Summary: In this episode of Art of the Kickstart, we interviewed Ricardo Bottome, the founder and inventor of TreePod. Bottome, a three-time creator on Kickstarter, has just launched his most recent campaign with his new product that is truly reinventing the hammock experience. TreePod’s patented design combines the luxury of a cabana with the portability of a hammock with more space and 5 large windows. Learn how Bottome's previous Kickstarter experience and drive to better his product have helped him re-develop TreePod for his newest campaign.<br> <br> Topics Discussed and Key Crowdfunding Takeaways<br> <br> * How Bottome went from struggling to raise funds for his campaign to garnering new interest for his just-launched campaign<br> * The challenges the TreePod team faced when redesigning their product<br> * The process that led to TreePod's new innovation-launch<br> * How Bottome's team went about finding the right channel for their product<br> * An introduction to new innovations Bottome's team is pursuing<br> <br> Links<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1002730324/treepod-canopy-a-spacious-cabana-and-hammock-hybrid">TreePod's Campaign</a><br> * <a href="https://mytreepod.com/">TreePod's Website</a><br> <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> 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.<br> <br> Roy Morejon:<br> Each week, I interview a crowdfunding success story, an inspirational entrepreneur, or a business expert in order to help you take your startup to the next level.<br> <br> Roy Morejon:<br> 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.<br> <br> Roy Morejon:<br> Check out producthype.co to subscribe to the weekly newsletter.<br> <br> Roy Morejon:<br> Now let’s get on with the show.<br> <br> Roy Morejon:<br> Welcome to another edition of Art of the Kickstart. Today, I am getting the wonderful opportunity of speaking with Ricardo Bottome, the founder and inventor of TreePod. If you don’t remember, because I’ve got so many great listeners out there, Ricardo was on our show almost four years to the date with his original launch of the TreePod. And now he’s back. He’s going to be a three-time creator on Kickstarter with his new product that is truly reinventing the hammock experience.<br> <br> Roy Morejon:<br> So Ricardo, it is a pleasure to have you back on my show today.<br> <br> Ricardo Bottome:<br> Roy, thank you for having me back. I’m excited to be here again.<br> <br> Roy Morejon:<br> Absolutely. So you’re back again.
