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How my Kickstarter blew up my life
In October 2014, I raised nearly $150,000 on my first crowdfunding campaign. Three months later, when I was in my final year of college and 21 years old, I wished I’d never heard of Kickstarter. I’d committed the cardinal sin of crowdfunding by shipping a shit product to over 2,500 people who’d backed my campaign. It’s now March 2016, and my backers are back to being huge supporters. I’ve built a thriving business and somehow...
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Yes, it is always smart to do the Quality Control yourself or at the very least involve yourself in that process, and if the writer had done so from the beginning, he'd not be in this mess.
It's the biggest problem I have with Kickstarter projects, a lot of people who start projects don't think they have to do any quality control, just place an order for manufacturing, and ship out the product. Resulting in pisspoor quality products that you wouldn't dare give to "real" investors.
The other problem is of course communication. Keep in touch with your community, tell them of the upsides, but also the downsides. Be honest about it. Tell them when you hit a snag in the process.