Our final stretch goal: an abridged audiobook version of The Leader’s Guide
We’ve gotten a lot of requests throughout the campaign, but perhaps the most popular one has been for an audiobook version of The Leader’s Guide. It wasn’t my original intention to create an audiobook, and it will take some adapting to make it work, but so many of you have asked for it that I’ve reconsidered my strategy.
And so, as my last stretch goal: If the campaign reaches $500,000 in funding, every backer at the $21 reward level and above will also receive an abridged audio edition of The Leader’s Guide.
I already consider the campaign a great success, but I would love to hit this final milestone before Wednesday’s funding deadline.
We need your help to make that happen. This is our most ambitious stretch goal, and there’s no guarantee that we’ll reach it, so if you’re excited about the project and think it could benefit others, I need your help spreading the word.
I also wanted to address some feedback we’ve received about the high volume of updates we’ve been sending. This was deliberate: my goal was always to be transparent about the campaign process, to share what we’ve learned along the way, and to offer tons of bonus rewards and content. Since a lot of backers gave us feedback about how much they enjoyed the extra content and rewards, we decided to err on the side of giving too much information, especially since so many of our updates were about cool free stuff we were excited to share with you!
People who know me will be familiar with this approach, but I realize that it might have been a little overwhelming for those who don’t. In any event, thanks for sticking with us and offering lots of helpful feedback along the way.
Eric
Nic Gibbens le May 15
Still waiting on this.....
Ashley Aitken le February 14
How do we get the audio book please?
Nic Gibbens le October 10, 2016
Hi - keen to get the audiobook please - what happened to it?
Hunter Ingram le September 2, 2016
Did the audiobook ever get produced? If so...where do I find it?
Eric Ries Créateur le April 15, 2015
Thanks, everyone--Just wanted to make sure you saw the news: the audiobook is happening!--Sarah, The Leader's Guide Team
Ernst Ellmer le April 15, 2015
I very much like the idea of an audiobook version of The Leaders Guide and hope it becomes reality!
Guy Lévi-Bochi le April 14, 2015
Hi Eric, thanks for the high volume of updates, the transparency, sharing lessons learned... and all the freebies! :-) Those who don't want to don't *have to* read them. As far as I'm concerned, I enjoy them. This is part of the crowd-funding experience: engaging the community. Keep up the great work!
Kwame Anane le April 14, 2015
I actually prefer the amount of info you give. I guess you just can please everyone.
Matthew Reid le April 14, 2015
I'm loving the updates at the moment (which have been on the side of giving too much information). It's been great to receive them often, as it keeps me involved in the process and excited about the campaign & book. Thanks for all the cool stuff.
Christian Doll le April 14, 2015
Thank you so much for considering producing an audio book as well. Of all the media that is available from Eric Ries, I consumed the audio book the most - by far. It is so easy to fresh-up my lean-startup-mind by just listening a couple of chapters of the audio book (especially when I am on travel).
Since I already informed my whole network of innovation practitioners right at the beginning of campaign about "The Leader's Guide", there is not too much I can do to help reach this stretch goal. All I can do is to hope that it will happen and that we all can get the book content also via audio book. Thanks in advance!
Linda Halko le April 14, 2015
In my opinion, it was fantastic to follow this Kickstarter project so closely with all the updates. It really felt that you were keeping track of the progress of the project real time.
I hope you'll get to the final extra goal!
Eric Ries Créateur le April 14, 2015
We should have mentioned this in the update. The reason the audiobook is abridged is that The Leader's Guide will be in a workbook format and I'm just not sure how some of the material will translate to audio. So I don't want to over-promise. Plus, I've never produced an audiobook before, so I'm not 100% sure what's possible. Hope that helps.
Seth Davis le April 14, 2015
I didn't think to ask for the audiobook, but really want that. I'm glad others did. Would really prefer that the audiobook be unabridged. Not sure why it's worth actively cutting down the content vs providing the full experience.
Dawei le April 14, 2015
I upgrade again from developer pack to super developer pack!
Come on ERIC!
Josué Cardona le April 13, 2015
Really hoping for the audiobook to become a reality. Love the perks so far. Keep'em coming!
June Swatzell le April 13, 2015
I am an advocate of Lean Methodology. The company where my son works just adopted Lean. Now we have more in common. I am also an organizer for Startup Weekend. I am 72, I founded a startup and got an angel who acquired it. Love Eric's humility.
Juan Pablo DM le April 13, 2015
If you plan another campaign Erick, you should think of adding an opt-out button for extra rewards/updates that reads "no, I don´t want more than I asked for, cool free stuff irritates me!"
Vincent Pétré le April 13, 2015
Thanks Eric and keep going. Worldwide startups and accelerators such as ours (33entrepreneurs focus on wine food and tourism tech) need your advices.