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The Leaping Squirrel and Other Exchanges

Name: The Leaping Squirrel and Other Exchanges
Brand: Rick Schober
Rating: 3.4 (24 reviews)

The final dialogues of poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, humorist, and surrealist Marvin Cohen (1931-2025)

Created by Rick Schober · Launched May 8, 2026 · Closes May 16, 2026

Source: public Kickstarter page · all funding figures & images via KickstarterView on Kickstarter →

Raised

$596

Goal $770

Backers

24

2 data points

Funded

77%

Of goal

Time Left

6 days left

BackerLens analysis

🟡 Below the Fiction category average. This project has hit 77% of its goal, while the average live Fiction project on Kickstarter sits at 346% (78% below the category).

Early Momentum: 67 / 100 — strong potential. Project is in its first 15 hours, so the score reflects funding-velocity-per-hour rather than 24h trend.

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Funding trend

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Backer growth

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Project is too new for 24h trend data. Score is based on funding velocity per hour, backer signups per hour, and staff-pick early signal.

Hours since launch15h

Funded so far77%

% per hour5.22%

Backers24

Staff pickNo

FORECAST

BETA

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Predicted to fund 306% of goal

○ Low confidence (early)

How is this calculated? ›

BackerLens uses an empirical Kickstarter funding curve: ~30% of final pledged comes in days 1-3, ~70% by 85% of duration, then a final-week push to 100%. We divide current pledged by where the curve says we should be at this point in the campaign.

Project is in its first day or two — forecast is highly speculative and will tighten as more data comes in.

This is an experimental model. Don’t bet sourcing decisions on a single number — the funding curve cross-section is just a heuristic.

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