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Highlighting a Few New Kickstarter Guidelines

Recently I noticed that Kickstarter has updated some of their creator guidelines, and I thought I’d share a few notable highlights with you today. The guidelines I’ll discuss are found on a page titled “Honest and Clear Presentation in Projects.” The consequences for not following these guidelines range from “your project being ineligible for promotion […]

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10 Ways That Climbing Is Making Me a Better Creator

For most of my life, my main athletic outlet was on land: mostly soccer, with some ultimate frisbee, pickup football, and track & field. Lately, however, I’ve shifted from horizontal to vertical as I’ve entered the realm of indoor rock climbing. I’m still very much a novice, as yesterday was only the fourth-ever time I’ve […]

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10 Ways to Be a Better Conversationalist

I often find myself in situations–both online and offline, often related to my business–that require something that introverts like me dread: small talk. To me, small talk feels like filling time instead of actually making a connection with someone. Over the years I’ve tried to learn how to turn small talk into something more substantial. […]

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Stay the Course: The Power of Customer Affirmation

Most of my articles are geared towards creators, but today I’d like to talk to customers, as you have a special power you may not know about. Before I get into this, I want to be clear in saying that when consumers criticize or complain about creators, products, entrepreneurs, and companies, it can have a […]

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An Ode to James Mathe

James Mathe, one of the most generous people in the tabletop game industry, passed away this weekend. I’m sad to say that I’ve never met James or spoken to him, but we’ve interacted quite a bit over the years over e-mail and on social media, where he founded the Tabletop Game Kickstarter Advice Facebook group. […]

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4 Entrepreneurial Innovations in 4 Minutes

I’ve recently stumbled upon some interesting innovations across multiple business categories, and I wanted to share them with you. Harster Heating & Cooling The central air conditioning in my condo died a few weeks ago, and I’ve been working on getting it replaced. The first company I contacted was Harster, a local company here in […]

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The Stonemaier Games Style Guide

In my first post-collegiate job, I worked as a project manager at a medical textbook publishing company. Technically I worked for a variety of publishing companies, and each company–and often different books within each company–used different style guides. Part of my job was ensuring that the authors, copyeditors, and proofreaders were using the correct style. […]

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Kickstarter Pricing in a World of Different Shipping Fees, Taxes, and Tariffs (KS Lesson #266)

The City of Kings creator Frank West recently reached out to me with a great question: “Should Kickstarter be a ‘1 price for everyone’ platform?” The root of his question is that every country has different laws about import taxes, and those taxes are often calculated from some combination of the price paid by the […]

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