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13 Reasons Why the I Can’t Stop Tooting Kickstarter Barely Funded

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Russell Nohelty
Jan 08, 2024
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I know some of you are thinking "What the heck? Your Kickstarter funded and you are complaining? I would kill for $2,000 on a project!" I hear your concerns, but we expected to raise about $5,000 on this campaign and I've successfully run three before. Besides, we can always get better. This is me trying to get getting.

Before we get to the 13 reasons that I think the Kickstarter failed to live up to it’s potential, let us say the good stuff.

We funded!

Yay!

We raised $2162 from 65 backers to make this project a reality. I love you all for backing. It’s because of our amazing fans that we were able to fund at all.

Here’s the thing. You helped us fund DESPITE our bumbling of this campaign. I mean we had 13 days where we raised $0. That’s horrible! I’ve never had a campaign go more than 1 day without funding at least $1.

We also raised from 65 people, which is under half our lowest total backers from the past three campaigns. However, we funded!

Now, let’s look at the ways we c…

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