273. How Jasmine Star Fundraised $555K From Her Community In 1 Hour

Cubicle to CEO

Ellen Yin

Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

5.0 • 580 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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We’ve got an online marketing icon behind the mic today! Jasmine Star is a world-class speaker, podcast host, and the founder of Social Curator, a SaaS company that works like a social media marketing agency in your pocket. In today’s case study, we uncover exactly how Jasmine fundraised over $555,000 from her community in just 1 hour to propel the growth of Social Curator. Instead of looking to banks, VCs, or angel investors, Jasmine turned to her community of already invested users for a bootstrapped cash injection. We examine the urgency plays she used to exceed her goal amount in under an hour, including the logistics of her best conversion secret: recording hundreds of personalized videos for individuals on her waitlist. View the transcript for this episode at: https://otter.ai/u/06BdGIXMFZe44STr4H1v9Tuvw2E?utm_source=copy_url Thank you to our sponsors! Get the support you need to ignite your business' growth through the Women's Business Development Center! Visit https://wbdc.org to browse all the available programs, services, financial assistance and events they provide. Try the #1 all-in-one E-commerce platform: Shopify! Sign up for a one dollar per month trial period at https://shopify.com/ellen Connect with Jasmine: The Jasmine Star Show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jasmine-star-show/id1479619320 Social Curator: https://www.socialcurator.com/ IG: @jasminestar Iconic business leaders all have their own unique genius. Take this quick 10 question quiz to uncover your specific CEO style advantage: https://ellenyin.com/quiz If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so we can repost you. Leave a positive review or rating at www.ratethispodcast.com/cubicletoceo Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Join our C-Suite membership to get bonus episodes! Check out everything our members get at https://ellenyin.com/csuite Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Kivocalda CEO, episode 273. We've got an online marketing icon behind the
0:05.7	mic today. Jasmine Star is a world-class speaker, podcast host, and the founder of social curator,
0:11.6	a SaaS company that works like a social media marketing agency in your pocket. In today's case
0:16.8	study, we uncover exactly how Jasmine fundraised over $555,000 from her community in just
0:23.8	one hour to propel the growth of social curator. Instead of looking to banks, VCs, or angel
0:29.5	investors, Jasmine turned to her community of already invested users for a bootstrapped cash injection.
0:36.4	We examined the urgency plays she used to exceed her goal amount in under an hour,
0:41.3	including the logistics of her best conversion secret, recording hundreds of personalized
0:46.1	videos for individuals on her wait list.
0:52.1	Welcome to Cubicle to CEO, the podcast where we ask successful founders and CEOs,
0:57.8	the business questions you can't Google. I'm your host, Ellen Yin. Every Monday, go behind the
1:03.6	business in a case study style interview with a leading entrepreneur who shares one specific
1:08.4	growth strategy they've tested in their own business,
1:11.6	exactly how they implemented it, and what the results and revenue were.
1:16.5	You'll also hear financially transparent insights from my own journey,
1:20.2	bootstrapping our media company from a $300 freelance project into millions in revenue.
1:34.3	Thank you. project into millions in revenue. Hey friends, today we have a real treat with us.
1:37.1	Jasmine Star is joining us on the show and here to talk about a really interesting case
1:41.7	study.
1:42.0	We've talked about fundraising a little bit on Cubicle to CEO before, as you know, with different founders who have raised from angels or VCs.
1:49.0	But Jasmine is actually here to talk about how she leveraged her community and really leaned into
1:54.7	that aspect to fundraise over half a million dollars for her software company. So I won't get
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