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I make and sell handcrafted goods. I essentially split my costs into two categories, manufacturing and research. The research budget covers the 'organic creati
by atrus 5y ago
I make and sell handcrafted goods. I essentially split my costs into two categories, manufacturing and research.
The research budget covers the 'organic creative process' but isn't tied into the manufacturing costs. Once I've got the basic idea down, then I can start to purchase items to build X amount of something, and it's much easier to specify costs of a known item.
- jnovek 5y agoThis probably covers most of my time that I put into a thing. Do you try to budget time for research when you start? E.g. “I want to try to get to my first prototype within 80 hours.” I think when I went into this I didn’t think it would be very hard. I have experience pricing and selling software and experience pricing and selling my time as a consultant. What I’m finding in reality is that, although aspects of my experience apply, overall it’s a new kind of thing for me.