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tl;dr If you're doing a software startup that might need to pivot, don't use Kickstarter. Longer critique: 1. Your kickstarter supporters expect what you prom
by beat 13y ago
tl;dr
If you're doing a software startup that might need to pivot, don't use Kickstarter.
Longer critique:
1. Your kickstarter supporters expect what you promised them, not something else.
2. If the kickstarter supporters are in any way "investors", you're probably hosed for getting professional investors down the road.
- lukejduncan 13y agoIt's a point I've never really considered before. With some of these projects they are accepting angel size funding with consumer expectations - e.g. Consumers don't care if your pivot actually works and makes money they care about what they paid for. Are there examples of kickstarters attempting to pivot?
- beat 13y agoThere are probably examples. I can think of at least one - a film project a friend of mine became involved in (after they raised their kickstarter round). It seems to me that the product they wind up with won't be exactly what they kickstarted - although frankly, that shouldn't be too surprising given the scope of something like a movie.