--- title: "#1 Fundraiser on Kickstarter (Zach Smith, Funded Today CEO)" description: "Zach Smith was an ecommerce consultant who helped a client launch and fund their project in 90 days so he started Funded Today and is #1 on Kickstarter." image: https://thesaleswhisperer.com/hubfs/_Podcast_Images/Zach%20Smith%20on%20The%20Sales%20Podcast.jpg --- [Skip to content](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/zach-smith-funded-today#main-content) [![Wes Schaeffer is The Sales Whisperer®](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/wes-header-lockup.png?width=1560&height=360&name=wes-header-lockup.png)](https://www.thesaleswhisperer.com/) - Work With Me Show submenu for Work With Me - [Fix Your Follow-Up](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/follow-up) - [Best Day Ever](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/best-day-ever) - [HANK The AI](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/hank) - [12 Weeks To Peak™](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/12-weeks-to-peak) - [48-Hour Fix](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/48-hour-fix) - [Start](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/start) - [Blog](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog) - [The Daily](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/daily) - [Speaking](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/sales-keynote-speaker) - [Podcast](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/podcast) Show submenu for Podcast - [Podcast Guests](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/podcast-guests) - [About](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/about) Open main navigation Close main navigation - Work With Me Show submenu for Work With Me - [Fix Your Follow-Up](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/follow-up) - [Best Day Ever](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/best-day-ever) - [HANK The AI](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/hank) - [12 Weeks To Peak™](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/12-weeks-to-peak) - [48-Hour Fix](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/48-hour-fix) - [Start](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/start) - [Blog](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog) - [The Daily](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/daily) - [Speaking](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/sales-keynote-speaker) - [Podcast](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/podcast) Show submenu for Podcast - [Podcast Guests](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/podcast-guests) - [About](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/about) - [Get The Daily](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/daily) [Get The Daily](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/daily) Mar 28, 2017 # #1 Fundraiser on Kickstarter (Zach Smith, Funded Today CEO) ![Picture of Wes Schaeffer](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Wes%20Schaeffer%2c%20The%20Sales%20Whisperer%20black%20white.png?width=50&name=Wes%20Schaeffer%2c%20The%20Sales%20Whisperer%20black%20white.png) [Wes Schaeffer](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/author/wes-schaeffer) Share: [facebook-f icon](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/zach-smith-funded-today) [linkedin-in icon](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/zach-smith-funded-today) [Twitter icon](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/zach-smith-funded-today) [pinterest-p icon](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?url=https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/zach-smith-funded-today) [envelope icon](mailto:?body=https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/zach-smith-funded-today) ## Test Quickly, Validate, and Shoot For The Stars   ## [Funding Tips](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/daily) you'll learn in [The Sales Podcast](https://www.thesaleswhisperer.com/podcast)... - How Zach Smith and his team have raised over $107 million on Kickstarter and Indiegogo in under three years - The importance of metrics and tracking - How to test quickly and validate and why you must do that with every launch - Why he takes on the risk of fronting all the ad spend for new clients, and how he controls that risk - How to turn a shooting star into a supernova - The 7 P's of the Funded Today launch - Why you can't throw anything against the wall today if you expect to succeed *[\[ LISTEN NOW ON APPLE PODCASTS \]](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sales-whisperer-wes-schaeffer-hosts-the-sales-podcast/id655310847?mt=2)* ## Catch Up on The Previous Episode of [The Sales Podcast](https://www.thesaleswhisperer.com/podcast)   ## Links Mentioned In [The Sales Podcast](https://www.thesaleswhisperer.com/podcast) - Get your idea [Funded Today](https://www.funded.today/) - Follow [Funded Today on X](https://twitter.com/fundedtoday) - Get the help you need to grow your sales and marketing with proven systems with the...   ## [Sales Growth Tools](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/inner-circle) Mentioned In The Sales Podcast - [Need a sales keynote? 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