Mike McCain
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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Jordan, our founder, has a long history. He's made tabletop games. He's done a lot of physical goods fulfillment over the years. But if you're running a campaign back then and you didn't have that experience, I do think there were some people that got overcommitted on the amount of backpacks or figurines or whatever they were going to send out.
Jordan, our founder, has a long history. He's made tabletop games. He's done a lot of physical goods fulfillment over the years. But if you're running a campaign back then and you didn't have that experience, I do think there were some people that got overcommitted on the amount of backpacks or figurines or whatever they were going to send out.
Jordan, our founder, has a long history. He's made tabletop games. He's done a lot of physical goods fulfillment over the years. But if you're running a campaign back then and you didn't have that experience, I do think there were some people that got overcommitted on the amount of backpacks or figurines or whatever they were going to send out.
So it all, you know, it's, it's, uh, yeah, it's, it's, uh, interesting.
So it all, you know, it's, it's, uh, yeah, it's, it's, uh, interesting.
So it all, you know, it's, it's, uh, yeah, it's, it's, uh, interesting.
I think there's always... there's always a client or there's always a relationship that you have, right? So it's more similar in more ways than one might expect. But with the community, I think that there's a lot of powerful energy and momentum that you can tap in that relationship. So at its best was like, we released the Battletech backer beta, right?
I think there's always... there's always a client or there's always a relationship that you have, right? So it's more similar in more ways than one might expect. But with the community, I think that there's a lot of powerful energy and momentum that you can tap in that relationship. So at its best was like, we released the Battletech backer beta, right?
I think there's always... there's always a client or there's always a relationship that you have, right? So it's more similar in more ways than one might expect. But with the community, I think that there's a lot of powerful energy and momentum that you can tap in that relationship. So at its best was like, we released the Battletech backer beta, right?
And that was our first combat demo of the game.
And that was our first combat demo of the game.
And that was our first combat demo of the game.
uh we put that out to all of our backers and not only was that like a really exciting beat of our marketing and of our discoverability for the game but we also got some great feedback right like this was sort of like not public early access but this was our version of you know being able to reach these players directly and and see their experiences with the game and react to them uh
uh we put that out to all of our backers and not only was that like a really exciting beat of our marketing and of our discoverability for the game but we also got some great feedback right like this was sort of like not public early access but this was our version of you know being able to reach these players directly and and see their experiences with the game and react to them uh
uh we put that out to all of our backers and not only was that like a really exciting beat of our marketing and of our discoverability for the game but we also got some great feedback right like this was sort of like not public early access but this was our version of you know being able to reach these players directly and and see their experiences with the game and react to them uh
So I do think Kickstarter for us was very good to us in that way. And publisher relationships run the gamut, right? So you can have opportunities for that sort of thing in any business relationship. You can have challenges. Certainly with a democratized funding partner, there's a lot of different voices that may want different things.
So I do think Kickstarter for us was very good to us in that way. And publisher relationships run the gamut, right? So you can have opportunities for that sort of thing in any business relationship. You can have challenges. Certainly with a democratized funding partner, there's a lot of different voices that may want different things.
So I do think Kickstarter for us was very good to us in that way. And publisher relationships run the gamut, right? So you can have opportunities for that sort of thing in any business relationship. You can have challenges. Certainly with a democratized funding partner, there's a lot of different voices that may want different things.
I think their spaceships are really cool.
I think their spaceships are really cool.