I’ve mentioned it already this week, but we’re a big supporter of crowdfunding over at the Heart of Business podcast. We’ve had more than a few guests who have operated successful Kickstarter campaigns. Hear about their awesome businesses, how they succeeded and what they learned in this week’s Benchmark 5: Crowdfunding Success Stories on the Heart of Business.

Author Bio:

by Andy Shore

Andy Shore found his way to Benchmark when he replied to a job listing promising a job of half blogging, half social media. His parents still don’t believe that people get paid to do that. Since then, he’s spun his addiction to pop culture and passion for music into business and marketing posts that are the spoonful of sugar that helps the lessons go down. As the result of his boss not knowing whether or not to take him seriously, he also created the web series Ask Andy, which stars a cartoon version of himself. Despite being a cartoon, he somehow manages to be taken seriously by many of his readers ... and few of his coworkers.