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Ah, but business should be product-based...

• timClicks 15y ago
  For founders looking at relatively quick exits, they are the product.
• timdorr 15y ago
  That's certainly true, but the two aren't mutually exclusive. Kickstarter will get you the funds to go out and build a cool product, but it won't tell you how to generate a model that's sustainable, teach you how to go to market, or even tell you if there's an available market at all.
  • jahewson 15y ago
    Exactly. I can imagine a need for "Kickstarter mentors".
  • 6ren 15y ago
    Kickstarter tells you there's no market by not funding your project: it's a MVP. But KS seems hard unless you're already well known.
• chc 15y ago
  Eh, product-focused, maybe. Being completely based on a single, unproven product is not really a great way to run a business, at least from Y Combinator's viewpoint.
  • davidcann 15y ago
    Isn't that exactly what Y Combinator companies do? They create single, focused, unproven products and try to "prove" them.
    • chc 15y ago
      YC companies very often end up with completely different products than they start out with. This almost never happens with Kickstarters, because those are actually project-based.