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From the referenced study: > A stratified sample of 65,326 Kickstarter project creators was surveyed via email. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstra
by tobyjsullivan 6y ago
From the referenced study:
> A stratified sample of 65,326 Kickstarter project creators was surveyed via email.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3107898 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3107898
- askafriend 6y agoOh god, Kickstarter is....not a good sample to answer a question like this.
- sojourners 6y agoWhy? See I understand kickstarter has a history of unfinished products and founders running away with money, but i feel like you are just having a knee jerk reaction. Actually I look at this positively. Most kickstarters offer actual tangible products and not software, and I think going solo and actually making profit (though small) is a pretty insightful result.
- bawolff 6y agoBecause kickstarter is very different from traditional bussinesses, making it difficult to know if the conclusions of the study translate to traditional founders.
- chacham15 6y agoTo be fair, Pebble (a YC company) started on Kickstarter...so its probably a mixed bag.
- sojourners 6y agoI edited my comment as you replied, but basically I think this study is pretty useful and true for kickstarters, but maybe not so much for traditional startups.
- askafriend 6y agoBecause it's not representative. It's selecting for a particular type of company and particular type of person who starts it. And in general the quality of projects on Kickstarter in aggregate is....utter garbage. I'm sorry but there's no nice way to put it despite some quality projects/companies coming out of Kickstarter.
- wmeredith 6y agoIt was also a survey. Self-reported data is pretty good for drawing out trending bias, but is garbage for just about everything else.