The Challenges of Starting a Patreon

I didn’t think I would ever have a Patreon. Then I made one. Now I’m seeing what works and what doesn’t.

Tom Froese
12 min readDec 10, 2021

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I don’t want people to “support” me, I want to use Patreon in a way that people feel supported by me. When people are paying a monthly pledge amount, I want them to get value out of it. The premise of patronage seems one-sided…

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Tom Froese

Illustrator. Creatively Empowering Teacher/Speaker. Represented by Making Pictures/UK & Dot Array/USA. Top Teacher on @skillshare. www.tomfroese.com/links