Instructors & Consultants

Founder & CEO Kathleen Minogue

Kathleen is a recognized leader in the crowdfunding industry for her pioneering work in crowdfunding education. She the creator of The Crowdfund Better Process®, the first crowdfunding technical assistance curriculum built to increase campaign success while strengthening business fundamentals.

Kathleen has coached highly successful donation, rewards and investment crowdfunding campaigns, and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and PwC Women Unbound report.

Prior to Crowdfund Better, Kathleen spent many years in the field of education and worked in the investment banking division of JPMorgan Chase building relationships with technology venture capitalists.

Director of Relationships & Marketing Scott Madsen

Scott has been the Director of Relationships & Marketing for Crowdfund Better since 2016 where he focuses on client training in preparation of launching their campaigns. Prior to Crowdfund Better he worked among the startup community in marketing, specifically focused on main street small business owners guiding them to better serve their customers using online digital tools and effective marketing practices.

His background consists of over 20 years in customer service including the first Gap.com customer service center. He completed three degrees in International Relations, Spanish, and Latin American Studies and lived abroad in Mexico & Spain for nearly two years (se habla español). He brought this experience to Crowdfund Better to create the only Spanish-language online crowdfunding course for small business in the U.S.