Tag: Kickstarter
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Guidance on Crafting an Honest and Clearly Presented Project
Kickstarter Blog – 6.14.19 (6.13.19) The second rule on our Rules page reads: “Projects must be honest and clearly presented.” But what do we mean by that? To provide some context for this rule, we’re releasing a new page today, “Honest and Clear Project Presentation,” and an accompanying feature for creators starting new projects. Read more: Guidance on…
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How are today’s visual artists making a living?
Kickstarter Blog – 6.12.18 Back in 2016, Kickstarter launched The Creative Independent as a resource of emotional and practical guidance for all kinds of creative people. Since then, we’ve published interviews, how-to guides, and essays from more than 430 working artists—including writers, filmmakers, dancers, designers, musicians, poets, and more. We’ve used each conversation as an opportunity to learn about the issues faced by…
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Meet the Spring/Summer 2018 Kickstarter Creators-in-Residence
Kickstarter Blog – 5.7.18 (5.4.18) Earlier this year, we announced an open call for the third edition of our Creators-in-Residence program. We received hundreds of applications from amazing, independent creative people, and narrowed it down to twelve of them. These incoming residents are planning, launching, and fulfilling Kickstarter and Drip campaigns across a number of different…
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New: Find Creators in Search Results
Kickstarter Blog – Originally published Feb. 9, 2018 Some Kickstarter creators have built up quite a following over time. The writer and publisher Elly Blue, for example, has launched 25 projects, with new fans discovering her work all along the way. So we thought, why not make it easier for people to find specific creators on Kickstarter…
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Welcoming Cassie Marketos Back to Kickstarter
Kickstarter Blog – December 4, 2017 Today we’re happy to announce that Cassie Marketos is joining Kickstarter as our Vice President of Community Strategy. A lot of that happiness has to do with the fact that Cassie is really not so new. She was Kickstarter’s first official employee before there was even a Kickstarter office.…