ButcherBox raised $210,000 on Kickstarter against a $25,000 initial target
Mike Salguero · ButcherBox: Mike Salguero · Oct 3, 2022 · at 56:45
ButcherBox founder Mike Salguero describes the company's initial bootstrapping launch via Kickstarter to Guy Raz.
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“And so we did a 30 day campaign. We went out to raise 25,000 dollars, and we ended up raising 210,000 dollars.”
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