I'm no expert, but I have donated over $1000 to the Star Citizn kickstarter. They had very clear goals, outlined what they'd do with more money, and they had video/images of work they had already done which proved they were serious and capable of delivering goals.
On 13 August 2013 07:18, James Carthew <[email protected]> wrote: > Good idea, but I think some more planning should be added to this. Usually > when kickstarters succeed they have stretch goals and very clear > presentation of what's currently available, and what will be available > after the project succeeds.. You're going to need a lot more media on that > page. My advice would be to throw up screenshots of gnustep applications > running on gnustep and OSX, show a lot of comparisons between the apis, > show people what you're planning to create/work on. Saying fund my idea, > here's the idea isn't enough with Kickstarter. You have to really sell the > idea you want made. Sell a vision. Outline clear goals. Say at $100,000 > Vespucci/Webkit will be completed, at $150,000 System Preferences.app will > support networking, X, and audio configuration etc. Clear goals that show > people what they will get out of it. At least put some videos of gnustep > apps on linux and gnustep apps under osx on there. > > > On 13 August 2013 06:31, Gregory Casamento <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Updated, I added a $2 fee to cover shipping outside the US only because I >> suspect it will be a little more expensive. >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Gregory Casamento < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Does it say that? I'll change it if I can. Thanks. >>> >>> GC >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Am 12.08.2013 um 22:13 schrieb Gregory Casamento: >>>> >>>> Hey guys, I've launched a kickstarter project in the hopes of getting >>>> some time to work exclusively on GNUstep in order to try to address some of >>>> the issues we have surrounding API completeness, documentation issues, >>>> etc..., here it is: >>>> >>>> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/203272607/gnustep-project >>>> >>>> >>>> Cool. >>>> >>>> But why ship only within US? >>>> >>>> I think it is not a problem to get someone to copy CDs inside the EU or >>>> e.g. Australia and ship them out at low cost as a letter to save postage. >>>> >>>> BR, >>>> Nikolaus >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Gregory Casamento >>> Open Logic Corporation, Principal Consultant >>> yahoo/skype: greg_casamento, aol: gjcasa >>> (240)274-9630 (Cell) >>> http://www.gnustep.org >>> http://heronsperch.blogspot.com >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Gregory Casamento >> Open Logic Corporation, Principal Consultant >> yahoo/skype: greg_casamento, aol: gjcasa >> (240)274-9630 (Cell) >> http://www.gnustep.org >> http://heronsperch.blogspot.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss-gnustep mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep >> >> >
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