In this episode of Art of the Kickstart, we spoke with Hans Augustenborg, co-founder of Canairi. Due to high development, manufacturing, and distribution costs, Hans and Andreas chose to start a crowdfunding campaign which in just 30 days, received almost $500,000 from thousands of customers in 63 countries. In this episode, we discuss their approach of focusing on one product and their experience with crowdfunding on Kickstarter. Short on time? Here's what we talked about. The power of Kickstarter to raise funds to be financially comfortable. The top three skills that you think every entrepreneur needs to be successful Advice for a new inventor who's looking to launch their product. Links https://www.canairi.io/ https://twitter.com/canairi_io https://www.instagram.com/canairi.io/ https://www.facebook.com/getcanairi/ Note: As an Amazon Associate, Art of the Kickstart may earn a commission from qualifying purchases. Sponsors 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. Learn more about having your project featured in ProductHype, or join the HypeSquad today! Transcript View this episode's transcript Roy Morejon: Welcome entrepreneurs and startups to Art of the Kickstart, the show that every entrepreneur needs to listen to before you launch. I’m your host, Roy Morejon, President and founder of Enventys Partners, the world’s only turnkey product launch company. From product development and engineering to omnichannel marketing, we’ve helped our clients launch thousands of inventions and earned more than $1 billion in sales over the past 20 years. Each week I interview a startup success story, an inspirational entrepreneur, or a business expert in order to help you take your launch to the next level. This show would not be possible without our main sponsor Product Hype, the weekly newsletter that goes out and shows you the best inventions that just launched. Make sure to check out ProductHype.co and join the Hype Squad. Now let’s get on with the show. Welcome to another edition of Art of the Kickstart. Today I am super excited because I am speaking with someone that I’ve also met in person at an event globally, worldwide, and got a chance to feel this product in my hands and see it. Today I’m super excited to be speaking with Hans Augustenborg, co-founder of Canairi. Andreas, his partner wasn’t able to join us, but these guys are childhood friends. They now run a business selling to customers worldwide after their massively successful campaign with over 3,300 backers, 472,000 US dollars raised for Canairi. So without further ado, Hans, thank you so much for joining us today on Art of the Kickstart. Hans Augustenborg: It’s an honor and nice to meet you again, Roy, digitally. It was fun last time at the Web Summit in Lisbon. Yeah. Hopefully, we’re going to see each other there next time this year.