wsul

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by wsul 14y ago
I think Kickstarter's innovation is in building a brand that people/press know and trust, their design of forcing time constraints, and the ability to add demand for an offering. My money is that they continue amping up social features to a
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by wsul 14y ago
Definitely, working on a more accurate risks section now!
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by wsul 14y ago
Trey, I'm not saying there are no risks -- there are. I promise there will be hiccups along the way, anything you mentioned could happen. As an entrepreneur, I work as hard as I can to mitigate these risks by having multiple mills, sewing c
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by wsul 14y ago
I've been preparing for this Kickstarter campaign for six months. I'm doing it because I'm truly passionate about fixing a very broken retail/apparel manufacturing model that hasn't changed much in 50 years. I think there is a truly better
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by wsul 14y ago
I think an enforced cap and the exclusivity of an offer is a great idea, I'd love to use that in the future.
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by wsul 14y ago
One of the exciting things about building companies now is that everyone has a voice. We appreciate the candid critique.
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by wsul 14y ago
Really appreciate your angle/suggestions here. Working on re-writing the Risks/Challenges section now!
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by wsul 14y ago
Let me preface by saying that I'm by no means a Kickstarter expert. I think Kickstarter is fully focused on creative projects that do actually create things. Each project has to have a clear end point and well-defined creation. It definitel
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by wsul 14y ago
Hey all, I started the company formerly known as From Holden (we're renaming), and wrote all the copy for the Kickstarter campaign. I posted a reply on Dan's blog, would love to answer any other questions or hear any other thoughts there or
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by wsul 14y ago
Thanks so much Matt, will check these out. Any ones you like?
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by wsul 14y ago
Definitely will!
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by wsul 14y ago
AFKAH
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by wsul 14y ago
I'd really like to stay with a name associated with where we grew up - there have been some great ideas here that I wouldn't have ever thought of!
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by wsul 14y ago
Awesome, thanks man! Will check it out.
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by wsul 14y ago
Venice has a lot of cool geo-names close as well. Abbot Kinney is a rad name in itself. Any other ideas down that path?
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by wsul 14y ago
This could be a perfect application for Google Consumer Surveys. Emailed you.
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by wsul 14y ago
Holbrook was also the middle school next to ours.
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by wsul 14y ago
Awesome ideas guys! Keep 'em coming!
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by wsul 14y ago
Ah, no not at all! It was our fault, HN saved us a bunch of time and money -- I'm glad we are making the change now versus six months down the road after we made print collateral, labels, etc.
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by wsul 14y ago
We definitely should have spent more time looking at it; they do graphic tees but mostly snowboarding jackets. We don't plan to do either. Either way, the change is under way now, any ideas for names? :)
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by wsul 14y ago
Those are some great ideas - any you like specifically?
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by wsul 14y ago
Another sign that they have some great guys running their company as well. They definitely could have been much more forceful.
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by wsul 14y ago
Definitely will, great suggestion.
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by wsul 14y ago
We tossed around Caulfield -- we like it as well. Another LA designed did a line called 'caulfield preparatory'. Still in the running, for sure - what do you guys think?
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by wsul 14y ago
Thank you for the support guys. It is definitely a hard thing to experience -- the first reaction was definitely profoundly 'fuck' followed by 'this sucksssss'. but at the end of the day, these guys have spent a long time building an incred
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by wsul 14y ago
Awesome, reading now. Love the new name.
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by wsul 14y ago
Hey man, would love any ideas on how to get the word out!
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HN saved us millions; we need to change our name(blog.fromholden.com)
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by wsul 14y ago
Thank you so much! So awesome to have so many people genuinely supportive of what we're working on!
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by wsul 14y ago
Great Q/A! We're big fans of James Perse and a bunch of the other brands listed. Biggest complaint for JP is that nothing they make is athletic fit and downsizing doesn't work well with length.

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