I am really surprised that no-one has mentioned the you-know-who saga.
John K.
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From: Nick
To: neonixie-l
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Lixies/Tixie Clock
On Wednesday, 22 March 2017 09:13:31 UTC+4, gregebert wrote:
I think a lot of kickstarter campaigns are started by people who have a
good idea, but dont have first-hand experience taking a concept into
production. It's NOT easy, and it's not cheap.
Every time I finish another clock, my wife asks me why I dont sell them. My
usual answer is that I make nixie clocks for fun and I do it at my own leisure;
once I start selling them it's a business with financial & schedule
constraints. I get too much of that from my day-job (well, it's more like a
day+night+weekend job....).
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Regarding that guy's sob-story about his Prius......I own 2 of them and
they are excellent, trouble-free cars.
Regarding that guy's sob story about Chinese PCB manufacture....I've done
several boards there and they are excellent quality.
Agreed on all fronts - the sob-story is completely irrelevant - he could
still have pledged to return the money over time and if I was a backer, I'd be
really piss*d about this. His own/personal problems/stupidity are nothing to do
with his backers.
I also use a variety of Chinese PCB manufacturers - PCBway is my current
favorite for prototypes - and I've never had a problem with them, assuming you
give them decent Gerbers in the first place :)
I've commercialised a few items over the years, but I gave up being an EE
professionally many years ago as it's a tough old world. Bring a product to
market requires a lot of careful planning and risk assessment, both commercial
and technical - you shouldn't even consider Kickstarter until you have a few
working prototypes, i.e. Kickstarter is not a way to realise your technical
fantasies!
Anybody thinking about this, just do a lot of upfront reading first and,
please, talk to people who've done that & been there - experience is
everything: Accept that the risk should be all yours, not your backers', Be
honest, communicate well and regularly (surprises are generally a BAD plan),
build in contingency (that's not the same as profit, by the way!). Backers
accept properly managed risk - some projects are bound to fail - no-one accepts
stupidity or dishonesty.
NIck
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