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Episode: How BackerKit Went from Crowdfunding Tool to Powering $26M Campaigns
Description: In this episode, Maxwell Salzberg, co-founder and CEO of BackerKit, shares how his team built the infrastructure behind rewards crowdfunding—and why they’re now operating their own crowdfunding platform with a distinct focus on community, continuity, and creator success.BackerKit started by solving the most painful and underappreciated part of rewards crowdfunding: the post-campaign chaos of fulfillment, logistics, and communication. Over the past 13+ years, they became the backbone for creators raising on Kickstarter and others—helping manage backers, collect shipping/taxes, handle upgrades, and more. Today, BackerKit has evolved into a full-stack crowdfunding platform—supporting from the firs...