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About
Crowdfund Your Dream
Crowdfund Your Dream helps women and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) founders tell their stories, market themselves, and raise up to $500K to fund their dreams. Utilizing industry best practices, we execute comprehensive, multi-channel fundraising campaigns, leaning into your culture factor and the communities your organization serves.
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Expertise
Campaign Management
Hire an expert to fully manage all aspects of your Givebutter campaigns, including the set up and management on Givebutter.com
Fundraising Strategy
Prepare a solid plan for how to raise more for your cause using Givebutter
Online Fundraising
Connect with your supporters where they are - online
Storytelling
Captivate your potential supporters on your campaign pages with the help of professional storytellers and copywriters
Video Production
Engage potential supporters better on your campaign pages with professionally produced videos
Hi, I'm
Iquo B. Essien
Founder of Crowdfund Your Dream
With a BS in biology from Stanford, Iquo began her career at a communications firm helping influential global health clients like the CDC and NIH raise public awareness of critical issues such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and child mortality. Driven to combine her passion for social change and the arts, she earned her MFA in film from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she launched her first fundraising campaign that raised $15,000 in 4 weeks for her short film, AISSA'S STORY. The experience unlocked a passion for helping people raise money. Since then, she has served a range of artist, nonprofit, and corporate clients.
Iquo created Crowdfund Your Dream, an online course and fundraising consultancy, to help women and BIPOC founders raise up to $500K to fund their businesses, leaning into their culture factor and the communities they serve. Iquo formerly served as Communications & Marketing Manager of Hook Arts Media, Communications and Marketing Director of Culture Project, Content & Marketing Director of Opportunity Lab, and Strategy Consultant for Public Equity Group. Her films have been screened in 14 countries around the globe, and her production company, Editi Films, is fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas.
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