Crowdfunding has turned the startup funding scene on its head. This 3-hour interactive Crowdfunding Workshop is designed to provide first time or serial entrepreneurs with detailed training and best practices for creating a successful crowdfunding campaign. Work closely with industry crowdfunding experts while learning about the unlimited possibilities and practicalities of crowdfunding. London entrepreneurs, start-ups, creatives, makers, and non-profits are invited to participate in this dynamic and interactive workshop to discover how crowdfunding can progress your company or cause.

This is a fantastic opportunity for entrepreneurs to learn what’s going on in the rapidly-evolving crowdfunding landscape, grasp the ins-and-outs of running a successful campaign, and understand how the crowdfunding – which generates over $60,000 every hour – is impacting traditional economic and funding models in Europe and beyond.

After presentations by each guest speaker, there will be Q&A – so bring questions and ideas about your own project and come spend the day learning with some of the world’s top crowdfunding experts!

Workshop Takeaways Include

How a startup can set up a successful crowdfunding campaign
Main challenges & how to avoid mistakes
What a startup should know before crowdfunding their equity
Support you should look for from platforms
Peer-to-peer crowdfunding opportunities and risks involved
The importance of building community
How to engage your community and where & when should you start
Maximising funds raised by using the Funding Magnet and Funding Snowball techniques
What happens after a successful crowdfunding campaign
What’s the best way to develop and maintain investor relations

Guest Speakers

Nick NM Yap (Founder & CPO, ROCKI)

Nick NM Yap is Founder of ROCKI, serial entrepreneur and veteran of two successful Kickstarter projects that have raised over $1 Million for Omate TrueSmart and ROCKI . ROCKI, a wifi music streaming system (hardware + software + ecosystem) that promises to revolutionise home music for everyone, born entirely out of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. For both crowdfunding campaigns, Nick and his co-founder were completely hands-on, and coordinated a team to push the press relations, interact and support the backers, keeping social media channels alive with cool content and constantly publishing updates. After the Kickstarter had finished, they opened up webshop pre-sales for anyone who had missed the Kickstarter and still wanted to order a product. With two successful back-to-back crowdfunding campaign raising more than $1.2 million, Nick is dedicated to “paying it forward” by sharing his first-hand crowd experience with everyone. Graduated with a Computer Engineering degree, Nick has a solid foundation in both hard- and software. Using this foundation, he has developed his career in creating products and marketing them, engaging the entire supply chain from product conception to consumer appreciation.

Epi Ludvik Nekaj (CEO & Founder, Crowdsourcing Week)

Epi Ludvik Nekaj is the Founder & CEO of Crowdsourcing Week, a global forum uniting thought leadership on the crowd economy through global conferences and summits. Recently Epi launched CSW2, an action tank to help organizations and innovators embed the power of the crowd in their products and services. Epi is one of the pioneers in the crowdsourcing ad space, and an industry expert and thought leader in entertainment advertising. Epi Ludvik earned a BS in Advertising & Marketing from the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC. His career has taken him across the US and Asia, where he honed his skills with high-profile clients and power brands.

Startup Pitch Competition During Workshop
Ten attendees will be chosen to pitch their startup to a panel of judges. Three winners, selected based on relevance for a go-to-market crowdfunding campaign and degree of innovation of the business idea itself, will receive personal mentoring for their crowdfunding campaign from the experts! Considering launching a crowdfuding campign? What could be a better way to raise equity? Apply to pitch your startup during the workshop by emailing [email protected].

Networking Opportunities
Startups will have the opportunity to network with industry experts and connect with other innovators during and after the event