The Right Funds, The Right Time
summary
Indie projects routinely cobble together 5–8 funding sources and trade current risk for future revenue, with each source rated by risk, expense and difficulty. Practical timeline: self-fund / grants in pre‑production, crowdfunding or publisher advances in mid, then platform sales advances, exclusivity or loans later. Examples given: 25k self + 50k grant + 200k project equity + 150k publisher + 300k platform advance and alternate paths using sweat equity, friends and family, exclusivity and an R&D tax credit. Plan timelines, buffers and backup scopes.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Start
- 2:00NOT ALL MONEY IS EQUAL
- 2:17SOME MONEY CARRIES MORE RISK
- 3:35SOME MONEY IS MORE EXPENSIVE
- 4:56SOME MONEY IS MORE DIFFICULT
- 6:31FUNDING SOURCES
- 7:11Grants
- 7:58Tax incentives/credits
- 8:36Crowdfunding
- 9:21Publisher advance
- 10:25Platform exclusivity deal
- 11:12Platform sales advance
- 12:46Project Equity
- 13:47Company Equity
- 15:06Private or bank loan
- 16:43FUNDING TIMELINE
- 17:38EXAMPLE FUNDING 1
- 21:19POINTS TO CONSIDER
