here, i share my learnings about making a living from what i love.
how we got 60% of our crowdfunding backers…
I will probably repeat this 17,000 times during this crowdfunding series, but I just want to illustrate for you an important point. No, literally, let me show you an illustration of where our crowdfunding backers came from. If you don't know me, we had a campaign to...
how long will money keep you from creating?
In 2016, I applied to a few grants and residencies to fund Black Man in America. Naturally, I got none of them. You know that whole annoying thing of having to have a record of great work so you can get the opportunity to create great work 🙄? I realized that if I...
six thoughts that almost stopped me from crowdfunding: are they stopping you?
People are waiting for you to take a risk and create your visions. But pesky things called thoughts might be blocking you. Here are some of the thoughts that were obstacles I had to overcome in order to successfully reach our goal. “I don’t know how to do this.” What...
why we introverts are actually the best crowdfunders
To be quite honest about my life, I never thought I was the type of person that people would say yes to. I always felt like that that girl who was in the group but never actually innnnn the group. When I was young, I was never bullied but ABsolutely never cool or...