Summary: In this episode of Art of the Kickstart, we interviewed founder and chief product tester of Amabilis, Brian Abrams. For the past 25 years, Brian has been designing premium apparel and gear for the men and women of our most elite military forces and those that respond first. Fully funded in six hours, the Responder Lite Tactical Chore Jacket and the Primaloft Shirt-Jac Kickstarter campaign is Brian's fourth successful Kickstarter campaign. Learn how Brian surpassed his funding goal by over 249% with 217 backers.<br> Topics Discussed and Key Crowdfunding Takeaways<br> <br> * What Kickstarter changes Brian has noticed since the launch of AMABILIS' first product, the Dave Jr. Duffel Bag<br> * How Brian applied his 25-years of experience designing special operations products to creating AMABILIS' two tactical inspired jackets<br> * The opportunities available for international crowdfunding, along with advice for international shipping<br> * How AMABILIS has achieved a very high repeat customer buy rate<br> * What, according to Brian, is the most important factor in having a successful Kickstarter campaign<br> <br> Links<br> <br> * <a href="https://amabilisgear.com/">AMABILIS Website</a><br> * <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1306918721/amabilis-introduces-two-tactical-inspired-jackets/description">AMABILIS' Two Tactical Inspired Jackets on Kickstarter</a><br> * <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1544513852/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1544513852&linkCode=as2&tag=artofthekic-20&linkId=415e52066c1728c1f3d930102598e2b5">Forging An Ironclad Brand: A Leader's Guide by Lindsay Pedersen</a><br> <br> Note: As an Amazon Associate, Art of the Kickstart may earn a commission from qualifying purchases.<br> Sponsors<br> <a href="https://producthype.co/"></a>Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by ProductHype, the leading crowdfunding newsletter. Publishing weekly, ProductHype showcases five of the best, most innovative and exciting crowdfunding projects in an absurdly unique way. Their audience of more than 300,000 crowdfunding fans regularly back featured products and eagerly awaits the newsletter to learn about the new ideas that creators are bringing to market. <a href="https://producthype.co/most-powerful-crowdfunding-newsletter/?utm_source=Banner&utm_medium=Blog&utm_campaign=AOTKPost&utm_id=AOTK" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Learn more</a> about having your project featured in ProductHype, or join the HypeSquad today!<br> <br> Transcript<br> View this episode's transcript<br> <br> <br> <br> Roy Morejon:<br> Welcome Entrepreneurs and Startups to Art of the Kickstart, the podcast that every entrepreneur needs to listen to before you launch. I’m your host, Roy Morejon president and founder of Inventus Partners. The world’s only Turnkey Product Launch Company that has helped over 2000 innovations successfully raise over $400 million in capital since 2010. Each week, I interview a crowdfunding success story, in inspirational entrepreneur or a business expert in order to help you take your startup to the next level. This show would not be possible without our main sponsor ProductHype, a 300,000 member crowdfunding media site and newsletter that’s generated millions of dollars in sales for over a thousand top tier projects since 2017. Check out ProductHype.co to subscribe to the weekly newsletter. Now let’s get on with the show.<br> <br> Roy Morejon:<br> Welcome to another edition “Art of the Kickstart”. Today I am honored to be joined by Brian Abrams, founder and chief product tester of Amabilis. Brian, thank you so much for joining us today on Art of the Kickstart.<br> <br> Brian Abrams:<br> My pleasure, Roy, thank you so much for the invitation.<br> <br> Roy Morejon:<br> Absolutely.
