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The Ups and Downs of Kickstarter

3/18/2013

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Man, in some ways it seems like 30 days flew by, and in others it was a loooong month. Running a Kickstarter campaign is such a roller-coaster. There's the initial excitement, anticipation and fear as you hit that green "LAUNCH" button. Then, if it goes well, things move a breakneck speeds, "New Backer" emails flooding your inbox, people commenting, messaging you, and you still trying to get the word out. You develop this sort of nervous twitch, refreshing your inbox, or campaign site every 5 minutes. When things slow down you doubt. When they pickup, you dream.

Then, when it's all said and done, when "SUCCESSFULL!" appears where your progress meter once displayed, it's eerily quiet, and now you know that hundreds, sometimes thousands of backers are waiting for you to do your part. They've given, they've shared, they've encouraged, corrected and cheered, they've done their part. Now it's all on you.

I'm exhausted, my jaw hurts from clenching it, my teeth from grinding them, yet I'm exceedingly grateful and I'll probably toast with a little wine in 5 hours to another project and product that I'll be able to share with so many people, and will keep me paying the bills and doing what I love.

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Dan Gleason
3/18/2013 02:42:54 pm

Well Nat, I'm excited to be a part of something you created. I've always been in awe or your talent and creativity and so it will be neato to have something you made. I'm happy everything worked so well and I hope you are able to make some money doing this and not have to owe money in the end.

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John Saddington link
3/19/2013 11:59:01 am

i am RIGHT in the middle of this... or just a few days in. yikes.

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Nat Iwata link
3/21/2013 04:41:57 am

What's your project John? Maybe I can help spread the word.

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    Hi there. I'm Nat Iwata, an artist and author living the dream in the Portland, OR area. I'm a father of 3, author/illustrator of 1, probably worked on 30ish video games over the last 6 years. I get paid to draw,  though I did start out selling copiers...

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