Crowdfunding Weirdos: Epic Successes & Cringe-Worthy Flops

If you follow our blog, you’ve seen we’ve offered up our expertise and pinpointed our top tips for crowdfunding success. And, if you follow the industry—or the news in general—you’ve seen a great deal of chatter on the Potato Salad Kickstarter that’s made over $60,000.

From what it can teach us about successful campaigns to the backlash surrounding the support of silly causes, there certainly were (and still are) a lot of opinions to keep up with.

However, at the end of the day, what it means and what it can teach us is this: to garner attention and have a successful campaign, you must be unique and creative.

Case in point, the potato salad campaign’s food copycatters aren’t doing so well:

The Best and Worst of Creative Crowdfunding Campaigns

For better and for worst, these folks certainly get an A+ for creativity:

The Internet collectively decided that this is definitely something they need:

While our unicorn friend found the hat she always dreamed about:

Gen Yers everywhere shouted a big “HOORAY” for bringing back Reading Rainbow:

Little did you know, your plants are musicians and can be booked for a night at top dollar:

This guy is now alive thanks to 82 generous backers:

Watch him go!

Maybe not a grand idea, although 8 were ready to invest in their own MoneyTrim:

Thank heavens! We’re safe! A lovely group of 37 backers made anti-zombie soap possible.

Seriously, maybe you need to prep yourself even further than soap:

And, if you thought the potato salad guy was the first to get his meal funded, think again. This guy just wanted a burrito:

And, of course, there’s many more gems out there. Do you have a creative crowdfunding campaign idea?

Read on to learn more about crowdfunding best practices from our lotus823 team:

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