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I'm actually confused. I remember Kickstarter specifically saying that they didn't fund startups back when I applied to them.
by thomasgerbe 15y ago
I'm actually confused. I remember Kickstarter specifically saying that they didn't fund startups back when I applied to them.
- mwotton 15y agoHi - I'm one of the hackers behind Ninja Blocks. We're not actually getting funding from Kickstarter - we're just pre-selling the product.
- shadowmint 15y agoWhile I love what you guys are doing, it really troubles me to hear you say that so blatantly...
- schappim 15y agoWhat @mwotton means to say is that we've made a lot of progress. We could probably eventually sell Ninja Blocks without Kickstarter, but certainly not to the quality we want. Unlike software projects, hardware requires tooling, parts and materials. Kickstarter is allowing us to do this! We're also open source hardware! Cheers, Marcus (I'm a developer on the Ninja Blocks project).
- nopassrecover 15y agoI'm not sure what you're troubled by. They're using Kickstarter to pre-sell rather than a traditional sales channel.
- schappim 15y agoI think it's the case of Kickstarter funds finite projects (rather then the ongoing nature of a startup). Cheers, Marcus