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While I am not interested in the specific project, If/when I have kids, I would gladly pay 7500 dollars to have them excited and apply themselves to a project w
by hobs 11y ago
While I am not interested in the specific project, If/when I have kids, I would gladly pay 7500 dollars to have them excited and apply themselves to a project with real world business.
To have the realizations the struggles and successes of such a project, and have that under their belt before they graduate high school is a wonderful achievement.
What a great project!!
- detaro 11y agoThere is also ~32000 dollars of other people's money at play. I wouldn't write this project off as failed yet, but it sounds like an attitude of "it's a fun project for the kids and we don't really know what we are doing" that doesn't seem to appreciate this fact. (EDIT: on the other hand, he is backing it up with extra money, instead of trying to fail out of it cheaply somehow) The comments on the article are interesting to read, with people arguing both sides.
- hobs 11y agoAgreed, I was commenting on the losing 15 dollars per unit angle, but you are right that there is a burden of responsibility when using other's money. Another part of the great lessons here.
- chasing 11y agoBut it's not his money, right? Because it sounds like this is Kickstarter-funded... "Fail with other people's money, kids." I suppose that is a powerful lesson...
- DanBC 11y agoIt's great experience for the children. I do wonder if he would have had that bit of "child labour" investigated by regulators if the project had progressed any further.
- detaro 11y ago"had progressed"? It's still running, isn't it?