested Reading
Index
INTRODUCTION
If you only use one good idea from this book, the cost of
buying it will be repaid many times over.