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Wallets still a sure bet, Metal Dice suggesting that business school is useless

Minimalist wallets holding steady at around $60,000 each and have been since they started. Useless metal dice also holding steady at $160,000. #ridiculous

The Man in the Arena

--Theodore Roosevelt

Six Steps to a Successful KickStarter [Crowdfunding] Campaign #100pointsforaliteration

In my own experience, and from reading other project creators' stories, this seems like a pretty standard way to successfully go about a KickStarter (or other crowdfunding platform) campaign:

"Pre-marketing" is getting press lined up before you launch your campaign. You'll notice a couple posts below that the wallets had press really soon after launch, which is difficult unless you contact people pre-launch and convince people to write about your project once it goes live.

Marketing probably continues once the campaign goes live too, but you want to make sure all the important outlets are going to cover you before you go live, otherwise you might have someone write a blog post after your fundraising campaign closes. #lame

Jeff Schwarting quoted by CNN

"There's a growing belief that play may be tied to learning -- but it's wrong. Play is learning," says Schwarting.

"Play provides a safe environment which embraces trial and error, eliminating fear of failure and encouraging experimentation, which leads to greater understanding of how things work and greater confidence in one's ability to confront challenges."

Design is everything

Design is the foundation of any creative work, so I'm trying to learn how to do it; here's a 2013 banner / background I did (in ppt!):

UNBELIEVABLE

This just blows my mind. People want what they want and turns out I'll never understand why. Metal dice that can't even be used now trending toward ...

http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/124127689/precision-machined-dice/