High-Five Interview w/ Nel of Shadows of Esteren
Welcome to BackerKit's High-Five Interview where we ask creators 5 questions revolving around their projects, inspirations, and overall crowdfunding journey.
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Field Trip: SF Hardware Startup Meetup at Autodesk
From time to time we love to venture out of the BackerKit HQ and take field trips visiting different creators and communities that shape the crowdfunding landsc...
High-Five Interview w/ Lynn Johnson of Sea Turtle Hat
Welcome to BackerKit's High-Five Interview where we ask creators 5 questions revolving around their projects, inspirations, and overall crowdfunding journey.
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BackerKit HQ: Office Warming Party!
The BackerKit team recently moved to a beautiful new office in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood. With all the new space, we decided to throw a big bash invitin...
Tabletop Designer Night at GameNest
From time to time we love to venture out of the BackerKit HQ and take field trips visiting different creators and communities that shape the crowdfunding landsc...
High-Five Interview w/ Chris Seaman of Cameo Creeps
Welcome to BackerKit's High-Five Interview where we ask creators 5 questions revolving around their projects, inspirations, and overall crowdfunding journey.
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Using Rails’ MessageVerifier for Stateless Token Management
Many web applications have the need to send links to users that allow the user to perform an action without logging in. Examples include password reset and conf...
Pepe the Frog Diaries #01: Discovering BackerKit
Welcome to the first installment of Pepe Diaries, a new blog series chronicling my experiences with BackerKit after the conclusion of the #SavePepe Kickstarter ...
BackerKit at Gen Con 50!
Several weeks ago, the BackerKit team had the pleasure of visiting Indianapolis for Gen Con’s semicentennial. In case you missed our post earlier this month, Ge...
How to Spot a Crowdfunding Scam
It's an unfortunate, if somewhat unavoidable, reality: not all crowdfunding campaigns are what they seem. While the majority are run in a transparent, honest fa...
BackerKit Goes to Gen Con!
August 17-20 is the most wonderful time of the year, especially if you’re a gaming fanatic. For four days in August, Indianapolis will be gripped by Gen Con fev...
Who Are Your True Fans?
"To be a successful creator you don’t need millions. You don’t need millions of dollars or millions of customers, millions of clients or millions of fans. To ma...