Maven Crowdfunding Challenge
Identify the key factors for crowdfunding success by analyzing 375,000+ Kickstarter campaigns.
Jun 3, 2021
Start date
Jun 29, 2021
Deadline
Free Annual Membership
Grand Prize
Live Finalist Voting Video
Challenge Objective
For the Maven Crowdfunding Challenge, you'll assume the role of an analyst at a firm that invests in early stage entrepreneurs. The partners have asked you to analyze Kickstarter projects to understand factors that lead to a project taking off.
Your task is to share a single-page visual or dashboard that provides data-driven recommendations for the types of projects they should be looking at for future success.
About the Data Set
Data for 375,000+ Kickstarter projects from 2009-2017, including project name, category, launch date, deadline, goal, amount pledged, number of backers, state, and country.
Official Terms & Conditions
For this challenge, Maven Analytics will give away up to 3 Annual Pro individual subscriptions (including awards for "First-time Entrant", "Fan Favorite" and "Challenge Winner").
After the 1 year period, subscriptions will renew at full price unless canceled (cancel at any time).
A "First-time entrant" is a Maven Analytics user who has published a project to Showcase assigned to a Maven Challenge for the first time.
To be eligible, you must publish your project and submit your entry prior to the challenge deadline
The "Fan Favorite" winner will be determined based on project likes on the Maven Showcase page exactly 1 week after the challenge deadline, and other finalists and winners will be selected by the Maven Analytics team via live vote, and announced from the Maven Analytics LinkedIn account.
No purchase is necessary to enter.
Missed the challenge deadline? No problem! All Data Playground datasets are free and available for download anytime – feel free to dig in!
