Like filmmaking, where your production is won or lost in the pre-production stage, crowdfunding successfully is about the prep work put in before the clock starts sticking. Check out our killer campaign timeline.

One of the biggest questions about crowdfunding is how much to raise. How do you set a goal that's reasonable for your project and your audience without aiming too low or too high? After working with hundreds of filmmakers on nearly a thousand campaigns (including their own), our crowdfunding experts break down how to set a responsible crowdfunding goal.

Anyone interested in crowdfunding a creative project can learn a few things from the successful campaign by the filmmakers of The MisEducation of Bindu.