It’s a common rookie error to make a campaign as long as possible in the hope of raising more money. But in the data here there’s no correlation between funding length and total funding raised.

A key part of the Kickstarter dashboard is a chart showing funding progress over time. Every chart tells a story. Here are my stories.

This project shows that Kickstarter isn’t always about designing a physical product and then raising money to get it made.

Here’s the final part of my series looking into the funding dashboards of my latest three Kickstarter campaigns.

This was my first “big one”. Here are the reasons this project did significantly better than my previous ones.

One key strategy I took forward after my third project: focus on number of backers rather than the amount pledged.

Digging into the project progress for my very first campaign.

Digging into geography a bit more, where in the US are people backing? Do repeat backers back early?

As with anyone selling a product, I want to know as much as possible about who my customers are. When it comes to Kickstarter that means analysing my backers.

This week I’m going to recap a series of posts I wrote covering the whole process of my last Kickstarter campaign from start to finish.

Once you’ve come up with an idea, found an audience, raised the money and made the product, you have to ship it to people.

Dhruv Kumar - “don't let the fear of failure stop you. In my case, failing was actually good because it showed me how to really play the game.”

Making is actually the easy bit. That isn't to say that the whole process is easy, otherwise everyone would do it. What I really meant is that it's not difficult in the way that most people think.

Last week my Kickstarter campaign finished and in the end it was 815% funded. Here’s what happens now.

You’ve come up with a product idea, and Kickstarter has shown you that people actually want it. Now you have to make it.

Final preparation for a Kickstarter campaign and then launch day!

The pre-launch phase of a Kickstarter campaign. What you need to do before launching.

Here are my key considerations when kicking off a new product development project.

Re-inventing the coat hanger. Turning constructive discontent into something real.

It’s significant that my best Kickstarter has come after six previous ones. Some reasons for this are obvious and others less so.