Arduino phone.

Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller hns at goldelico.com
Thu Jun 18 11:15:35 UTC 2015


Hi Nicolas,

Am 18.06.2015 um 12:02 schrieb nicolas at ncartron.org:

> Hi Nikolaus,
> 
> On Thu Jun 18 11:38:57 2015 GMT+0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
>> 
>> Well, we need more people who are interested to sponsor small scale manufacturing. It is the low production batch size what makes such
>> devices expensive. 
> 
> One question if I may: myself being  a supporter and sponsor of the Neo900 (can’t wait!), I wonder why you didn't start a Kickstarter/Indiegogo campaign? 

Well, it is Kick*starter*. I.e. is for Startups with almost no history.

And these campaigns are a mix of marketing and sales. They assumes that the project is not yet known to the broader public or its target audience. 

But we already did start this project in 2011 and did our campaigns back then and can assume that it is known to the target audience. And
only every now and then someone becomes newly interested.

Another factor is that general economic environment has changed compared to 2011.

> That usually drives a lot of people to the project, which is gaining more attention and potential backers.

A common misconception is that you have no efforts and only success with Kickstarter. You have to prepare a good marketing story.
And, it assumes that there are a lot of people out there who never heared of the project and are keen on spending money just for fun.

For the GTA04 this does not hold. The really interested community (Replicant, Linux, Openmoko, FSO, ofono, Neo900 etc.) they
probably know about it. And if not, it is more personal to write a mail like this than preparing a good campaign with videos, text, disclaimer etc.

> 
> Keep up the good work.

Thanks,
Nikolaus



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