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He raised $467,167 on Kickstarter with Boosted Boards – And Now He Tells You How He Did It

What did you do to prepare for Kickstarter? What was the main thing before the launch? We started meeting people and getting feedback on prototypes way over a year before we launched on Kickstarter. We would ride around Stanford campus and people ran up to us and say, “That’s so cool. What is that thing?”…

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Top 10 Kickstarter Projects (By Money Raised)

Here are the top 10 Kickstarter projects of all time, in order of the total money they raised on Kickstarter: Pebble smartwatch Total: $10,266,846 Date: May 2012 OUYA video game console Total: $8,596,475 Date: August 2012 Veronica Mars movie Total: $5,702,153 Date: April 2013 Torment: Tides of Numenera game Total: Date: Project Eternity Total: $3,986,929 Campaign ran until:…

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16 Kickstarter Reward Ideas For Movie Projects

If you want to run a crowdfunding campaign for a movie, here a couple of Kickstarter reward ideas that can help you to get pledges coming in: A PDF of the shooting script This is a reward level that’s very easy to deliver – you already have it. It’s also compelling, because people who care…

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Kickstarter co-founder and CEO talks about the Economics of Creativity (Video)

Start watching the video at 7 minutes, which is where the conversation between Perry Chen and Walter Isaac (Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute) actually begins. The video is about an hour long, and if you want to get a glimpse into the head of Perry Chen and how he thinks about Kickstarter,…

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We just interviewed Eric from Pebble about their Kickstarter campaign. Who should be next?

We just finished interviewing Eric Migicovsky who raised $10,266,845 on Kickstarter with his team for their Pebble smartwatch. He shared a lot of very cool insights into what made their campaign so successful, and valuable advice for those who want to launch their own project on Kickstarter. You will find part of the interview at the end…

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