As a veteran of NBC TV and Radio News and Sports in New York, CNN-TV News in Los Angles and a 25 year direct response advertising professional, I created a nationally broadcast AM radio show where I have been interviewing and interrogating crowdfunding failures, successes and MEGA success stories to learn the distinctions between them and codify the best practices.
I believe I have interviewed and documented the stories of more crowdfunding campaigners, success stories and MEGA success stories across all portals, platforms and verticals around the world than any other human being on planet Earth (at least since the Big Bang). :-)