My Crowdtilt campaign was going at a decent pace initially and even the ambitious goal of $10,000 was looking achievable. But after the initial rush, it has started to slow down. It's the way every campaign works. Initially you can approach people you know and they can contribute easily because they trust you. But after that phase, the real challenge starts because you have to get money from strangers. In my case, I've to get more than 85% of money from the people I've never met before and that's a pretty big challenge.
Past three days have gone in sending cold mails to random people with mild success. I've received some amount from famous people like Alexis Ohanian (cofounder Reddit), a top notch investor from Andreessen Horowitz and a Stanford MBA. They were kind enough to contribute on just one request but it's not sufficient to keep the pace required to hit the target.
This was bound to happen and the way I approach the problem from now on will show my real character. I don't have a concrete solution to this but I believe creativity can solve any problem. And this problem too can be solved if we can 'think different'!
I'll leave today at this note and think of some 'creative' solution. Good night fellas :)
Past three days have gone in sending cold mails to random people with mild success. I've received some amount from famous people like Alexis Ohanian (cofounder Reddit), a top notch investor from Andreessen Horowitz and a Stanford MBA. They were kind enough to contribute on just one request but it's not sufficient to keep the pace required to hit the target.
This was bound to happen and the way I approach the problem from now on will show my real character. I don't have a concrete solution to this but I believe creativity can solve any problem. And this problem too can be solved if we can 'think different'!
I'll leave today at this note and think of some 'creative' solution. Good night fellas :)