Luis points out that patents for this kind of invention may just be impractical.https://twitter.com/luis_in_140/status/790739834948112384 …
@luis_in_140 my take: people are too obsessed with making their own stuff. Connect kickstarters to a mfg bidding market
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partner with the OEM that produces best example & gets you to shipping + quality fastest. Why not?
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you get: out the door with fastest & best mfg partner. They get: US market access, goodwill, distribution. No?
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anyway, I mostly just vaguely wish these parties would work together rather than antagonistically
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and I wish (this is perennially an issue) connecting ppl with ideas to means of production was easier than it is
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heh. I remember at least one early Kickstarter-backed project/company that pivoted to…Kickstarter fulfillment.
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(not quite the same problem you're talking about, but similar.)
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I guess I already assumed most kickstarters are outsourcing, so the issue is more startup capital?
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I don't know.. it feels like there aren't the relationships there that you'd want / could be there.
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sure! Timing is bad, but also too hard to make those connections. Especially (I assume) for first-timers.
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I don't know how you launch a campaign without knowing who will make what for how much & backup options.
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imagine the Kickstarter that ends "great and now our pals flip the switch!" instead of "great now we fly to China"
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