Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Product pre-order model. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co Marty Zwilling.

Funding 141

Funding Startup Outsource Development Satisfaction 141

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

Product pre-order model. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 129

Entrepreneur Outsource Development Satisfaction Equity 129

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Product pre-order model. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. A much-touted success was the Pebble Watch on Kickstarter , with orders exceeding $10 million.

Venture Capital 108

Venture Capital Angel Satisfaction Equity 108

socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2013

Nils Forsblom: TenFarms is a mobile app developer. We build mobile products, not just mobile applications, but products around them. PhotoPoll is our first app to push live, and now we're working on our second app, AdTile, which is a mobile advertising solution for applications and mobile software.

Mobile 233

Mobile Southern California Startup Outsource Development 233

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Here people make online pledges with their credit cards during a campaign, to pre-buy the product for later delivery, if it is ever built. There is no concept of ROI other than product. Kickstarter is the big player in this space. It has had some notable successes for entrepreneurs (over $1M in funding), as well as non-starters.

Funding 99

Funding Satisfaction Sites Outsource Development 99

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2012

Here people make online pledges with their credit cards during a campaign, to pre-buy the product for later delivery, if it is ever built. There is no concept of ROI other than product. Kickstarter is the big player in this space. It has had some notable successes for entrepreneurs (over $1M in funding), as well as non-starters.

Funding 96

Funding Satisfaction Sites Outsource Development 96

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

I joined ranks with an Austin App developer, taking the role of Creative Director and setting up their design team and process. Once art had left my team, I had no control over the final product and it was creating too much tension. Take applications like Realmac’s Clear for the iPhone. It simply makes more sense.

Design 94

Design Mobile Web Design Outsource Development 94