EPISODE

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Unbound Merino's Strategy for Growing Into a Multi-Million Dollar Brand Through Crowdfunding, Dan Demsky

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Dan Demsky

In the last episode of the Minds of Ecommerce Podcast, Wilson Hung of Kettle and Fire shared tips to Grow Through Grocery Stores and Amazon.

Dan Demsky is co-founder of DTC apparel brand Unbound Merino. They've successfully used crowdfunding to get the brand started, and still use it to this day as a growth strategy. In this episode we talk about storytelling in marketing, dive deep into Dan's strategy for launching through crowdfunding, some actionable tricks for a successful campaign, and how million-dollar brands can still use crowdfunding as a marketing channel.

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