Product Updates
Add-ons Now Available to All Kickstarter Creators
A new feature that helps backers get exactly the rewards they want, driving more funding to projects.
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Case Studies
How CW&T Built a Sustainable Design Studio Over the Course of a Dozen Kickstarter Campaigns
The couple’s successive campaigns and thoughtful communication have helped them grow a dependable audience.
Creator Tips
10 Things Every Creator Should Know Before Launching a Kickstarter Campaign
Seven-time Kickstarter creator Roye Okupe shares what he’s learned about being prepared, building community, and getting past fear of failure.
Case Studies
Lumos's Smart Helmets Are Saving Lives and Illuminating City Streets
The award-winning creative team is back with Ultra, its sleekest gear yet.
Publishing
How to Publish a Book
A step-by-step guide for writers who want to see their work in print.
Creator Tips
How to Launch a Product on Kickstarter, Part 3: Building Your Community
Advice and resources for product designers planning a Kickstarter campaign. Developing and launching a product on Kickstarter is an exciting process, but it can also be overwhelming. In this series—which includes guides on prototypes and manufacturing plans and product storytelling—we offer direction, support, and resources to prepare you.
Publishing
How to Fund a Journalism Project with Kickstarter
Ideas, examples, and advice for launching a publication, sustaining a newsroom, funding a podcast, and more.
Creator Tips
How to Launch a Product on Kickstarter, Part 2: How to Tell Your Product Story
Advice for product designers looking to run a Kickstarter campaign. Developing and launching a product on Kickstarter is exciting, but it can also feel overwhelming. In this series, we’ll share advice and resources on the main areas you need to prepare before launching a project. In this post, we
Creator Tips
How to Launch a Product on Kickstarter, Part 1: Creating Your Prototype and Manufacturing Plan
Advice and resources for product designers looking to run a Kickstarter campaign. Developing and launching a product on Kickstarter is exciting, but it can also feel overwhelming. In this series, we’ll share advice and resources on the main areas you need to prepare before launching a project. First, up,
Creator Tips
70 Ideas for How to Fund Your Creative Work—and Pay Yourself—in Quarantine
Use these examples to rally your community in support of your creative work and livelihood.
Film
Kickstarter-Funded ‘Hair Love’ Wins Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
Hair Love is the third Kickstarted film to take home an Oscar, and 2020 marks the tenth consecutive year that a Kickstarter-funded project has been nominated for an Academy Award.
Film
'Hair Love' and 10 Years of Kickstarter-Funded Oscar Nominees
This year, all of us at Kickstarter are rooting for Hair Love, an animated short film by Matthew Cherry about an African-American father trying to do his daughter’s hair for the first time.
