What it taught me
Validate the need before the product: interviews and a landing test before tooling. Then validate demand with money: the Kickstarter campaign funded at 101% and earned the platform's "Project We Love" mark, with more than two million social impressions during the run.
Operationally it was my first full loop from a material supplier through packaging, fulfilment and customer support — the experience that later made manufacturing workflows legible to me from the inside.
Crowdfunding
$11,090 raised, 101% funded, 57 backersKickstarter, July–August 2023; "Project We Love".
Reach
2M+ social-media impressions