Small consistent steps over long periods of time in combination with the right people will take you to unbelievable places. How do I know? I had the chance to talk with Jesse Labbe who was a part of one of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns and is working on many other exciting projects.
Inspiration Behind DrawingInspiration.TV Jesse and I jump right in talking about his new online show DrawingInspiration.tv where he interviews inspiring artists that create a buzz.
Jesse’s interview with Jake Parker
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The More the Merrier Jesse touches on how it’s important to have friends with different strengths so that you can pull off projects like video production.
“You can’t be discovered if you aren’t doing anything worth discovering.”
Jesse also partnered with some great friends to create a board game that raised $355,970 on Kickstarter. Much like how designer’s talk about how print isn’t dead, Jesse believes that tabletop board games will never die because of their tangibility.
This project was Jesse’s favorite game to create. Endangered Orphans, his Kickstarter project he created with his friends, had a very unique campaign where they would “kill two orphans” every time one person backed the game. They set the goal for their campaign at $4,000 assuming they would break $20,000. They fully funded their goal within 6 hours of starting the campaign and reached $355,970.
At around $150,000 they actually had to set anti campaign goals to keep people from funding the game.
Endangered Orphans Kickstarter Campaign
“It’s better to finish 1 phenomenal project than start 50 great ones.”
Jesse believes that something decent is better than nothing, something good is better than something great to start. He encourages others to rough out a game idea first, then start to work on making it pretty.
Not Your Typical Creative Jesse doesn’t ascribe to the typical introverted creative type. He views himself and his friends as very outgoing and loud. I believe we spend a lot of time trying to categorize ourselves that see how we will best fit in the places and communities we want to work. It’s great to know what our strengths are but we don’t have to fit every stereotypical mold in order to work and create in the communities we love. This is something Briana sometimes struggles with as an unusually business minded creative.
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