Kickstarter isn't a profit center, it's an organizer and an instigator.
Competition and the market are like water, they go where they want
The art, the new, the ability to connect the dots and to make an impact - sooner or later, that can only come from one who creates, not from a teacher and not from a book.
Don't create for the masses. Create for the people who are your kind of weird.
You have everything you need to build something far bigger than yourself.
Be with the ones you love (and the ones that love you.) Ignore everyone else.