by Camden Watts | Dec 13, 2013 | Crowd funding, Kickstarter, Leading, Learning
Kickstarter has been on my mind for a long time. It was launched in 2009, about a year after I started my first feature-length film. Since then I’ve been watching, researching, participating, and observing so that I could one day run my own campaign. As that day...
by Camden Watts | Aug 31, 2013 | Documentary, Kickstarter
The first time I heard of Alice Guy-Blaché was at Alice Fest in Durham, N.C., last March. I’ll be forever grateful to Vivian Bowman-Edwards, director of Alice Fest, for that introduction. I’m totally enthralled with Alice. You haven’t met Alice?...
by Camden Watts | Aug 28, 2013 | Crowd funding, Documentary, Film, Kickstarter, Planning, Producing
As many of you know, I’m working on a new documentary film. What you probably don’t know is exactly how much self-restraint is required to keep this thing under wraps for so long. I wanna tell you everything — like, right now. But we want to line up...
by Camden Watts | Aug 5, 2013 | Community, Crowd funding, Kickstarter
As many of you know, I’ve been contemplating Kickstarter and Indiegogo to help raise funds on my new documentary film. The reading, researching, and participating has been very helpful. I’ve been pretty middle-of-the-fence on it for a while but had drawn a...
by Camden Watts | Aug 2, 2013 | Crowd funding, Kickstarter, Learning
If you’re trying to learn more about crowd funding before you launch your own campaign, one of the quickest ways to learn is to donate. There’s no faster way to learn than playing the game. When you support a project, a few things happen. You’ll...
by Camden Watts | Jul 22, 2013 | Crowd funding, Fundraising, Kickstarter, Learning, Planning
There are plenty of online crowd funding platforms out there but the most popular ones, by far, are Kickstarter and Indiegogo. I’ve been studying both, trying to learn the differences. Which one is better? Let’s explore that question — very briefly...
